[Pan_Yans Wife]

I don't see why this isn't a good idea. If the jobs are not necessary, for Ford to produce the vehicles, then why would they want to hire bodies to perform unnecessary tasks?

I tend to distrust unions, so maybe I am missing the point of the article.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Ford can't compete with auto companies who don't pay union wages, so they give the employees more and more to do in less time.

In defense of the autoworkers, American autoworkers are the ones who have made the big profits for Ford during the big profit years. Overseas did not do well.

Ford had Jaques forgot-his-last-name as CEO and he dinked around with their money, didn't focus the money on design and auto building, they got rid of him. They definitely have a management problem.

Alot of people think autoworkers are paid too much, but it is some of the hardest work you can do. They definitely need their health benefits, most have chronic health problems (carpal tunnel, rotater cuff, back) and a big majority will not escape the line without some type of surgery.

I see no easy answers, as there is no way to compete with the foreign companies, or cheap labor. But I do know the auto industry is a huge part of our economy and those are not jobs we want to lose.





Even so,

[Lijahsbubbe]

Forget the "even so"! (bad editing, not a brain-fart)

[Hotdog]

Your right about the unions...I know first hand...they are pricing themselves out of a job...Tier 1 suppliers can and have been doing the same production for half of what the unions get for Ford