UAW Rejects Ford's Latest Concessions Refusing To Grant Same Status As GM And Chrysler

dumbasses.

FUAW?

The UAW should be "rejected".

Unions are the types that will shoot themselves in the nose to spite their face.

Would any of us agree to cut our compensation while the company that we worked for was posting $1B in profits for the quarter? Not me.

No. My skillsets are transferable.

But if I was a Sr. Cow Milker and my only skill set was milking cows, then yes I might consider taking a pay-cut if it meant retaining my job. Besides, does a Sr. Cow Milker really a large flat screen TV, inground heated pool and a Ford Cobra?

^....+100 if I could.

Maybe Ford should shift production to Canada where the Union was much more reasonable to deal with.

Union workers didn't work hard to get their salary. No where else in the world can a high school education grant someone immediately into middle class. If Union babies were as valuable as the wages they were getting paid they could always look elsewhere for work, there are still jobs it's just that they require more education/value/experience to get. I dunno how you can think that it's crazy for management to have power over firing and how much to pay the employees. Bad management doesn't fire useless employees and pays everyone equally. Good management fires useless employees and pays people based on value to the company to encourage it's employees to be more productive.

I can understand that people generally will not agree to cutting compensation. But, in times where you can be more than happy to have a job, I think we need to think about it twice. What is the long term benefit, when I still get my "used to" high salary, but in a not too far distance my company could face bankruptcy, or job cutting, for cost reduction?

In a free market, it is all about competition. And if my two biggest rivals - GM and Chrysler - have the advantage of paying less for the same tasks, than it for sure will annul the rules of free market, and will lead to problems. Dear UAW, think about the big picture, please. It does not mean, because Ford made profit, you should not discuss measurements with them. Obviously other companies got these concessions, and the people working there can still make a living. Once the economy finally turned around positive, you can still go back to the “old” rules. It is always a giving and taking.

This article has no mention of the binding arbitration clause which may have turned off many of the members. Coupled with the proposed limited-striking aspects, the concessions made earlier this year and Fords recent headline making profits, it's not that surprising that the Union members are skeptical.