UAW bans “foreign” cars from union property

Radio Vice Online ^ | Sept. 3, 2010 | Steve McGough

[Steve495]

It’s actually been a long-standing policy for many years, but United Auto Workers leadership have confirmed they will continue to enforce the policy and probably be even more aggressive. This is pure marketing genius I tell you, especially for an organization with a serious image problem.

The Detroit News reports that Kansas City Business Journal reporter James Dornbrook learned this lesson the hard way as he was asked to remove his Toyota Camry from Local 249′s parking lot by an unidentified member. The scribe later wrote that his Camry was built at Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky plant and that the popular midsize sedan contains more domestic content than the Ford F-150.

[Psalm 144]

Were they kind enough to provide a list of proscribed manufacturers? I could add them to Ford for potential sources whenever it is time to purchase another car.

[bboop]

Wait! It’s a foreign car, BORN in the United States. He should ask for amnesty — and citizenship. And food stamps. And free housing.

[Flightdeck]

autophobia

[Eye of Unk]

Just remove any badging and replace with FORD emblems.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

 

...especially for an organization with a serious image problem....

[MortMan]

It might even be eligible for the presidency!

[Eldon Tyrell]

I think they are just catching on -

Their cars are banned from my garage.

Ford must be so proud!

[Carley]

Nothing new here. The auto unions always disallowed ‘foreign’ cars to be parked in their lots.

[doodad]

I would love to hear their take on the Chevy GTO, built entirely by Holden in Oz.

[Leo Farnsworth]

I ban UAW autos in my garage.

And I ALWAYS will.

I dislike unions very much (and I was a ILWU member for 4-5 years).

[Steve495]

Awesome ... just awesome.

[newnhdad]

looks like most democrats won’t be able to park in union lots.

[bmwcyle]

My KIA was built by rednecks in Georgia.

[RockinRight]

Most “foreign” cars on the road today are manufactured in the US, and in some cases, moreso than “American” nameplates which often have Canada or Mexico as a final place of assembly.

[DustyMoment]

Considering the way that car companies have all intermingled and purchased stakes in each other, this should be interesting to watch!

[TSgt]

I live close to an old Ford Transmission plant in Ohio that shut down a few years ago. There are bumper stickers everywhere on cars that say things like, “You can’t be patriotic and drive a foreign car” or “When you are starving eat your foreign car.”

I like my Honda Pilot, which is now being made in the foreign country of Alabama.

Did I mention the Ford plant closed?

[elpadre]

what about foreign companies who manufacture cars in the US with more American parts than GM and built by Americans??

[elpadre]

what about foreign companies who manufacture cars in the US with more American parts than GM and built by Americans??

[Dr. Sivana]

Oh good grief. I worked a contract in the now shuttered GM Janesville, WI plant. Besides Chevy/GMC Suburbans, the plant manufatured small box trucks. I saw coming off that line both GMC and Mitsubishi trucks. Same materials, same machinery, same workers. Only the badging was different.

Are they gonna check the door jamb to see if my Dodge Dart was made in New Jersey or Windsor, Ontario?

[Doogle]

....just another example of Government run genius.

[TSgt]

[Steve495]

Please read my post. The car that was “banned” from the union lot was ... 75 percent made in the USA.

[Texas resident]

UAW is stuck in the 1970’s.
My 2002 Dodge 1/2 ton 4WD pickup was assembled in.......Mexico.

[kosciusko51]

UAW bans “foreign”non-union cars from union property

[oldbrowser]

The scribe later wrote that his Camry was built at Toyota’s Georgetown, Kentucky plant

They are going to have to rework their rule to make it union built vs. non-union built that they discriminate against.

[prisoner6]

Sorento? How do you like it? Wife and I have been looking at the built in GA KIA's for awhile. IIRC the plant just fired up last year and we've been waiting to see if they're as good as some reports have claimed.

Since we've talked on some of the bike threads I value your opinion.

FWIW Wife is hot for a KIA Soul. Me, not so much. I need something bigger.

[The Comedian]

Well, GM is a Kenyan organization now...

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[philman_36]

UAW bans “foreign”non-union cars from union property
DING-DING-DING-DING! We have a winner, folks!

[justlurking]

Wait! It’s a foreign car, BORN in the United States. He should ask for amnesty — and citizenship. And food stamps. And free housing.

FYI, this reply just got added to the original article in an update, and attributed to you. :-)

[Red Badger]

My KIA was built by rednecks in Korea................

[SandRat]

bboop, you and FR got mentioned in the article.

[econjack]

The President of the UAW (King) was on CNBC this morning and confirms my belief that union leadership just doesn't get it. He stated that he's tired of giving all the tax breaks to the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class workers.

Really?

Doesn't that bozo realize that the top 10% of income earners in this country shoulder 66% of the tax burden? Doesn't he know that the lower 40% of the income distribution pay no taxes at all? Doesn't he know that those “rich” people are the ones who own the businesses that are going to give people jobs to create the income to buy a car? Sorry, but I see the “rich” creating jobs, donating to charities, supporting education, and a host of other goods things. But, I have to ask myself: What has a poor person done for me lately? You know, I can't find one thing that makes me feel a shred of sympathy for them.

[Lion Den Dan]

I suppose a Mexican Dodge truck and a Canadian Chevrolet would be welcome.

[Clioman]

The foreign country called Alabama is now the second-largest auto-producing state in the union. The Hyndai factory outside Montgomery is running full tilt. These things are possible elsewhere...if Alabama can make high quality products that people want to buy at a reasonable price, so can other states. It’s just a matter of telling the UAW to shove it.

[bmwcyle]

I like my KIA. I have 4500 miles on it. The ride is a little hard but not too bad. I wish it had XM and not the other. I get life time on the drive train with my dealer. I got the AWD. I tested the Santa Fe Hyundai and the FWD got light when you accelerated fast. This make the steering wobble. My wife wanted electric features on the passenger side. The cross bars on the roof rack and some other items won't be out until January. I like the back just seats and it is fun to drive. It goes will on dirt roads and I have not had it in snow.

I suggest the new Sportage over the Soul.

[rawhide]

Did the Ford plant close down? Kinda ambiguous reading your post! /s

[maine yankee]

My ‘all-American’ ford was built in Windsor,Ontario with a Mazda engine.

[Bud Krieger]

Chevy GTO? Missed that one. Always thought it was a Pontiac. Or a Ferrari for those ticked off Italians.

[bmwcyle]

I guess you don’t have the 2011 Serento. How is your KIA?

[bert]

Free Republic has it’s share of Big Three only promoters.

They constantly swear off GM and Chrysler for ever and proudly claim they will buy Fords. Some even still use the anachronistic “riceburner” term. Automotive enlightenment has yet to come to many besides the UAW.

[NonValueAdded]

IIRC when Toyota entered NASCAR there was a quiz about which NASCAR mfg's car had the most American content and the answer was Toyota.

(Mexico and Canada did not qualify which was why Ford didn't make #1)

[joe fonebone]

ford does not have a plant in windsor....either oakville or st. thomas

[IYAS9YAS]

Only the badging was different.

I'll go you one better. Back in the early-mid 80s, a guy I worked for had a brand new General Motors pickup. On one side, the badging was for Chevrolet, on the other, the badging was GMC. Even the interior had both sets of emblems (the steering wheel had the Chevrolet logo, while the dash had the GMC version). The only explanation was that someone forgot to switch the trim on one side of the line. The truck was supposed to be a Chevrolet, and the VIN proved it out, but the badging was all screwed up. The saddest part is nobody cared.

[pgkdan]

They’ve done this for years. I called on a Ford plant years and years ago and you could only park in their parking lot if you drove a Ford. If you drove a Chrysler or a GM you had to park across the street and if you drove a foreign car...no matter where it was made...you had to park down the hill in a lot in the ghetto and walk a mile to the plant. They were vindictive bastards.

[GreenHornet]

Foreign car makers: Building the reliable cars that unionized Americans refuse to build.

[justlurking]

I wish it had XM and not the other.

XM and Sirius merged their programming -- I think you can get every channel on either system (although they may be different channel numbers).

Are there still channels only available on one?

[Red Badger]

Mine is the 2000 Sportage. Runs well, for ten years......................

[bmwcyle]

No you can’t get Quinn and Rose. Also the music channels are better on XM. You also get Alex Jones on the weekend on XM. XM is better.

[bmwcyle]

Good New thanks.