It seems that the upper management of Delphi is all set to receive 18 months of severance to the tune of millions of dollars. They asked for a 50% pay cut from the union but wouldn't touch their golden parachutes.

The array of problems faced by Delphi appears to have been crushing, amongst them the large promises and commitments made by management to the unions. To blame the unions (and slander them while you're at it) for the company's inability to constructively solve these problems (when they refused to act on good faith) is hardly fair - Delphi's appears to be a mutual problem between management and the unions. Ditto for GM. They've been acting like they still own 60% of the market for ages, and never should have agreed to the high benefits the unions, acting to maximize their worker's interests, asked for.

Of course, the company will propose to cure its ills by exporting work to China, thereby screwing much of the middle class of the upper Midwest while the execs retire to their mansions.

Anyway, I hope you just enjoyed your weekend (weekends off - thanks to unions), your 40-hour work week (thanks to unions), workplace safety (same, see the theme?), and vacation time (wait for it...thanks to unions!) Oh, and the higher wages paid to non-union employees in areas where unions are active. That too.

Unions aren't perfect, but neither is management!


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• Delphi Corp files for Chapter 11, saw, Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:38:20
  • while i tend to agree that unions (ok, this got long..), baggsly , Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:00:47
  • Unions..., PhillySaaber, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:45:03
  • Re: Delphi Corp files for Chapter 11, 2 9-5's, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:44:25
    • Re: Delphi Corp files for Chapter 11, BobH, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:01:24
    • Gee, why don't you say what you think!?, Noel, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:37:24
    • The 'scumbag unions'?, BrianG, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:16:53 <-- Viewing This Message
      • Union is a legacy of monopoly, Jim, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:40:31
        • There is much less competetion today in many ways, saw, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:34:13
          • Labor Union is not a check to monopoly, Jim, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:24:50
            • Re: Labor Union is not a check to monopoly, saw, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:22:14
              • Re: Labor Union is not a check to monopoly, Jim, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:06:30
        • Re: Union is a legacy of monopoly, John Schreiber, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:16:13
          • Re: Union is a legacy of monopoly, Jim, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:32:45
      • Unions and the Labor Movement ..., Nicholas.Wood, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:41:51
        • Right to Work helps., SaabHubby, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:29:20
        • Union Pay vs. minimum wage, Union Member, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:11:48
        • True, but..., PhillySaaber, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:00:29
          • yeah..., Justin VanAbrahams , Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:20:47
            • Hear, Hear!!, EW, Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:50:17
              • Re: Hear, Hear!!, Avanti, Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:07:06

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