Hey! all you United Auto Workers Union. Its only Wednesday. You have two days to organize a strike against Chrysler. Last chance. Send them off with a bang. Let everyone know the real reason all of the auto brands are leaving America, or just can’t compete with Japan, Korea, Europe, etc.
With the UAW its not so much the wages, its the legacy health care costs. Good look at the work force leaving a UAW plant and then aske yourself if you want to insure them in retirement. It adds too much to the cost of the vehicle to make it competitive.
Yes the UAW needs to go.
They are bloated, and over paid. They have zero incentive to do their jobs right. The way they see it, they get paid the same if they do it right or if they do it half-assed.
The whole union itself is based on a manufacturing model from 50 years ago.
There are manufacturers that come to job friendly southern “right to work” states (Hyundai, KIA, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen). These employees are usually paid better than other manufacturing jobs in the surrounding areas.