Re: GM strike


"Sean Elkins" >,
"Wickeddoll®" :

"Go Mavs" ...
What some of these union workers make, living in small towns and cost
of
living is worth.. is ridiculous..

health benefits? sure.. i am all for it.. but the more they drive up
their
wages.. the more the company has to shell out..

if I was GM I would be moving most of my plants out of union states or
the
US all together...

But that will suck for the workers.


Suck more than unemployment?

I don't see how any US auto worker is in a place where they can demand
much of anything. The writing on the wall seems pretty clear to me: GM
must die if it is to survive by being reborn.

That's a really long haul, though. How many years do you think it would
take? I'd think that those who were formerly in the auto-building industry
would have to gravitate toward new careers, by the time the auto industry
"rebounded"

After all, GM isn't actually primarily an auto manufacturer anymore,
it's a health care manager.

It's also a loan company.

The strike ended quickly this time, but it's only a matter of time
before GM (or one of the others) and the UAW take each other out in an
act of mutual destruction. And the blame is to be shared equally--GM
bean counters and engineers for specifying profit over quality and the
UAW for demanding wages and benefits that are unsustainable in these
post-NAFTA and MFN China days.

I'm with you there - unions were started for a noble cause, but, like most
things touched by humans, it became corrupted. Those who they're supposed
to protect are hurt the most.

You wanna save GM (and maybe even America) then there's only one thing
you need to do. You need to revoke China's MFN status and make trade
with them subject to enormous import tariffs. I'm not a big fan of
protectionism, but protection from slave/political prisoner labor is OK
by me.

Me too.

Natalie


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