Just when it looked like Detroit's auto industry was poised for a breakthrough deal, the United Auto Workers strikes General Motors Corp. and we're back to 1970 all over again.
But it's not 1970, except here in Michigan. GM doesn't dominate its home market; foreign-owned rivals do. The UAW doesn't represent the growing work forces at rivals operating down South -- and probably won't anytime soon should this walkout become a recruiting poster for anti-UAW forces from Alabama to Texas.
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1 comment:
wow. this sure was a wise decision...not.
american workers don't understand that their companies don't control the market like they used to. the japanese companies can put out more, better cars, faster.
so in the grand scheme, who cars about little american workers in a now-small time car producer? no one really. i'm sure GM has enough capital to last a while and put their affairs in order, but i doubt the workers do.
the union went to its "if it aint broke don't fix it" tactic of a strike. well guess what, it broke. a long time ago, and nobody in the union seemed to notice.
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