AutoSpies.com Officially Puts You In Charge: If You Ran The UAW, What Would YOU Do Differently?

...nothing, collect a check. why mess up a good thing, once you're in @ that level.

I'd find another industry to ruin.

Fold. Hopefully this might give the US auto makers a glimmer of hope...

Quit and go back to running hell.

No seriously.

Its all very very simple.

1. Don't have GM pay for Pensions anymore. (most of the rest of the world dosent do this anymore and it has helped save numerous companies)

2. Eliminate free medical coverage. Yet again see ()in comment 1.

3. Actually sit down in meetings with the executives of the companies to discuss what the companies business line looks like and how they envision profiting in the future to ensure the employees salaries stay in line with what the company earns. (Remember UAW, you are tied to the companies and if they hurt...you should hurt too)

4. ...you know in reality the UAW cannot and will not do any of the above. So this has just been an excersie in futility. The UAW should just go away as all Unions should, since Federal Labor laws were enacted. In a capitalistic society the market should determine how a company should be run, not out of date stopgap measure like Unions.

Unions were good in their time...but their time ended 40 years ago.

You hit the nail right in the head! This is the sad reality. Asking UAW to do something that makes sense is like asking Blagojevich to resign - it will not happen voluntarily, you must force them into it with legal action.

Yep 1UAW...that is exactly what I said. Word for word. I just exhaulted slave labor.

How can you possibly expect anyone to listen to what you say when you make statements like that.

Be nice now, he at least shares his opinion and you guys might want to pick his brain a bit more and bash a bit less.

A different perspective is not always bad, just different.

Maybe one way to instill those values is new leadership. It takes a true leader to change the direction of an organization.

LOL!!! That is exactly what I wanted to post when I clicked on this article! Word for word and as simple as that.

1st. Have every UAW leader take a basic college class in logic.

2nd. Rethink every single aspect of the organization.

I would realize that a company has to remain in business to pay its employees (a novel idea, I know)

Execute them all and make an example of them to the rest of the crooks in the nation.

I think anything I would do for the good of the country's future, my own future, and the workers' own future might get myself killed :(

Does anyone want to take bets on how long it will be before "UAW1" or "Neutral" buzz in; tell us all how good the UAW is for everyone; how the government owes them the bailout money. Any moment now....

"If You Ran The UAW, What Would YOU Do Differently?"

First thing I would do is take the UAW and tear it up into itty bitty pieces and bury it in a shallow grave in a secluded wooded area of West Virginia.

:-/

ya I would collect a nice check. hey it's easy for us on the outside to criticize and God knows what they're doing is crippling the big 3, but hey as long as they're collecting big checks, why would they do anything differently. they believe in what they are doing 100%

Accept obsolescence and wind down union operations and ask for a settlement for pensions and medical coverage in lump sum discounted terms as of ending November 30. There is no place for the union with their existing demands for pension, medical etc., in the 21st century as can be evidenced in labor laws and other manufacturers who do not have them. Simply put, follow what foreign car makers in the US are doing and take it from there.

If the big three don't come up with a solution, the bailout will become fed money being flushed down the toilet every time money is "lent" to the automakers.

A: Recognize that ehe Union is in partnership ... not opposition... to the auto companies.
B: Figure out what the benefit to the auto comapnies would or could be by working with the union. If you can't find any - disband.
C: In representing labor, find ways to incentivize labor so that it can benefit when the company does well because of it's hard work. Break away from the model where individual performance is not rewarded. Everyone making the sames wage is stupid. There are hard workers and lazy ones. Let the hard workers get rewarded more.
D: Loose the attitude that the company is awlays out to screw you.
E: Take your head out of the sand and either back off political contributions (which 99% go to Democrats) or balance things out. If you don't have friends on both sides of the aisle, you will find your self in positions like ... like you are in today!
F: When the autocompanies have badge that is a dog (aka Olsdsmobile), they loose it or rename it. "UAW" is a dog... try rebadging and then marketing the new and improved quality workforce. Marketing is the key -- you can turn any peice of crap into a lofty image with marketing... no one has land with a swamp any more -- they have wetlands and it makes us all feel better.

I'd write more but I have to go throw-up.

Take my retirement and hit the beach.

Considering the times in which you post and reply, SHOULDNT YOU BE DOING SOME WORK!?! Done screwing in those bolts for $75/hr while your company sinks!?! You spend an awful lot of time replying to us during what appear to be work hours. But I could be wrong... Maybe you screw them during second shift, lol.

That was mean, Im sorry...

Another question would be... would the UAW be giving any concessions if it were not for others (Toyota, Nissan etc) willing to do the same work for less money. My biggest beef with the UAW is that they are not just FOR the worker, but in many ways, AGAINST their employer. They foster an adversarial relationship which in the short term benefits the workser but in the long term, the single minded selfish/greedy approach hurts everybody - employers, stockholders, consumers.

Talk about a "political statement". This is the kind of "inspirational" speech our heads of state give. Please. There's no question that Unions did more for the American worker then most people will ever realize, but 50 yrs. ago. A friend of mine worked for a shipping company that was non union. This shipping company had competitive wages and it was the most profitable company of its kind. While most its competitors who were union were finding it very difficult to make a profit at all. The difference, union. Frequently, union reps. would try to come in my buddies company and try and organize a union, however most of the workers would vote them down. Coincedentally, the laziest and most unproductive would be the ones to vote in favor of it. Just like to many sponsored programs in this country, all a union does now is breed entitlement and "only the week survive". Plus don't forget all the money it puts in the pockets of all the mob bosses running it. Off with their heads...

UAW, most here are not critizing you personally. Its the crummy organization that you belong to. The same organization that is just as responsible as corporate greed for ruining many of the once strong American co.'s.

The UAW needs to focus the discussion back where it belongs - on the car company management and their poor product planning and technology decisions.

The UAW should ask (in public) whether Chevy really needs a Z55, a Z06, and a ZR1 Corvette? Three versions? And who approved all of that money to develop a new 300hp Camaro? What about the Caddy XLR? And how much money did they pump into Hummer? Why wasn't GM already working on the Volt years ago? And where is their hybrid Prius fighter? Heck, why can't they build a car simply equal (in price, reliability, performance, and value) to the Honda Civic?

If I was head of the UAW, that's where I'd take my fight ...