Unions and management are both to blame. The only thing union wants is to make the most money with the minimum amount of work. And they like to keep others from doing their job. My cousin at Ford can't even bring his presentation documents from one building to another, because the union said he is doing their job clasification. Unfortunately, the same hold of management in GM. They make millions because they are friends with the board member. They all pat each other in the back. So down they go in a death spiral. The only thing is management usually makes it out rich while the workers loose their benefits. If I were the union, I would stress survival of the company, and demand a say in decisions.
Ben
> VW is having a lot of problems in germany
> They have been decreasing the number of workers in germany many years
> The unions are strong but when companies do not hire they can not do a > thing
> Same is happening to GM
> The unions in US are strong
> So strong that they are killing GM operations in the US
> if GM is to survive they have to close down in th US and move abroad > like VW
>
> GRL wrote:
>> In the early '90's Porsche was losing so much money it was on the brink >> of
>> going out of business. Now they are the most profitable car company on >> earth
>> and recently bought a 20% share in struggling VW. We all know how >> Chrysler
>> has had two near death experiences, one with the U.S. government bailing
>> them out and one with Daimler. Today, they are the healthiest of the U.S.
>> car makers (I know, faint praise). A few years back Nissan was in the
>> toilet, Renault bought a large stake in them and sent over a French
>> executive to do some plant closing and ass-kicking and today Nissan is >> very
>> successful.
>>
>> You think it will be any different with GM?
>>
>> Hah. They just need the near-death experience to make them do what should
>> have been done long ago.
>>
>> - GRL
>> > Now that GM is at the end of its life cycle it is very interesting to >> > watch
>> >
>> > It is like seing an elephant falling down in slow motion
>> >
>> > Maybe it is more like seing a big tree being eaten alive by figs >> >
>> > Question is who or what are the figs
>> > The autoworkers unions or other car competitors
>> >
>> > It will be interesting to see how long the figs will live after the >> > host dies
>> >
>> > Strangler Fig: Ficus destruens
>> > Many species of fruit-eating birds eat the succulent fruits of
>> > strangler figs. The indigestible seeds are then voided by the birds and
>> > will germinate in a tree crevice or hole.
>> > The young fig starts its life as an epiphyte in the canopy unlike
>> > other tree seedlings that have to start their struggle for survival on
>> > the forest floor. It grows slowly at first, for there is little water
>> > or food for it, but its leathery leaves reduce water loss.
>> > The plant puts out long cable-like roots that descend down the
>> > host tree trunk to the forest floor and root into the soil beneath. It
>> > can then readily absorb nutrients and water and the young fig tree >> > flourishes.
>> > The thin roots become thicker and interlace their way tightly
>> > around the supporting tree trunk. The expanding leafy crown of the
>> > strangler starts to shade the crown of the support tree and its roots
>> > start to strangle its host. The host tree slowly rots away leaving a
>> > totally independent strangler fig which may live for several hundred
>> > years or more.
>> > The most famous of all individual fig trees in the Wet Tropics
>> > are the 'Curtain' and 'Cathedral' figs, on the Atherton Tablelands. >> >
>> > Life Cycle of the Strangler Fig:
>> > A bird, possum, tree kangaroo or rat drops a strangler fig seed
>> > in the top of a tree.
>> > The seed gets covered with leaf mould and grows.
>> > The roots of the seed grow down the side of the host tree until
>> > they reach the ground.
>> > The initial roots take root in the ground, while more and more
>> > grow down the sides of the tree to the ground.
>> > The roots eventually totally enclose the host tree and the host >> > dies.
>> > The tree that remains is totally the strangler fig.
>> >
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