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Old 11-19-2008, 04:35 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by gtahvit View Post
Sure, there is always good and bad. But the UAW is bad and have proven to be bad to the people that employ their members.
I think it should also be mentioned that a strong company can stand up better to a union. Caterpillar has a union in Peoria (UAW I think) and during a strike CAT was able to bring in temp workers and dragged negotiations out for a long enough time that the contract was more favorable to CAT.

They make it very well known that the factory will not stop with a strike. About 2 years ago during negotiations a strike was threatened and they sent office workers into the factory to learn what to do. My buddy who is an engineer spent a day learning how to do a job from a union employee in case of a strike.
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