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I do not believe for one minute it is the unions fault for the trouble Ford is in. When Henry Ford started this company his belief was pay the worker enough money so he can afford to buy our cars and it worked Ford sold a ton of model Ts.
The problem is there is a saying be careful who you compete with because you will have to become like them. First the car manufacturers sent all thier parts to Japan then Mexico, China, Taiwan to be made only to take that that savings and give it to upper management while they sat back and lived a good life instead of finding new innovative ideas to better the Ford line. We made the other countrys rich so they could come back and out perform us.
It is also the governments fault for letting this happen this is America and shouldnt have to compete with all the slave labor around the world. The only reason we have to is because of the greed of corporate America worrying about the bottom line for themselves.
I work in the same place in a union in coporate America for the last 30 years. When I started there the part time people working there were paid 10.00 and up an hour but in return they wanted clean cut college students who came in and had some pride in there work. Today 30 years later they start the people off at 8.50 an hour and do not care who they hire the turn over rate is about 70% last I heard at about 500.00 a person to train. Remember this is a company that promotes within do I need to tell you the quality of management we have know. I once respected them now I just have to put up with them. Remember most things start at the top and work down a bad employees are only as good as the management lets them be. I could be way off base here but thats how I see it.