Chuck wrote:
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...This is not the union workers' fault. That's bullshit, plain and simple. Short sighted management and financial meltdown is to blame.



I don't know who stated that this whole shitstorm in the automotive industry is the union workers' fault, but it surely wasn't me.
If you're looking to blame some group of people, look at top and middle management of 'The Big 3'. And I guess that the union board hasn't been paying enough attention either.

However, the solution has to come from both sides: the assembly line and the overhead (HQ, R&D, etc.). It would be a nice start to cut the 'labor' costs of the top 10 percent at GM with, for example, 25 percent. That would make a 5 percent cut at the assembly line a little more tolerable.

It might also pay off to check the efficiency levels of the desk jockeys just above the production workers.
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