UAW Authorizes Ford Workers To Strike

As your sign says, "Kiss Ass....". Remember when Ronald Reagan fired the air traffic controllers for striking? I'd love if the automakers were able to fire them for striking. Get rid of these duma@@. "We want a raise for putting nuts, bolts and screws on". "If we don't get it we'll build the company a crappy car.....wait we already do that though". UAW members = dinosaurs!!

Good news , and stay on strike as long as it takes for Toyota and Honda to regain the market they lost.....ha...ha

Very enlightened and enlightening comments. A quick question. What is the difference between the way auto companies are run in say Germany or Japan and the US? How are the Unions different, how is management different???

Another difference is most Asian auto companies in Japan (not their counter part transplants, e.g. Honda) do NOT have a union. The Japanese culture has always believed that "the car company will take care of me and my family". Workers are loyal to the carmakers in Japanese culture. Furthermore, back in the late 70's and 80's guess who the US auto companies tried to emulate, one guess: it wasn't the US management style, or the US (lack of) cost effiencies, or making factories more productive; or have car parts as an "as needed production basis" (not having to store major quantities of parts which drove up cost).

These UAW members that work say for Chrysler are lazy and don't give crap. Why else would they not once, but twice get caught on TV smoking pot and drinking beer; then heading back to work. I guess saftey isn't something a US autoworker should even consider - not. So the next time you pose such a obvious question, why not think about why Chrysler (and other US built cars) are a piece of crap. The lazy UAW auto worker cares only about whether they should be getting MORE money; or "we'll strike". What ever happened to building a quality product first; then reap the rewards once you've proven yourself.

The vote is a vote only to strike if needed. It gives the membership to oppose a strike if they see fit.

Those are not UAW signs.

p!$$ on the UAW.