The slice of the pie was paid for by cutting back on investment in those areas you say the industry failed to deliver. Unions protect jobs over innovation "feather bedding" so when Japan and Korea were improving fit and finish with robotics we were keeping 40 year old plants running building outdated models.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Hnat Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:26 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New Ford Plant I do not understand why everyone always points the finger at the union work for the decline of the auto industry. The union workers only ask for their "slice of the pie", so they can provide a good living for their families. After all, it is upper and middle management that directs what products will be, designs them, and sets the direction the company will take. If they design junk, the union workers just assemble the product as designed. Funny, I never hear about management's big salaries and their large bonuses they get regardless of how their company does. Bonuses should be tied to the performance of the company. Management needs to set the example and be honest. Also the dealer's service department plays an important part. If they don't provide good service (several trips to fix the same problem and charge the customer each time) the customer will go elsewhere. Service will always sell not matter what the industry is. Pete Hnat From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New Ford Plant I beg to differ, We been doing this in Lansing, Michigan for 11 years now. And were proud UAW members. If our jobs leave this country yours will soon follow. Ron Paruszkiewicz -----Original Message----- From: Bill Vander Werf <[email protected]> To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Dec 14, 2010 8:27 am Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New Ford Plant The jobs went away because of the UAW. Unions were a good thing at their inception, but they have completely outlived their usefulness. As a business owner, I understand that you need to constantly cut costs to be competitive. In manufacturing, labor is a huge part of the cost of production. Labor costs have to be passed on to the consumer. Union greed and an ever-increasing entitlement mentality are the things killing manufacturing in this country, not the manufacturers or the government. Bill Vander Werf _____ From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]?> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry S Hodges Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:20 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] New Ford Plant Toyota's are built in Georgetown Ky Nissan's are built in Smyrna Tn On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Dan Rachlin < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: Strange how "Buy American" now means Toyota's that are built in Tennessee.?? On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Rich Pruett < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: This is fascinating. If you watch, listen to the very last couple of sentences. This is a short video of a new Ford plant in Brazil . One look at this and you will be able to understand why there will probably never be another assembly plant built in the USA. It will also point out why more assembly plants will go offshore. You won't doubt that Ford, GM, and Chrysler are destined to go under, after watching this video. They will survive, but their assembly operations in the U.S. likely won't, whether we have provided a bailout or not (listen closely at the end for the reason why ). <http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/player/index.php?id=1189> http://apps.detnews.com/apps/multimedia/player/index.php?id=1189 And we wonder where the jobs go. This should help with the explanation!!!!!
