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GaryTucker · 12-01-2009, 07:57 PM

Whitacre may have been a "whiz kid" in other businesses...but this is GM...it has to deal with an unusually strong union that can hamstring ANYTHING he tries to do to reduce costs and raise quality levels if they choose to. Its a whole new ballgame for him. He may have had to deal with unions before, but nothing like what the UAW is like.

Maybe GM and the government will be smart enough to hire someone from an automobile producer...someone that is SUCCESSFUL at least please...and maybe, just maybe they can survive. A non-automotive person at the helm in a time that the government owns 60% of the company and is calling for "high-efficiency" vehicles is not a good sign. Maybe that is the pressure that Fritz was facing and he wouldn't cave. Wouldn't we love to know.

12-01-2009, 07:57 PM	#66
GaryTucker Drives: 09 Vette GT1, 06 350Z, 82 MSE Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 573	Whitacre may have been a "whiz kid" in other businesses...but this is GM...it has to deal with an unusually strong union that can hamstring ANYTHING he tries to do to reduce costs and raise quality levels if they choose to. Its a whole new ballgame for him. He may have had to deal with unions before, but nothing like what the UAW is like. Maybe GM and the government will be smart enough to hire someone from an automobile producer...someone that is SUCCESSFUL at least please...and maybe, just maybe they can survive. A non-automotive person at the helm in a time that the government owns 60% of the company and is calling for "high-efficiency" vehicles is not a good sign. Maybe that is the pressure that Fritz was facing and he wouldn't cave. Wouldn't we love to know.