UAW is trying to keep DCX intact

Story from the Detroit Free Press:

"A day after DaimlerChrysler AG Chairman Dieter Zetsche laid partial blame for the possible sale of Chrysler at the feet of the UAW, the auto union's president said the union is working to avoid a sale."

Isn't it always like that? Chrysler gets in trouble because of their inability to design a produce that the American people want, and because of their desire to ship all of their Manufacturing out of the country. and they're having to now sell the cash cow off, they right away begin to place blame on the U.A.W. It's amazing. Sorry, The UAW just isn't going to allow their workers to be paid third world wages. and want their people to be paid a decent living.

The U.A.W. is going their best:

"Tuesday at the auto show in Geneva, Switzerland, Zetsche said one of the reasons DaimlerChrysler is reviewing options for Chrysler is that the union refused to give the company the same money-saving health care concessions it gave General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co.

Gettelfinger stressed that when the union reviewed Chrysler's books in 2006 no problems were foreseeable.

"There was no expectation that there was going to be a loss in the third quarter," he said. Chrysler lost $1.5 billion in operating income last year.

Said Gettelfinger: "Based on the information that we were provided, I would make the same decision today that I did then."

Asked directly if the UAW would reconsider health care concessions, Gettelfinger responded: "We are weighing every bit of information that we have been provided. The process has been ongoing from our point of view.""

As we can see, the big company is trying to shift the blame to the Union workers, as usual. and blame their inability to design good products for the market on our union workers. Same story different actors.

UAW Story on this

Tags: UAW, Union, Greed, big business, Industry, Labor Unions, Jobs, Job Market, Free Trade, Cars, Autos, Detroit, Michigan, Michigan Politics, Local