UAW rank-and-file reject Ford contract
posted at 1:40 pm on November 1, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Do I detect a bit of payback in this story? The UAW rank-and-file rejected a renegotiated contract from Ford intended to bring themselves into parity with GM and Chrysler, as has long been the practice for the Detroit automakers. In doing so, the workers also rejected the counsel of their own union, which had endorsed the new contract. Ford will have to operate at a disadvantage for the next two years in terms of compensation as a result:
Ford Motor Co. workers have overwhelmingly rejected contract changes that would have allowed the automaker to cut labor costs, leaving Ford at a disadvantage to its Detroit rivals as it continues its struggle to return to profitability.
The United Auto Workers union had given local unions until Monday to complete voting. But a person briefed on the voting said Saturday that the contract changes have been rejected by large margins. The person asked not to be named because the UAW hasn’t announced the results yet.
The UAW and Ford agreed to the contract changes several weeks ago, but Ford workers needed to ratify them. Ford has 41,000 UAW-represented workers.
Two large union locals in Kentucky and Ford’s home city of Dearborn rejected the contract Friday, sealing its fate. Those unions together represent 13,000 Ford workers. Exact tallies weren’t available, but at least 12 UAW locals representing about 27,500 workers so far have vetoed the deal, many overwhelmingly. Only about four locals with a total of 7,000 members favored the pact.
The national UAW position makes this a little more intriguing. Reader Geoff A thinks that this has been a Kabuki dance all along, and that the UAW approval of the contract was just a wink to the workers, giving the rejection a veneer of authentic grass-roots reaction. However, the UAW didn’t have to agree to renegotiate in the first place. Ford’s contract runs through 2011, and will remain in effect after this vote.
The UAW has used its leverage in Detroit to ensure parity between manufacturers, which is why Ford wanted to come back to the table. The unions had to give concessions during the bailouts in order to gain big chunks of GM and Chrysler, which didn’t happen with Ford. If Ford has a competitive cost problem with its compensation, it also has at least a little bit of a competitive labor advantage, although that hardly balances out or works in Ford’s favor.
Why did workers reject the pact? In part, they didn’t see much from management in contributions:
Rocky Comito, president of UAW Local 862 in Louisville, said Friday that workers felt they were being asked to sacrifice more than the company’s executives. Ford CEO Alan Mulally made $17.7 million last year, although that was down 22 percent from the year before.
“Some want to see management give more at the upper level,” Comito said.
Nevertheless, the rejection will almost certainly mean more cutbacks at Ford, especially if the economy doesn’t ramp up. This could be a very public example of cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.
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Fire all those social parasites. Unions are the refuge for the lazy, unskilled, and unmotivated. If Ford had the balls to fire these scum, I would buy a new Ford every 4 years for the rest of my life out of gratitude.
Blarg the Destroyer on November 1, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Hmmm, Air traffic controllers come to mind. Dump the union before they finish killing the U.S auto industry.
faol on November 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Some folks just have to behave like asses in spite of all evidence that the only ones harmed over time is themselves.
jeanie on November 1, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Maybe they want to destroy Ford so Obama can get his mitts on it as well.
ddrintn on November 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM
+100
DarkCurrent on November 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Am I alone here in seeing that the unions would rather put companies out of business, thus, killing the jobs they have, than to negotiate and have jobs?
Who will be to blame when this happens? Not the companies.
madmonkphotog on November 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Send them packing and get some real working,honest Americans in there.
bbz123 on November 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM
While philosophically I believe it is stupid to limit the pay of executives for feel-good purposes–this was a clear example of Ford executives doing a very crappy job of leading by example.
If you want your workforce to sacrifice, you are much more likely to succeed by sacrificing yourself. If I were a UAW member, all I would see are executives who win whether or not the company succeeded. At those rates of compensation, it just appears that the executive suite is just grabbing with both hands.
If that is not the case–that the compensation offered to Mulally was primarily bonus based and stock-based–then Ford definitely has a PR problem that cannot be finessed.
iconoclast on November 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Way to go Ford UAW workers. Your typical union stupidity will seal your fate. It’s happened every time. Ghosts in empty assembly plants.
Jeff from WI on November 1, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, better to go under all together eh workers?
A bigger bunch of morons i’ve never seen (outside DC that is).
RedbonePro on November 1, 2009 at 1:49 PM
I reject the UAW and everything they touch.
BottomLine5 on November 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
But isn’t there buzz about GM needing another bail out from the government? If that happens, I predict a bigger backlash from the public making Ford again appear to be the better run of the companies. Time to start announcing plant closings, even if just as a tactic.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Hard to sympathize with UAW give backs when they were the highest paid/compensated assembly workers in the world.
Jeff from WI on November 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
The workers were being asked to sacrifice more than the executives? Wow I find that hard to believe….
Sarcasm.
The Calibur on November 1, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Which only means that the union is acting in accord with Obooba’s wishes.
Talk about transparency.
Akzed on November 1, 2009 at 1:51 PM
As long as the UAW owns GM, they can not negotiate in good faith with any other auto maker. They have a direct economic interest in seeing Ford fail and GM succeed. It has nothing to do with payback for stimulus, it is business.
UAW needs to see Ford fail in order to make money because they now own Ford’s main US competition.
crosspatch on November 1, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Watch how fast these fools become unemployed in 2011.
katy the mean old lady on November 1, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Throw the communists b*stards the hell out, just like the voters are getting ready to do in the next few elections.
Wine_N_Dine on November 1, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Well they own GM and Chrysler , this was feared.
the_nile on November 1, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Email the Ford Motor Company at their site and tell them to reject UAW demands. UAW, GO TO HELL!
BottomLine5 on November 1, 2009 at 1:55 PM
We need to know.. NOW… if the Obama administartion is behind this. There is only one reason for this to occur… The TOTAL domination of the industry by leftist forces.
Skywise on November 1, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Why do I feel like I’m living in a nightmare or an Ayn Rand novel?
Kalifornia Kafir on November 1, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Let’s see:
The UAW, major owners of GM and Chrysler, are negotiating worker contracts with the only AMerican competitior that they don’t own??
This is the sort of twisted labor law and insane conflict-of-interest determinations they teach at our bastions of genius in the Ivy League law schools?
WTF?
progressoverpeace on November 1, 2009 at 1:57 PM
What Ford needs to do to survive is move all it’s plants to right to work states, where the UAW won’t be able to have a monopoly on it’s labor.
wildcat84 on November 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Winner!
bluemarlin on November 1, 2009 at 2:01 PM
I would also think that there would be antitrust conflicts here.
wildcat84 on November 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Time to abandon Detroit, and I mean just cut it loose. Give it to Canada, and if they don’t take it, make it into some sort of autonomous enclave, like in Escape from New York, a massive penal colony in the middle of Michigan.
Not that it’d be any different from what it is now. XD
Orange Doorhinge on November 1, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Dumb move…long view for the workers is increased layoffs and after 2011 their negotiating position will be nada, zero. Ford will be able to dictate terms.
aigle on November 1, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Do you think anyone would actually bring those up. Everyone let them abrogate the secured bond holders contracts. I see no reason why anyone will stick up for the EVIL Ford Motor Company that just hates its Union workers etc.. etc… what a shame.
bluemarlin on November 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM
It’s just breathtaking. We all knew this was coming back when they rammed the un-Constitutional, unfair and illegal bankruptcies through with the outsized UAW ownership, but to actually see it in action is really something.
I would add this whole situation to the articles of impeachment for The Precedent. I can’t think of anything less that would be even close to satisfactory. I would also impeach every justice who let the deal go through. This is just insane.
progressoverpeace on November 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Any industry that is held hostage by a labor monopoly in a global economy is doomed, end of story. The economic illiterates in the UAW will vote for more economic illiteracy in government and in so doing will guarantee they will be canned later on. I don’t care anymore, and I live in Michigan.
echosyst on November 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Lock em out, get this crap over with!
heshtesh on November 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Ford should move South. No vampiristic unions down here.
Guardian on November 1, 2009 at 2:06 PM
http://www.nydailynews.com/real_estate/2009/09/11/2009-09-11_workers_shudder_over_stella_doro_shuttering.html
Reminds me of this story from a few months ago.
Mark1971 on November 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM
[ Zorg ] Lay off one million [/ Zorg ]
quax1 on November 1, 2009 at 2:09 PM
No, the real message it sends is you don’t care as long as you get yours. And as long as both sides are going to keep acting like this it’s difficult to imagine that their mutual hate and self-destructive impulses won’t bring the company down. Why should I toss my money away on such a collection of out of touch children.
snaggletoothie on November 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Move Ford to Idaho, Wyoming, or Utah (as long as they don’t bring the unions with them). Red, right-to-work, pro-business states that would love to have some influx of major industry.
Ace ODale on November 1, 2009 at 2:13 PM
For years and years Ford wanted to close the Norfolk, VA plant that made F-150′s because it wasn’t automated but the quality was just so great they kept it open. Finally they closed it a several years ago. I wonder if they have sold the property? Time to retool and open back up in a right to work state.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Have you ever seen the difference between Windsor Ont. and Detroit Mich., not a chance my home town would want anything to do with that SH!THOLE!
heshtesh on November 1, 2009 at 2:14 PM
Many years ago an experiment was done with children. They could get one candy bar now or if they waited an hour they would get two. Approximately half of the children made each choice. Career councilors recommended that those in the “I want my candy now” group try to join the UAW.
Sigmund on November 1, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Many unions have been providing these examples for years and it doesn’t seem to matter in the areas in which there is a Big Labor stronghold like here in Northern MN. It’s always management cutting off the union nose no matter the facts. The rank and file take the word of their union bosses over everything else.
It’s sad, really. A lot of these fine folks have lost the ability to think for themselves.
AScott on November 1, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Previous post was supposed to be addressed to: Orange Doorhinge.
heshtesh on November 1, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Since the contract stays in place until 2011 I wonder if the public’s preference for non-government owned car makers will keep Ford in the domestic lead? The union folks better hope that unemployment has turned around by then because they need to walk.
Cindy Munford on November 1, 2009 at 2:18 PM
That’s exactly what Boeing had to do to save itself. They could no longer survive in Washington State. They went to a right to work state of South Carolina.
Conservalicious on November 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Dear Ford Execs,
Come to Texas.
Signed,
Hard working, liberty loving, union-hating Texans
smfoushee on November 1, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I blame BHO…
d1carter on November 1, 2009 at 2:21 PM
As someone who recently bought their first non-UAW auto, I will never purchase a UAW auto again. They don’t deserve our loyalty!
Star20 on November 1, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Unions gone wild. The American automakers were once the envy of the world. It was our advantage to mass produce that gave us the logistical advantage to win WWII. The greed and unrealistic demands of American unions with the support of the White House will continue to bring this country’s ability to produce to a grinding halt.
I’m driving a Chevy built in Mexico after owning a Jeep, manufactured in Canada.
Hening on November 1, 2009 at 2:23 PM
As others have said, move to a Right-To-Work state and tell the UAW to pound sand.
thmsmgnm on November 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Excellent
bluemarlin on November 1, 2009 at 2:25 PM
In the long run, this will work against the union in a major way. With the UAW now establishing that every auto worker in every plant is no longer going to be under the same contract. Expect a very long strike in 2011.
The federal government can do nothing as it is now controlling the competition. With this action, the labor union has no principals of ‘equality’ to stand on. All that is left is the amount of time all sides are willing to let those factories idle. Based on how Ford is being managed, and the pace of car sales, I suspect they could sit for a year or more.
Can those ‘union’ workers do the same?
Freddy on November 1, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Fire them all.
misslizzi on November 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM
I want the UAW to fail.
txag92 on November 1, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Unions are the original terrorists, using brutal intimidation and threats to harm and cripple everyone they can affect because they have contract disputes with management. Such animals are destructive to civilized society and must be excised. I hope Ford moves to right-to-work states and GM and Chrysler go dead belly up. Let their UAW members starve, as they would gladly starve the rest of us if they could, just to extort a few more unearned dollars for themselves. The original terrorists.
And people should understand that labor is automatically given a large representation on the boards of our Federal Reserve banks. How do you like that? Crazy, huh? Most people have no idea about this and would blow a gasket if they knew.
progressoverpeace on November 1, 2009 at 2:32 PM
You think that will stop them from getting involved. I remember something about “I will bring the white house press corps down on you” or something like that. I would agree with you normally, with a rational administration in power. I have yet to see rationality come from this White House just rationing. I really do hope you are right but I really believe Ford will have to submit. Obama has to be very pissed they did not take the money and give him power.
bluemarlin on November 1, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Ford should stand tough against those left wing bastards.
rplat on November 1, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I know Ford has done a lot of cost cutting already. The plant here in the St. Louis area closed down a few years ago, and there were others. I’d imagine, in this market, scaling back further wouldn’t be in their worst interests. It isn’t so much about market share anymore, it is about finding a path to profitability. And I’m sure any path to profitability involves having less union labor.
stldave on November 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM
I meant submit from the White House point of view.
bluemarlin on November 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Ever notice how much Obama likes the word “folks”?
After UAW kills Ford, Government Motors will debut its Folkswagon.
Stephen M on November 1, 2009 at 2:34 PM
He$$, move the plants to Texas – you can be layed off, terminated, or outright fired with no reason given. How the big GM plant in Dallas managed with those rules I don’t know, but then, that plant is mostly shuttered now anyway. Haven’t paid attention to that lately, but it sure was the last time I drove by it.
If Ford doesn’t abandon Detroit over this they’ll be in the pocket of Washington this time next year. Or, you can watch those jobs quietly being moved out of country. UAW employees are fools in this economic environment. Thousands would take jobs as janitors in one of those plants. Let ‘em strike.
24K lady on November 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM
That’s what labor unions do best these days…..
JoeinTX on November 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Hey, I like the idea of carving out Detroit and firing it from the country. It will go a LONG way to ballot box recovery in Michigan. As long as we have that voting block anchor of idiot socialists in that part of the state, Michigan’s economy will continue to be the worst in the nation.
This action by the ford UAW reminds me a lot of the mechanics at eastern airlines. Idiots, all of them.
karenhasfreedom on November 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM
If I were a Ford Exec Id be looking at filing a motion for conflict of interest in that UAW owns Ford’s competition at GM. Making negotiations a form of corporate sabotage and grounds for dismissal of the labor contract currently in place and move for immediate renegotiation or removal of all negotiation.
Try a union free ford shop. Or a shop at ford that employs union workers without contracts because they got too clever at GM.
Opportunity Costs on November 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Please Ford fight these socialist union pricks. Do not give in. Go out of business and put all these pricks on the unemployment line!
jwp1964 on November 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Make Detroit part of Saudi Arabia, as if it isn’t, already.
Star20 on November 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM
I agree – There are plenty of out of work autoworkers. Fire them all, and start over with out the union.
Dasher on November 1, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Yeah, why doesn’t Ford close up shop in Michigan, fire everybody and re-open in a right-to-work state? Cut your costs right there.
There must be some sort of legal hammer over them, but what could it be?
Iblis on November 1, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Nicely put.
misslizzi on November 1, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Let’s be blunt. The only reason many autoworkers hold a job is b/c the companies have not found a way for machines and/or monkeys to replace them. Considering that Ford was the one American automaker to remain financially viable, the CEO deserved to make that type of money.
Lou Budvis on November 1, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Unions are like racial quotas. At the time they came about, they were sorely needed to give certain organizations a figurative kick in the pants. Now they promote little but mediocrity and bitterness.
Dark-Star on November 1, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Folks this is an example of what the Liberals want us to do.
This is all about control.
yoda on November 1, 2009 at 2:53 PM
That whole detroit/dearborn area has been under the rule of the UAW & democrats for decades. I’ve been there twice on business in the last couple months. What a h&ll hole!
The UAW would rather have NO jobs than give up their “power”.
If I were Ford, I’d take a cue from Boeing and MOVE.
p51d007 on November 1, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Don’t think you’re position is invulnerable, bub. If it were profitable enough to do so, there would be robots doing nearly every single job imaginable in the manner of the WALL-E movie for the benefit of the few.
Dark-Star on November 1, 2009 at 2:55 PM
So let me get this straight. They reject a plan, because they feel execs need to make more compensations, and this stubborn attitude will mean more cutbacks. IE, jobs? IF so, how is that standing by your union brothers, and sisters, when they lose their jobs?
Doesn’t sound like hope, and change, and socialism to me. Sounds like a bunch of boobs, who want all, or nothing, and will sacrifice anyone to get it. Welcome to the REAL change!
capejasmine on November 1, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Ford: when the contract it up, don’t renew. The UAW has no contract at that point, so throw the personnel offices open, and hire a new team. Any present UAW member wanting a job can start off fresh with no seniority advantage over the new workers. Take it or leave it.
friendlygrizzly on November 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM
Hey if the ignorant UAW membership which works at Ford doesn’t understand that they should be on their knees thanking God that they have a job in Michigan, then they deserve to be fired and thrown out on the streets just like too many of their fellow Michiganders thanks to the Democrats in Lansing and DC.
highhopes on November 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM
If I were Ford, I’d do exactly that.
There’s going to be plenty of people looking for work after Obama destroys the economy. Unions will continue to price themselves out of the market forcing people to buy foreign cars. Who wants to buy a truck for 50K when I can get the same value from Toyota for 30K.
Kini on November 1, 2009 at 3:02 PM
USW: That’s tellin’ ‘em!
BDavis on November 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Question: Can Ford get rid of the union workers?
Key West Reader on November 1, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Not for two years, because that is how long the contract has to run. But, revenge is a dish best served cold and Ford has that time to figure out if the UAW is part of their future workforce or not. There are plenty of people in the US who would take those jobs that the UAW membership is taking for granted.
highhopes on November 1, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Ford now has to fight not only the UAW, but the White House as well. Ford rejected Osama Obama’s handouts, and there will surely be retribution for that.
It has become clear that the Chicago Jesus and his totalitarian thugs want all major means of production in their hands, subject to their demands.
Ford has made all the right moves to survive as an industrial powerhouse in the United States of America. Sadly, this is no longer the USA.
MrScribbler on November 1, 2009 at 3:13 PM
So true, it deserves a ditto.
Machete_Bug on November 1, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Right now the fact that ford’s performance even with the higher labor costs is a huge black-eye to both the unions and our new federal management teams now running GM & Chrysler.
Fords ability to out perform their competitor’s despite their spurning of bailout largesse continue’s to undermine Governmental market interference. Much to this administrations shagrin.
Expect Ford to be under seige till the kow-tow, or GM’& Chrysler’s bankruptcy redux.
Archimedes on November 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM
As long as Obama is President and in charge of appointing czars to resolve the “auto-industry crisis”, the UAW has every reason to refuse to resolve the “crisis” by conceding ANYTHING.
Chris_Balsz on November 1, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Why do I have the feeling that the members were probably told to reject the agreed-to-contracts….. in order to make the union seem to “have tried all they could to get the evil company run by rich people to see the plight of the poor downtrodden working person.”
Of course, that makes only one other thing possible for a solution according to the pieces of garbage trying to take over our nation….. Teh gubmint gotsta give up dat dere munnie or the shouts of discrimination and raaaaaaaaaaacism will be heard far and wide…… and of course the underlying threat of union-sanctioned “events” occurring at Ford executive’s homes and other frequented places is always not far behind.
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Hey Union Members……… Those contracts you rejected were agreed to by YOUR union bosses and Ford……. What’s the problem ? I thought your unions always were and still are the beginning and end-all to everything…… Don’t tell me that all of a sudden y’all aren’t trusting ‘em to look out for your interests better than you can on your own, right ? Oops, I said a bad thing….. individual responsibility over a union…… my bad.
Sorry union members… never mind. I sincerely “hope” y’all have a great time when things “change” and Ford goes under rather than the company becoming a government slave.
Kenny Solomon
South Florida’s locked and loaded Jewish Redneck.
E T Cartman on November 1, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Why should any fan of freedom want to support Ford or any American company or any American worker?
If I buy a Korean car, the anti-freedom UAW workers don’t get my support. The Korean workers aren’t trying to use the government to steal money from me or my family. The American workers are.
If I buy from a foreign company, they just want to sell me a product. They’re not trying to have the government force me to buy it. They’re not stealing from my wallet to get a subsidy so they don’t have to compete.
The same goes for foreign oil. If I buy ethanol, I support farmers who want the government to steal from me to write them subsidy checks. They want the government to force me to buy their inferior products against my will. Meanwhile, the Arabs in Saudi Arabia just want to sell me oil in a simple, fair, free, and mutually beneficial transaction. They get cash, I get gas to drive my car.
America has gotten so corrupt it’s hard to find any reason to support any American institutions any more.
Kohath on November 1, 2009 at 3:46 PM
One question I have not seen is what do the UAW upper managers make? I am in management and we cut our pay by 20% to help keep the none management people working. Ford CEO took a 22% cut in pay, how is that not giving up anything?
Ford should suspend all work for the next 6 months (as they make deals for new locations) and let the UAW just sit in their own stew for that time.
Teleycoman on November 1, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Time for Ford to give Detroit and MI an ultimatum, let us go with non-union or we’re gone.
cadams on November 1, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The advantages of not being bankrupt are showing … What’s the risk when Obamao will bail them out.
tarpon on November 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM
Come on, do we really expect people to vote to allow their pay as a group to be cut? People vote for their own self interest. Unless the options are clearly, take this pay cut or lose your job, I wouldn’t expect anyone to vote for it.
Although, maybe this could work out in Ford’s favor in the long run? The best and brightest from GM and Chrysler will want to start moving to Ford if the compensation is better there. As long as Ford can manage to keep the price of their cars within a reasonable range of the competition.
FireDrake on November 1, 2009 at 3:58 PM
If Ford can run even a single non-union plant then they will see massive profits. If they open such a plant I will buy from them and them alone, so long as I can be guaranteed that my vehicle comes from that plant.
jollycynic on November 1, 2009 at 4:00 PM
THROW THE BUMS OUT ON THIER ASSES!
marklmail on November 1, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Thugs!
wepeople on November 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM
I used to visit that plant weekly as I was a vendor there. People in Norfolk were shocked when it closed. One of the oldest plants around if I recall but you are right about quality. I own a Norfolk built F-150 and it is great !
I’ll wager just about everyone laid off there would go non-union to get the opportunity to see that plant open again.
BierManVA on November 1, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Having been in a union (forced to) the best employee is considered EQUAL to the worst screw up that union has to defend. Its a shame that GOOD employees have to endure unions.
grapeknutz on November 1, 2009 at 4:13 PM
The union workers have not thought that this out. Their last card to play is a strike. But it won’t work, at least not in Michigan.
There are plenty of people here (and I’m guessing elsewhere) that have run out of unemployment that would be happy with a $20 an hour non-union job. Even if it means crossing a picket line. This is the prime time for Ford to union bust.
But they won’t.
shibumi on November 1, 2009 at 3:21 PM
So how many of Ford’s profitable products are made in the US?
Watch for more of them to move to Mexico as soon as they’ve got plant space.
JEM on November 1, 2009 at 3:30 PM
I was thinking the same thing.
jimmy2shoes on November 1, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Isn’t that the Dem theme book?
Mangy Scot on November 1, 2009 at 3:38 PM
A friend of mine has worked at Caterpillar his whole life and has been on strike so many times – because the UAW wanted – and wanted – I agree move the plants – Now – right to work states—non income tax states ..asap..
wheels on November 1, 2009 at 3:41 PM
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