Uaw Workers Tell What It Was Like to Work at Chrysler and Gm

With so much in the news recently about unions and their influence in America  and American politics, I thought it might be relevant to take another look at the blogs on the Internet and see what UAW workers report about the conditions at their own factories, either now or in the past. Remember that we are talking about an 80,000,000,000 dollar bailout here–that’s billion with a B.  this is what the final days of the George Bush administration and the first days of the Barack Hussein Obama administration have brought us–four $80 billion we got to car companies and this is how they treat us.

I blogged about this before–did you take a look at the relevant video and read the previous United Auto Workers comments? It is truly, truly amazing. I personally have never worked in a UAW Detroit auto factory, but it certainly sounds like a surrealistic experiment–drunk, sleeping, doped up, don’t show up for work, and deliberately sabotaging their own product!

I am sure my own words and thoughts will not suffice, so take a look at what I found on the Internet of these ex-UAW workers talking about the work rules that they “worked” under;I think reading these comments gives the reader a real chance at an inside look at what goes on in these factories, and helps us decide if it really was worth it for the US government to bail them out.

 Let the bloggers begin:

*** 9 recalls on the Jeep Cherokee since 2007 (from this plant)

As many have stated here, this is obviously quite common. The unions protect these idiots and the consumer/taxpayer gets slammed.

Nothing happens in a vacuum and these drugged up losers are just the tip of a very large iceberg.

Who suffers?? Our country, our industries and our economy.

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I used to work for a defense contractor that had union computer operators (back in the mainframe days). These guys used to keep 6-packs of beer under the raised floor because the mainframes got their cooling from below floor. One night I came in and found the console operator passed out asleep and 2 empty six packs under the open tile next to his chair. They were untouchable.

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No wonder American cars turned to crap after the 50’s….

Just another typical employee of government motors (junior).

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whatya bet the sum beaches’ll be protected by the commie union and back drunkenly building cars in about 60 days

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This is nothing new – I have a friend who worked for GM in Arlington (TX) in the 80’s and drugs/alcohol/porn was the norm. They just brought it inside their lunch pails – no one checked

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The UAW is exempt from DOT drug testing. What these folks were doing is probably built into their 100K a year salary. If they graduate High School, it is 120K..

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No wonder Jeep quality control has gone downhill.

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What will happen is what I have seen happen in other Union shops (IAM Union). They will file a grievenace that the company did not offer them any help with their problem, they will be required to go through a faux re-hab program chosen by the Union and be back on the line in 10 days. Nothing will change unless they are caught a second time, then the company has ammo to fire them. But alas the Union owns the company so the employees will just be moved to a less conspicuous job where they can’t be filmed.

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That’s absolutely true. If any IBEW workers were fired it was done very, very quietly —I haven’t heard anything about it. Unions are waking up? Where?

The UAW, USW, UMW, SEIU, and IBEW sites I see all sing the same song about greedy corporations and abused workers.

The norm is still to refuse to take a step back from high wages; pensions and benefits; and restrictive work rules. They’d still rather close a shop than give anything back. 

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U.S. News article from a decade or so ago – Chrysler workers in similar plants in Mexico and Michigan – $16 vs. $65 per hour, and the $16 Mexicans were putting out measurably-better-quality cars.

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Twenty years ago, any of us who lived anyplace near Flint, Michigan knew that the heaviest drug use in town was going on in the parking lot at Buick City during lunch and at shift change. Why is the press just catching onto it now?

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 Well, there you have it.

Tell me what you think?