The UAW wants more. Coming to a picket sign near you.

[Jesda]

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/05/repo ... witterfeed

Members of the United Auto Workers will once again protest the Detroit Auto Show this year. According to TheDetroitBureau.com, members of the union are upset about some of the concessions that the organization made when General Motors and Chrysler underwent bankruptcy. Now workers want those concessions back, even while both automakers struggle to protect profits and pay off sizable government loans. This comes as UAW President Bob King struggles to paint his union as a kinder, gentler labor organization. King has also made it clear that he wants the UAW to be part of the picture at manufacturing facilities owned by European and Asian automakers here in the states.

As part of that effort, King has called off protests at Toyota dealerships for their part in the closing of the NUMMI facility. Still, it seems that King is paying attention to the unrest in his organization. The UAW president is expected to ask for a larger share of the domestic automakers' profits later in 2011 in a bid to appease his critics within the union.

And here's a story about the factory and the people that built my Cadillac:

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"...mediocrity remained. European bureau chief visited [the Hamtramck plant] in 1994 and observed disheveled workers "eating, drinking, and smoking on the job."


After decades in operation, Hamtramck didn't start building well-regarded products until 2006 when the Cadillac DTS won quality awards and reliability surveys. Now they're building the Volt and Lucerne.

[frapjap]

So the moral of the story is that buying the last gen of Bonneville SSEi is a bad idea?

[Jesda]

Moral of the story: UAW sucks.

[Bubba1]

So the moral of the story is that buying the last gen of Bonneville SSEi is a bad idea?

That and the UAW is making it clear they still don't understand the big picture despite walking smack into it with their faces.

[frapjap]

Moral of the story: UAW sucks.

So the moral of the story is that buying the last gen of Bonneville SSEi is a bad idea?

That and the UAW is making it clear they still don't understand the big picture despite walking smack into it with their faces.

I thought both of these statements were generally accepted as fact about 5 years ago. This problem could be easily solved.

Fire union employees and begin 25 year court case where most of them will either give up or forget. Change the name/owners of the manufacturers in the process. Give marginal compensation to the long timers and give everyone else $150 as a token of good fortune/good riddance. In the meantime, hold open hiring for the other 9 million jobless Americans who are willing to work (not to mention thrilled to have a job in a bad time vs bitching about how they're being "screwed" by their employers as their industry segment begins to turn their first profits in years) for a fair wage & benefits and resume production thus stimulating the economy again.

Ungrateful bastards need to be ripped away from the teet asap.

[AZhitman]

You and Jesda. Public office. NOW.

[IanS]

You and Jesda. Public office. NOW.

I second.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

How anyone could whine about having a steady job and good pay in this environment is a slap in the face to everyone who has been looking for work 6 months out of the year. American dream I guess...be as greedy as inhumanly possible and f*** all.

[eellie]

Moral of the story: UAW sucks.

[dusred]

You and Jesda. Public office. NOW.

I second this motion.

[BusyBadger]

I thought both of these statements were generally accepted as fact about 5 years ago. This problem could be easily solved.

Fire union employees and begin 25 year court case where most of them will either give up or forget. Change the name/owners of the manufacturers in the process. Give marginal compensation to the long timers and give everyone else $150 as a token of good fortune/good riddance. In the meantime, hold open hiring for the other 9 million jobless Americans who are willing to work (not to mention thrilled to have a job in a bad time vs bitching about how they're being "screwed" by their employers as their industry segment begins to turn their first profits in years) for a fair wage & benefits and resume production thus stimulating the economy again.

Ungrateful bastards need to be ripped away from the teet asap.

My effing hero.