general motors - STUPID, GREEDY UAW MEMBERS LOST $58 BILLION IN '98 STRIKE! But Threaten To Walk Out Again!

Twatala Cunzler · 2007-09-15T14:19:36+00:00

General Motors UAW members, apparently forgetting they lost $58billion unrecovered bucks in their last "strike," are threatening tostrike again -- this time with even less leverage than before!Fearing reductions in their coveted but overpriced PENSIONS, the UAWdrones say they'll walk out if their generous-but-outdated-pensionfunds are turned over to ... the UAW!But these folks fail to remember that in these days of the globalizedeconomy people with 5th-grade educations can no longer demandunaffordable pension and medical plans that add $2,000 to the price ofan American brand car or truck.So let these fools strike, I say. The result will be cheaper cars forconsumers and gutted "plans" for strikers!------------------------"GM Talks With UAW Go Past Deadline""Negotiations Move Into Morning With Hourly Extension"By Sholnn FreemanWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, September 15, 2007; D01Negotiators for General Motors and the United Auto Workers unioncontinued to bargain past their midnight deadline this morning,apparently signaling at least some progress toward a labor contractthat analysts have called pivotal for both sides.The UAW's existing contracts with GM, Ford and Chrysler were to haveexpired at midnight. The union agreed Thursday to extend its accordswith Ford and Chrysler but remained in intensive negotiations with GM,pressing the nation's largest automaker to reach a deal or face thepossibility of a walkout by workers.Shortly after the deadline passed, a local union official in Warren,Mich., told Bloomberg News that the two sides had agreed to extend thecontract on an hour-by-hour basis.The union had mobilized its membership yesterday in anticipation ofthe deadline, union officials said. Local union leaders said they weretold that negotiations with GM had hit a "hangup" and that they wereinstructed to be on alert for a possible strike."They just said we need to be ready," said Eldon Renaud, president ofLocal 2164 in Bowling Green, Ky., where GM's Chevrolet...

Sep 15, 2007 28 Replies

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Mike Philips 18 years ago

Kind of like the union guys that have been building this junk.

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Mike Hunter 18 years ago

Make one wonder why the average Japanese vehicle cost 20% or 30% MORE than a comparable sized and equipped GM vehicle doesn't it LOL

mike

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coachrose13 18 years ago

But, sir, I DO have reilable American cars.

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coachrose13 18 years ago

The Toyotas over-all quality has been in a steady decline for several years. NO question about this. Even some die-hard Toyota owners will attest to this. Toyota is still non-union, but more and more of them are made in the US, so I think it HAS to be the Americans to blame for the poor quality.

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coachrose13 18 years ago

If I ever have a GM product that dies at 100000 miles, I will not trade it, I'll SHOOT it. (for what its worth).

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coachrose13 18 years ago

Sorry. I responded to the wrong MIKE!!!!

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Mike Marlow 18 years ago

That was the point of my comment.

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Mike Marlow 18 years ago

It happens.

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Mike Hunter 18 years ago

Build quality is ALWAYS a function of management.

mike

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