<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Whether or not China or even Korea is the place where the Hummer will eventually be made may be determined in the next few years </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
The day that Hummers are made in China or Korea is the day that I don't buy one. I will never buy a vehicle that is made in china or korea.
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Not to sound like a union basher, but the UAW has to wake up and realize the auto companies can no longer guarantee their pay if a plant closes. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I hate unions. In our history they served a very important function. When they started protecting drunks coming to work, workers that constantly scrap parts because they don't care, and people who don't do any work, well that totally turned me off.
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The job banks was originally setup for the temporary closing of a plant so that the workers would be around in a few months when the plant reopened. However, GM alone, pays over 700 Mil to workers who are not working. This has to go, and they should have the same permanent layoff policy that the salaried worker has: one month severance for each year worked, with a maximum of 15 years. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
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GM management over the many years, is also to blame. One for signing these contracts without seeing the future. For not making decent vehicles back in the 70s and 80s, and not designing what the customer wants. I believe they now make a quality product, and the designs are getting better. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
GM management is even more responsible for all this crap because they let the union run the company.
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As for losing our manufacturing we lose our defense, I could not agree more. Just look at WWII. The US was able to fight on two fronts, equipped two forces (Pacific/Atlantic) with some of the best equipment, due to the fact we were the largest manufacturing nation in the world. It took time, but the US auto manufacturer and others converted their factories from cars and trucks to tanks and planes. (GM, through their Fisher Guide Division was the largest producer of Grease Guns in WWII, and I don't mean the grease gun used to lubricate a car.) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
And now the best for last. The biggest problem (not GM only) is the lack of competent leadership. The CEO's of the big companies today are not real leaders. One does something and they all fall in line like a bunch of obedient soldiers. They can't think for themselves. Today they are outsourcing jobs to India and third world countries for the almighty SHORT TERM dollar. In most cases they are training workers in those countries how to do everything. In ten or twenty years they are going to stand there and ask how come these countries are eating our lunch? How did this happen? It happened because the CEO's who are being paid astronomical salaries and bonuses are not competent to manage companies for the long term. It's time for shareholders to stand up for themselves and demand competent leadership for fair compensation. Until that happens, I am sorry to say, not just GM, but this entire country is doomed.