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Is there an endorcement deal here?


Decker

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Wouldn't surprise me to some of you guys coming back to MAP...

If anything, those of us that are already elsewhere won't come back. Those that are still there that are supposed to be laid off on whatever date in the next 2 weeks will probably end up staying. At least some of them.

 

I heard some postings went up last week. Where and how many are there?

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It's sometimes amusing to read the messages from UAW members when it's contract renewal time. All through the 60's, 70's, 80's the Big 3 gave in to the UAW to avoid plant shut downs due to a strike. They practically gave the UAW anything they wanted to avoid the repercussions of being shut down by the all powerful UAW. And along the way the members got more and more benefits including being paid during extended plant down time, closures and more.

 

Now don't get me wrong but in the last couple of decades America has gotten a dose of reality and a good part of that is that corporations have to be profitable in order to stay in business and pay employees. Along the way politicians approved NAFTA which gave manufacturers a way to produce products at a lower cost and send them back to the USA without penalty. And further along the way General Motors and Chrysler went to the taxpayers for a bailout that the politicians gave them because how could they have possibly planned ahead for the cyclical nature of the economy and/or the automotive business. Think that Donald Trump can fine Ford or any other company with a 35% tariff for bring goods across the border, then find a way for Congress to repeal NAFTA!

 

General Motors got the bailout due to a sense that they were just too big to let fail. Chrysler on the other hand was a pure gift to Fiat since there were no interested parties. How ironic that it's now basically Jeep that is producing the profits that are keeping Fiat afloat while FCA's CEO is desperately seeking a merger of sorts with GM. Further adventures to follow!

 

Somehow a company named Ford foresaw and planned ahead, raised the capital necessary to invest in the future of the company and transformed its entire product portfolio and in turn earned the respect of taxpayers and shareholders alike.

 

Ford has invested billions of dollars in its plants and hired tens of thousands of additional employees in recent years to further support its plan going forward for an even more vibrant, successful company for both its employees and shareholders alike. It has historically had a very good relationship with the UAW and no doubt will be for many years. Ford and the UAW will reach and agreement that not only makes sense in general but for all parties concerned. Jobs will be secure, product production plans will be put in place, etc.

 

I really hope that ypu are right. You are very postive in your analogy of the past present as well as future of FOMOCO and the IUAW.

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