Ford Assembly Plant in Brazil.......Thanks, John. What I believe has happened
is that capital has now completely outmaneuvered labour. Capital has become
extremely mobile, able to set up plants anywhere in the world where suitable
labour pools exist -- labour pools that have no sense or experience of
organizing themselves into unions that can take on capital and make a case for
fair treatment and meeting employee's needs for healthcare and, ultimately,
retirement. Organizations like CAW and the UAW have now taken on the roles of
isolated anachronisms, but one musn't forget that they are the product of a
long battle that for a time enabled labour to stand up to capital, a battle
that is now being lost.
Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: John McGrath
To: Duane Starcher
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 12:02 AM
Subject: Ford Assembly Plant in Brazil.......
SOMETIMES IT PAYS TO BE SO FAR BEHIND THAT YOU CAN SKIP A GENERATION,
AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE DONE IN BRAZIL. I VISITED A VOLKSVAGON ASSEMBLY THERE
ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO WHERE BY THEY WERE USING OLD TECHNOLOGY, A PLANT IN KOREA,
WHERE THEY HAD THE NEXT HIGHEST TECH CAR ASSEMBLY, AND THE ( AT THAT TIME) THE
FORD PLANT IN ONTARIO WHICH HAD THE MOST JOHNMOR UP-TO-DATE PLANT-- AND
NOW-----
JOHN MOR
This is VERY interesting .. it is a short video of a new Ford plant
in Brazil.
One look at this and you will be able to tell 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.
After you watch this, you really need to take the time to write
your Congressman and Senators urging them NOT to support the
proposed bailout of the big three automakers. It will quite
obviously be another large chunk of our (taxpayers) money going for
a futile cause - because those companies are not ever going to be
able to change enough to be successful until the UAW is willing to
make some huge changes. And that seems unlikely.
Do not be scared into thinking that Ford, GM, and Chrysler are
going to go under. They will survive, but their assembly operations
in the US likely won't -- whether we provide a bailout or not.
And keep in mind that a huge percentage of the cars sold in the
USA are made in the USA today -- not just by Ford, GM, and Chrysler
-- but by Toyota, Honda, and many of the rest. They are built by
American workers and they are being profitable. Why, you must ask?
Because they are non-union operations and do not have the UAW
hanging around their necks like large ship anchors.
Watch the video.
http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189
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