Pretty much nailed an accurate description.
There’s a GM plant here in Indy that GM was going to shut down, or sell to another company. The other company would have wanted some wage concessions from the UAW as part of the purchase agreement. Guess how the UAW voted?
Yep, GM is going to shut the plant. Some of the employees will probably get to relocate, but the rest will be out of a job.
The shear stupidity of the unions is a thing to behold.
what war room is Obama in. Unions or Middle East.
I believer Caterpillar did the same thing in Decatur, IL, and moved their production down South, to a Right-to-Work State. Unions price themselves out of a job, but keep funneling money to the DNC from the FORCED Union dues.....the BIG issue now is that the SEIU and AFSCME and the NEA/AFT are on the public dole, and the public is FED UP with being raped for these asses who don't want to lose their "Tenure" protections, while TOTALLY OPPOSING MERIT PAY SYSTEMS.....too many are incompetent and ONLY have a job because of Union Rules.
I live near Indy and recall the story of the GM stamping plant, which took place last fall. GM had a buyer for the plant but the buyer wasn’t going to pony up unless the UAW contract was amended (downward). The UAW actually recommended that the rank-and-file ACCEPT the contract amendment and allow the buyout to take place.
HINT: Who REALLY is management at GM these days, hmmm??? Can anyone say “Conflict of Interest?”
Despite the union recommendation, the rank-and-file didn’t say “no,” they said “HELL NO!” Sale canceled, GM announced plant closure as soon as the current contract expires.
So it just goes to show that no matter how corrupt the unions are, they couldn’t survive without the collaborative greed and stupidity of their members.
I agree totally on your comments about GM Metal Fab Indy.
However most of the employees there are “GM Gypsies” who aren’t locals anyway. They’ve relo’d in from the dozens of other closed GM facilities over the years.
Having no loyalty to the area, they voted to pursue the top tier wage wherever it took them.
It was a bad outcome, because there was a viable buyer who wanted to run a competitive operation.