So says the UAW. This has been going on behind the scenes very hot and heated. Now the UAW thinks that since they have (they think) 100% support by their union employees, they are going to try to strong arm Toyota, VW and Honda plants to unionize. Their premise is that they are paying roughly twice the dollars per hour for their workers so their products have twice the quality.
I think this is going to get ugly and backfire in a big way. Here (hope the link works - it's to a subscription site) is their position today. If you combine it with the last few weeks reports, they think they can get VW to fold and possibly Toyota next.
From a disinterested third party position (Well, I am interested in the quality of the vehicles produced; if they are shit, it costs me) I think this is going to backfire. They are riding their entire push on the Tourareg from VW and a drop in Camry sales (Toyota just redesigned their Camry and gave it a slightly more firm suspension to where it looks and handles more like an Accord). Oh, Nissan has told them to take a hike as well. Here is the link Unionize if you want quality.
What is making this more interesting is that they are trying to tie this to the "right to work" (misnomer) that is currently being debated in IN. IMHO, this most likely is the official beginning of the end of the UAW. I see no way it will work when their workers are overpaid and put out shit products compared to their very happy workers at non-union plants who are NOT complaining.
I think this is going to get ugly and backfire in a big way. Here (hope the link works - it's to a subscription site) is their position today. If you combine it with the last few weeks reports, they think they can get VW to fold and possibly Toyota next.
From a disinterested third party position (Well, I am interested in the quality of the vehicles produced; if they are shit, it costs me) I think this is going to backfire. They are riding their entire push on the Tourareg from VW and a drop in Camry sales (Toyota just redesigned their Camry and gave it a slightly more firm suspension to where it looks and handles more like an Accord). Oh, Nissan has told them to take a hike as well. Here is the link Unionize if you want quality.
What is making this more interesting is that they are trying to tie this to the "right to work" (misnomer) that is currently being debated in IN. IMHO, this most likely is the official beginning of the end of the UAW. I see no way it will work when their workers are overpaid and put out shit products compared to their very happy workers at non-union plants who are NOT complaining.