Ford negotiating labor contract with UAW....

[Buckeye_Nut]

...of course the UAW now owns a huge chunk of both GM and Chrysler thanks to Obama.


It's amazing how messed up things have become. Can you imagine negotiating contracts with the very same union who just so happens to own a huge piece of your competitors? The conflicts in interest are beyond crazy....

This horrible reporting is beyond negligent........
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090831/BIZ/908310321/1076/BIZ/UAW+bristles+as+Ford+seeks+concessions
This is just one ignorant example of reporting that doesn't even begin to scratch the real truth.

 

[markw]

Interesting...

Your link doesn't work but I was able to drag this up.

The funny thing is that the red link at the bottom of the article doesn't work, either! I posted te text of my likk here, just in case it disappears.

"Ford and the United Auto Workers are set to begin new contract talks under a set of circumstances radically different from any previously faced by either party. There is the "minor" matter of the union's ownership stakes in General Motors and Chrysler that arose in the wake of those two companies' government-engineered bankruptcy filings, accomplished with more than a little rule-bending by the Obama administration and its car czars.

But you wouldn't learn about any of this, let alone its potential effect on negotiations, from reading coverage of the situation by the Associated Press's Kimberly Johnson. Additionally, there's quite a bit of emphasis on the idea that Ford can supposedly afford to be more generous with pay and benefits than its two major Detroit rivals. How convenient -- for the union and the the other two companies.

Here are key paragraphs from Johnson's very incomplete report:" Gone, like a train...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/08/31/ap-coverage-ford-uaw-negotiations-ignores-unions-ownership-interest-comp

I wonder if one of the new czars has a hand in this withholding of information?

 

[darien87]

The UAW needs to be abolished and Ford should get some sort of major government concessions for not taking government bailout money.

 

[lsiberian]

This is truly sad. A Union that literally ruined an American Car company.

 

[markw]

This is truly sad. A Union that literally ruined an American Car company.

Make that TWO American car companies. ...and it looks like they're going for a third.

 

[Audioholics]

The unions should have been abolished when Lee Iococa (sp?) took over back in the day...

 

[Nemo128]

The unions should have been abolished when Lee Iococa (sp?) took over back in the day...

Make that TWO American car companies. ...and it looks like they're going for a third.

This is truly sad. A Union that literally ruined an American Car company.

All lies! Unions didn't ruin them! Obama single-handedly destroyed GM and Chrysler! He was responsible for it all, including GM's brand redundancy for 30+ years and Chyrsler's years-long red-ink status during the energy crisis in the 70s! He's just that evil.

*laff*

 

[jinjuku]

All lies! Unions didn't ruin them! Obama single-handedly destroyed GM and Chrysler! He was responsible for it all, including GM's brand redundancy for 30+ years and Chyrsler's years-long red-ink status during the energy crisis in the 70s! He's just that evil.

*laff*

American car companies have been slowly going out of business for 30 years. The reason I and others don't purchase American models? We don't like them.

It's not a price thing. It's a quality and styling issue.

If the latest Malibu is the best GM has to offer in a mainstream sedan, they are royally screwed.

I have seen the new Taurus and it is a very competent car. Also the 2010 Buick LaCrosse would get me to look. But LaCrosse, really? (as in a name of a vehicle).