"Agreed. Where does the UAW get off making such ridiculous demands that tens of thousands of American jobs are lost overseas? You are right that the UAW is as un-American as any group can get."
It's kind of funny. I'm not defending the unions, I'm just saying the focus is off. In fact the union has their share in all this. But the knee jerk here is to instantly bash the union to the exclusion of all else. Forget management's part, the unions made this all happen. (Horsepucky).
And that is how GM got into the mess they're in, a mess they won't get out of.
One poster pointed out GM will still produce cars somewhere, even after bankruptcy. His point was the union would be screwed, and that's enough for him.
Now if I'm a GM stockholder, I don't see it the same way.
Another poster had no sympathy for people who don't work at least 60+ hours a week, forgo vacations, and generally live to work.
I shake my head at the misplaced priorites.
Give me a break...Delphi (upper management voted a big pay raise by the way before the bankruptcy filing) workers were offered $12.00 per hour for 'unskilled' (really no such thing) and $19.00 per hour 'skilled'. Lower management just had their pay cut 20%. You call this reasonable?