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To: businessprofessor

“I suspect that the UAW is a major reason for his decision.”

Gee, I would have thought it might be bad management by GM.

— Uninspired products, using a lot of rebadging.

— Mid pack quality.

— Bad management decisions, over and over. Aztek, kill off the Camaro/Firebird with no replacements, etc.


17 posted on 09/30/2009 2:26:48 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: truth_seeker

I do not doubt that GM management has made many mistakes. The biggest mistake was not confronting the UAW a long time ago. In any discussion of the auto industry, the UAW must be at the center of problems. How would you manage a company stifled with 2,000 pages of union contract details designed to reduce productivity? How would you manage a company with crushing retirement and medical costs? These costs were externally pushed on the auto industry by the UAW labor cartel, government agencies, and rat politicians. I would manage the company by moving it to places not touched by the UAW.


19 posted on 09/30/2009 2:37:01 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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