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Originally Posted by stovt001
What is better for the workers? A pay more in line with what everyone else is getting even if your CEO makes more, or no job at all and the destruction of the domestic auto industry, ending jobs for thousands of people? If the conditions are so horrible for the UAW members why don't they just go work for any of the foreign brands or their parts suppliers?
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to you, allright? Keep that in mind, cause none of this is meant to be personal......
Don't be so niave to think it's that simple. The Union is in place to protect against crap like that. It's not there to walk away, or just "settle" for poor pay and conditions: That's why they were created, so people would have more choices than to just 'settle".
Believe me: I understand that foriegn competition is making it tough for our companies to compete, but that is
no excuse to allow a regress in pay and conditions to their (competition's) level. Foriegn workers have a lower standard of living!! Why do you think they can work for so cheap??
But add to that poor management, and terrible financial responsibility, American Axle is in trouble. But - instead of trying to solve a problem, and talk to seek results...they say "50% pay cut for our workers." while they're signing a bonus check to themselves.
A little background: American Axle wants to shut down two plants in my area as part of their restructuring. I'm not happy, because although I can see the reasoning behind the move: I can't see why it should come to that. GM, and Ford have managed to keep jobs in the US, so can American Axle.