“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.
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.