On Jun 2, 10:09*am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009 09:50:16 -0400, "Wishingtobefishing"

wrote:
There are many factors involved in the demise of the Big Three. All of
them are attributable to bad management.

and corrupt unions.

That was largely a fault of management also. * They were never willing
to take the long term view, suffer through a big strike, move work to
non-union suppliers/low cost venues, and build up the automation and
other production efficiencies that were needed. * Meanwhile they
played the consumer for suckers by trying to sell the sizzle without
the steak.

I realized something the other night watching the news and the GM
debacle. Whenever you see an auto worker, you always see him with a
union logo on his shirt, etc. Always about the union. Maybe, just
maybe, if they would put the company that pays them first, they
wouldn't be in the mess they're in. It's almost like they are
brainwashed. Union this, union that. The union that TAKES from you.
Never do you hear them say anything like we're going to work harder
for General Motors because we want them to succeed. Making the company
that pays you succeed should be your number one priority if you want
that job. It's not hard to understand that if you aren't making the
company you work for money because you are a slacker, then that
company is going to fail.