UAW president vows hard bargaining, strikes if necessary

Martin Shawl, 53, a 28-year Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. worker from Bay City, said he doesn’t believe the Detroit automakers are in financial trouble.

“It’s voodoo accounting,” he said, questioning the timing of the Chrysler Group’s losses and GM’s restatement of earnings due to accounting troubles

He said the union shouldn’t give back anything to the companies, and it should end a two-tier wage scale that pays new hires less than longtime workers.

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Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.

 

Yes they have been lying to investors and the public for years just so they can save a little money from labor union talks. And it almost worked too.

 

What a ****ing idiot.....thats the only way to say it

 

He's the best thing China has going.

 

Expect this kind of talk from both sides as contract talks and this contract year ends.

 

i hope yall arent taking him seriously. he knows concessions are comming as well as you and i do. its just a bargaining tactic. im sure GM is going to demand something silly like an 80% reduction in wages to remain competitive aswell.

 

Yeah, we have some strange people around these parts. (Bay City is 20 miles away)

Dan