Posted on 11/16/2016 5:46:17 AM PST by monkapotamus
Ford’s chief executive officer Mark Fields must not respond well to threats; he admitted to Reuters on Tuesday that Ford was still planning on moving the production of its small cars from Michigan to — you guessed it — Mexico...
Fields claimed that the move would not have any effect at all on American jobs because the move south will “make room for two very important products we’ll be putting back into Michigan plants.”
Ford has yet to announce what, exactly, those “important products” are, but Fields is convinced that the move will lead to “no job impact whatsoever.”
“It’s very difficult for us to be able to make money on a vehicle produced in the U.S,” said Fields, explaining that if they were to raise the cost of their smaller cars to compensate for the increased cost of manufacturing in the United States the car just “wouldn’t sell...”
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Auto workers are not migrant workers. Think about it. Did the unemployed in Detroit head for Salinas Valley to pick lettuce?
Fixable problem. Rewrite the contract. It is that simple.
“However, you said small automobile production wasn’t profitable (in the USA), and I believe that is not true.”
Sorry. I should have clarified. Small American company made cars are not profitable when they are made here to UAW work requirements. One of the class projects for my MBA was to compare the costs of cars made in foreign countries that use subcontractors on each line. Acme may make and install the seats for example. But the Acme employees would not be union. The subcontractors bid against each other for the privilege of making the seat AND installing it. This keeps costs way below having UAW employees who make more money the longer they make the job last.
Get rid of CAFE Standards and expand Right To Work.
Tariffs, and threats against Ford, are the goldbricking UAW's best friend.
I heard that it will be...
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