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Automotive News & Views What if you were in charge of GM?
874 messages, Last post on Oct 28, 2009 at 10:20 AM
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Replying to: berri (Oct 23, 2009 4:45 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 23, 2009 4:56 pm)
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Replying to: berri (Oct 23, 2009 5:06 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 23, 2009 7:51 pm)
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Replying to: vinnyny (Oct 24, 2009 5:43 am) What percentage of cars does Honda and Toyota build here in the US? Someone had numbers couple years ago, and it was less than they would like us to believe. |
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Replying to: vinnyny (Oct 24, 2009 5:43 am) Blaming the UAW for the wreck of GM is like blaming the crew of the Titanic for hitting the iceberg while failing to mention the participation of the captain and officers. The UAW doesn't vote every time GM decides to cheapen some part or under-develop some model, nor does it have anything to do with advertising, marketing, and the dealer networks, nor does it interfere in the financial arm and its policies. If the UAW built the very best cars in the world and charged extra for them, do you really think consumers would refuse to buy them?
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Oct 24, 2009 7:55 am) Ok, nosing around, it looks like German employees have a lot of influence on how a corporation is run. A while back the number two at BMW, Wolfgang Reitzle, was in line to be CEO, but a lone dissenting vote from the employee rep against him led him to turn down the job (he had the votes, but didn't want the workers against him). That's one version of the story anyway. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 24, 2009 8:24 am) The Asians don't have the legacy costs of the US and Europe. That may start changing in the next decade. |
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Replying to: berri (Oct 24, 2009 10:34 am) China now owns Hummer. It'll be interesting to see how that pans out. |
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Replying to: berri (Oct 24, 2009 10:34 am) Have we ever had a real full on general strike in the US? Not that I am aware of but in European companies the unions used to be able to pull one off. The european automakers don't have nearly the healthcare costs that we have in the US because all countries have either a single payer system, NHS in the UK for example, or highly regulated gov't subsidized plans through their employer like germany has.
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