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The union mandated work rules are devastating GM and Chrysler, and even Ford.

The union won’t allow the line to go past as certain speed.
Worker X is prohibited from lifting a finger to help Worker Y, even if worker X has nothing to do.

Workers refuse to load or unload a truck, or sign a form, or do the most trivial thing unless accompanied by the “official” truck unloader, or an official “form signer”, etc.

I’ve delivered to non union plants, and am in an out in 10 minutes where the same delivery to a UAW plant takes six hours, maybe more.

As much as it flies against my American pride and patriotism, I am reluctant to buy a GM product, or a Chrysler product, as long as those companies are controlled by the Democrat union thugs.

[bikerman]

Unions will destroy this country before terrorist will. I have never seen such waste as union jobs, used to deliver fuel to a union run plant they had to have 2 clowns together all the time for safety they say even to sign the fuel ticket I once joked when they came out I said what, only one knows how to write their name and the other carries the pencil.What a waste of money and time.

[Free Vulcan]

If they’re smart, IF they’re smart, they’ll go after the work rules and not the wage. This is why I want bankruptcy and not a bailout. Smaller, WAY more productive workforce to justify those wage and benefit packages.

The company will radically improve it’s bottom line and the unions can’t bitch about cutting wages. Let them bitch about the work rules and expose all the corruption and crap going on.