Why American car companies will fail again.

Racerfink should write tabloid headlines. or "Why one incident is representative of why an entire industry will fail". No agenda there

xflowgolf wrote:

andrave wrote: As for the workers drinking on the job, thats pretty ridiculous. Caught on camera drinking on the job, instant dismissal, no suspension, no hearings, none of that E36 M3. Why would the union side with those berkeleytards when it makes everyone think "well I don't care if my car is built union if they union wants drunken berkeleytards to build my cars." the union should promote worker safety... .

I'm not an "anti-union" type person but this has always been my biggest gripe as well. Amongst any union, there should be no tolerance within the fellow union members for those who drag down the union label and violate clear cut union/workplace rules. If the union wants to be viewed positively by the general public they need to position themselves as a "value-add" to their respective organizations. What if union members were seen as a the "highest standard, highest quality, safest, best trained" employees out there? I've previously worked in union plant before (as salaried management), but from an outsiders perspective it seems that pipefitters/electricians type unions have done a much better job of promoting themselves as a "better" labor choice through formal apprentice/journeyman type training/certification ladders. ...stories like this (the reinstatement of the videotaped Chrysler workers) give further ammunition to the Right To Work bill being signed through in Michigan today. Who'd a thunk it, right here in the birthplace of the UAW

I realize you are agreeing with me, but I still feel compelled to say that I agree with everything you said.

The UAW has somehow managed to make itself appear a burden to employers, a joke to the public, and a liability to the car buying public.

Show the public you are serious about having the BEST workers build the BEST cars and make them DEMAND your union made cars! And on top of that, protect your other workers from drunken idiots that don't take their job or job safety seriously. Show the public and the manufacturer that you are serious. This is the opposite.

The shoe is on the other foot in Denmark