Jonathan Cutler
What does a "Professor of Sociology" know about building vehicles or anything else for that matter?!
Posted on 12/08/2008 10:26:37 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
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It is not too late to save the Big Three. But the solution is not to tear down the historic and heroic gains won by prior generations of UAW workers. If there is hope long term -- for the unionized Big Three companies and for the UAW -- it rests in dealing with the unfinished business of the 1980s: unionizing the unorganized transplants.
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Well, the real problem with the Big 3 and the unions which have hogtied them is that not only do they pay well while they are actually working (which I don’t mind) but they also give workers overly generous pension plans as well. That’s why the Big 3 are so close to bankruptcy. They are paying for more retirement benefits than employee benefits. That’s what has to stop.
Jonathan Cutler is your typical reporter, writes his story without doing any research or fact checking. If he looked back to the past, the unions pressed hard to unionize the foreign car makers. The Japanese balked and call unions protection schemes for inferior workers. They said if they had to unionize the plants there would not be any plants. When it came down to the local politicians getting a new plant and many jobs in there district they told the unions to move along. It looks like Mr. Gettlefinger and his boys have to take a page from the Obama play book. It's time for CHANGE we can believe in. So long UAW, it's been fun.
That's true if you are a monopoly.
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1614_reg.html
just your everyday joe writing a opinion piece to the LA times. This is the type of tripe these guys get paid to write to put on book shelves and editorials. Not saying he did but makes me wonder.
We do not need to worry about who is running in 2112
Well, I certainly won’t but maybe my grandkids grandkids will..however, 2012 is a different story..:)
No one should prosper, instead all should suffer equally.
Yeah, especailly when they all have Orwellian doublespeak feel-good names.
Correct. Unfortunately, the big 3 aren't a monopoly (more correctly, and oligopoly) any more, and won't ever be again.
Jonathan Cutler
What does a "Professor of Sociology" know about building vehicles or anything else for that matter?!
Those who can’t write, write newz.
“Unlike “The Big 3”, Toyota, Honda, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, KIA and Hyundai can all pack up and go home and take those jobs to people who’ll appreciate them”
And that’s exactly what they will do. Also unlike the “Big 3” these transplants know the value of a profitable business plan, and that leaves no room for UAW occupied plants.
It’s “For the children”.
“We do not need to worry about who is running in 2112.”
I know I’m not worried about who is running then, at least not until the messiah is inaugerated and implements a health plan that greatly increases my longevity.
No, destroying the non-union plants is not going to help. But, a trade policy that allows our cars to compete on an even playing field in Japan might help.
The Priests of the Temples of Syrinx? :^)
Look at his byline. The sad thing is he's a sociology professor at a relatively prestigeous liberal arts college and a proported expert in unions.
Can we vote for “a” and “b”?
Damn good question....likely he is anti-capitalism...
Bingo. I KNEW that was coming. I expect Congress will be pushing legislation that will make “right to work” states a thing of the past. That will pretty much guarantee there won’t be a manufacturing job left in the entire US.
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