The UAW announced today that its membership defeated a proposed labor agreement with Ford Motor Company. This agreement is said to closely mirror the agreements already set in place with Chrysler and General Motors that were negotiated earlier this year. Are you kidding me?!
After hearing the news, the left side of my brain thought, Good for them. The right side of my brain thought that this is one of the most ridiculous moves perpetuated by one of the most ridiculous organizations in the country, the UAW.
Needless to say, the right side of my brain won the argument.
What are these people thinking? I know it may be hard for the common line worker to see the global implications of their labor contracts, but I can’t believe that the leadership of the UAW allowed this to happen. Don’t kid yourself; the UAW leadership has the power to swing the vote in any direction they want. These workers just voted their company out of serious marketplace shares.
With diminishing demand for American made automobiles, I just don’t understand why these workers would vote themselves out of a job.
For those that are ill informed, or don’t live in an auto industry economy like Michigan, Ford was the only company out of the Big Three (Ford, GM, Chrysler) that did not take government bailout money. Sure, the government would have put their execs through the ringer as they did with GM and Chrysler, but the money was there for the taking, and they opted out.
If that doesn’t say something for Ford, nothing ever will. This is a company that I thought was viable enough to compete on a global scale because of their financial stability. Now, I just don’t know.
The days of the $60,000 a year factory job, with all expense paid benefits and retirement pensions, are over. The American auto companies are being forced to take a step back and re-evaluate their market share and potential. They have to make tough choices about their financial solvency and the future of their company. Shouldn’t the works be forced to do the same by UAW leadership?
Way to vote yourselves out of a job!
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ford also posted a $900M profit for 3Q. i was like, wha, and all like, huh, all then i was like, woah
ReplyDeleteYeah but remember that they lost 9 billion last year. They problem was that the profits came out the day before the vote. So, when the union members went to vote, the leadership told them of the profits. Also, last time I checked, Ford is not a non-profit business.
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