pontiacgt02

Yes unions do help in some situations. Unfortunately it is not right for someone to keep their job if they are always late, doing drugs, or not doing there job correctly. First and foremost a company has the right to make as much money as they want not matter who does the work in the United States or anywhere else. My dad worked at a union shop and it did serve him well. However I also don't believe you should be forced to belong to a union, it should be a choice. Some of GM's problems are corporate and some are employees. I bought a 2002 pontiac grand prix. Notice one day the exhaust was leaning a little, well I looked under the care and the brackets on each side of the car was missing a bolt....and I also noticed the rear bumper was not tight to the car on the rear driver side, bolt not fully tightened. HMM..I don't that is a corporate issue that is from an employee not caring about his job he makes too much money for unskilled labor...but he doesn't care because the union has his back. Since I am mechanically inclinded i fixed it myself. However most people will never fix and then the perception goes down because of what it looks like. I believe people need to wake up and realize if you do a good job you will be rewarded, every job i've had its been like that. Unfortunately GM and Ford have both made it too easy to bring family workers into the mix, so if you have a lazy family that person will never try to do more they have to and its a cycle. However lately I believe the people left at GM and Ford want to work and that's one reason your are seeing changes. The union will look out for itself in years to come, good example is the UPS strike about 8 years ago....workers got like 50 dollars a week....union reps got their full pay.....after strike workers really didn't' end up with anything good but loss of pay and financial trouble. I hope unions never go completely away but don't protect workers who do not deserve to be protected. I know for a fact their are people who love to have those jobs and pay and would do a much better job but unfortunately they are hard to come by now. Just because you are family should not mean you get the job....every work should be looked at how they do the job not for who they are....