I have not bought union for years...none of us have around here.
The UAW is NO friend of the US.
Here’s a hint to the union workers at Ford:
TAKE THE DEAL.
My dad, an OCAW (Oil, Chemical And Atomic Workers union) member
got offered a nice package in 1985 by DuPont-Conoco (after 44 years with
Conoco, then DuPont-Conoco).
He took the deal and lived decently until he passed on about two
years ago; his wife (my mom) lives comfortably because he did take the deal.
A few of the “hardcore” unionists didn’t take the deal.
And were not happy when they were shown the door in a couple of years.
Without the nice separation package.
(Fair or not, that’s what happened.)
I would once again buy American were Ford to succeed in this venture.
ford to rehire them.
Ford better be careful. The Unions have big, powerful friends.
I will gladly have FORD at the top of my buying list if they get rid of all the union workers.
Screw the unions, and screw Government Motors...they are part of the death knell of liberty in the 21st century.
Ford ought to do a lockout rather than a buyout.
Wow.
The US Postal Service offered early retirement this year. The buyouts were only $15000, but they had about 30000 takers nationwide. We’ve gone from 700,000 employees to about 575,000 in 3 years through attrition and early retirement, and still lost 1.9b last FY. More cuts to come - management cuts are in the pipeline now.
Ping for later
My next car will be a Ford.
They are already down to 41,000 workers? That is astonishing! I was there when the UAW tried to organize FedEx (which broke 100,000 15 years ago). What a bunch of incompetents. They COULD have had us, but they were socialist ideologues who cared only about bad-mouthing the company and capitalism, which is NOT AT ALL what FedEx employees wanted.
I went to a couple UAW organizing meetings. Sour-puss Alinskyites made me want to barf. So we went back to letter-writing and petty harrassment of management until we got what we wanted.