UAW: You Just had to spoil our Happy Auto Bailout Day

Leave it to Good Ole’ Mr Gettlefinger of the UAW to ruin the day that almost all of Southeastern Michiganians were crossing our fingers, clicking our heals and collectively holding our breaths for. He couldn’t just shut up and let the day pass.  No He had to threaten to not honor the conditions of the Undeserved Gift the tax payers so reluctantly have offered the Auto makers.

Mr. Gettlefinger says he and his Comrades at the UAW have no interest in the Bail Out condition that by the END of 2009 they need to accept wages and benefits that are relatively competitive to the gainfully employed workers of the foreign transplant auto companies manufacturing their cars within our boarders. Mr. Gettlefinger informs us that he will wait to deal with Obama.  Of course he will.  After all, what in the world did the union workers all across America expect for their over 1 Billion dollars invested in getting their Democrats elected? It was for the expected payback by these Democrats  forcing the  Manufacturers to honor the asinine and debilitating labor contracts.

Okay, Okay, now I am just Ranting.

Bottom line: The UAW labor contract IS what destroyed the industry.  Now don’t get me wrong, I do not blame the Unions. They did one hell of a job negotiating for their comrades.  It was an extremely short sighted  “as long as we get ours too” attitude of the Past Management Teams that agreed to these disastrous agreements.

But this ain’t Kansas anymore Toto. These contracts, mostly benefits, are not sustainable. It simply does not mater what the out-dated Labor Agreements say.

We hear you……, if a job does not pay you enough to feed yourself and family, you wont work. …..We get it. 

But if it cost too much to build cars and sell them at a profit, management wont build them.  Regardless of what Czar Gettlefinger wants.

Mr. Gettlefinger, draw that line in the sand at your own peril.  You and your Comrades are wearing on us all just a little too thin.