Why do people strike?
 

I don't understand it.

I sure would like to know the fine details.... :smoke:



http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...RcwsGE4TiYrZEw

'cuz they suck.

And are greedy

Chrysler strike in U.S. would idle plants here

Chrysler's two Canadian assembly plants will be forced to close within days, resulting in more than 9,000 workers laid off, if the UAW follows through on its threat to strike the company in the U.S. today at 11 a.m.

Work at both Windsor Assembly and Brampton Assembly are certain to cease "in a day or two" if negotiations for a new labour contract at Chrysler in the U.S. aren't fruitful by the deadline, the company said Tuesday.

GRIND TO HALT

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/ne...c8b501&k=74763

Here we go again. :rolleyes:

Time for the uneducated union-bashers to chime in.

Best answer I've heard here all damn day.

Sup big D? :wave:

Well, please enlighten us...

The UAW is going to drive GM into bankruptcy (ridiculous healthcare requirements, ridiculous retirement benefits, etc.) and Ford and Chrysler are sure to follow.

Once the companies are dead, what will the UAW do for all their members then ?

I rest my case. No need for comment.

All it will accomplish is driving yet more jobs overseas. Hey - union members *AND* management - when will you get it through your thick skulls that it has to be a 2 way street! A HELL of a lot more work gets done when you are in a cooperative arrangement, not an adversarial one!

More non union jobs have been sent overseas.

It is a 2 way street, that's why it's called a CBA.

Must we have to go through all this again?

back at it agian. more than likely it will get brought back up if there is a Ford strike too. It seems like the only pro union people are union members and just about everyone else bashes the union. Did that sum the last thread good enough:lol:

x2, The ONLY ones in favor are those who benefit directly from it.

There are hundreds of thousands of corporations in this great country that seam to do well without having a union. Maybe there ‘is’ another way to do it. Just a thought. ;)

Joke
 

Two guys and a union worker were fishing on a lake one day, when Jesus walked across the water and joined them in the boat. When the three astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first guy asked humbly, "Jesus, I've suffered from back pain ever since I took shrapnel in the Vietnam war...could you help me?"

"Of course, my son", Jesus said, and when he touched the man's back, he felt relief for the first time in years.

The second man, who wore very thick glasses and had a hard time reading and driving, asked if Jesus could do anything about his eyesight.

Jesus smiled, removed the man's glasses and tossed them in the lake.
When they hit the water, the man's eyes cleared and he could see everything distinctly.

When Jesus turned to heal the union worker, the guy put his hands up and cried defensively, "Don't touch me! I'm on long term disability." :devil:

CBA's are hardly a 2 way street - they are adversarial all the way.

I am NOT union bashing - management is every bit as much at fault. However, management's attitude would be a lot different if they didn't have to deal with all the union bullsh1t. The well run companies would prosper, the poorly run ones would die and be replaced by new companies - who would hire the laid off workers from the dead company.