UAW to strike ?

Today there were hints of the UAW striking at GM and Chrysler to protest cuts in their $75 an hour compensation.

Hasn't anyone warned the stubborn UAW that they are about to help push the hand that feeds them (and the arm and body attached to it) over a cliff!

I can reluctantly understand one Bailout/Loan for GM and Chrysler but I doubt there will be another. As for the shrinking CAW they say they won't accept a ban on Automotive sector strikes like there is in the USA as reported in the Calgary sun today.

The president of the Canadian Auto Workers says his union won’t accept a ban on strikes similar to one detailed in the U.S. as a condition of US$17.4 billion in loans to Chrysler and General Motors. Ken Lewenza said the CAW has not yet been
informed of any conditions attached to C$4 billion the federal and Ontario governments have agreed to lend to Chrysler and GM

Bans on strikes in tough economic times, and failing auto companies, sure make them Unions pout more then usual.

I believe that the Unions are tied at the ankles to GM and Chrysler and if they strike it will be suicide for UAW employees.

On the bright side there are new Toyota factories in Woodstock, Ontario and Texas, ready to ramp up to take over market share. They are ready to give the economy 7 jobs for every Automotive Job, all part of the reality of the free market system, and survival of the fittest.

According to our (22 pound contract) "it's not my Job"

Some say the unions aren't to blame for the problems of the Detroit Three. But contracts between the CAW/UAW and Ford, GM, and Chrysler certainly have tied the hands of the companies, and contributed to their collective problems.

But really, 'it's not my job' to say, as it states in section 312, part seven, paragraph twelve of the above contract.

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CAW/UAW Vultures

I am a proud employee of Honda of Canada, we have amazing teamwork and spirit at Honda and I believe it contributes to the high quality of our vehicles. Then we have the Detroit three and their UAW/CAW who must be desperate for new cash donors. The CAW was hovering like vultures as we were going home to our families after work two days before Christmas shutdown. I said to the Vulture as he attempted to hand me his propaganda, "Your union has sure helped you out ... helped you right out of a job."