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Originally Posted by GatorB
The irony the company and the CEOs will get all the blame but these workers should blame dad and grandpa for asking for more than what they probably deserved when they worked there. Common sense should have told dad and grandpa you can't pay current workers and former workers who may not have worked for 20 or 30 years PLUS benefits. But they didn't give a shit about little Johnny they wanted theirs.
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I think both sides can shoulder some of the blame but in the end it falls back on the CEOs. When the unions came to them and demanded these crazy contracts they could have said no. If they stand their ground and put forth a reasonable contract they could have saved themselves much of the labor problems they have now. All of that said I saw that for GM labor cost is only about 15% of their total cost and it only represents about 8.5 % of the cost of a car so labor is not their only problem.
I tend to not blame a guy who can be fired at any time with little or no severance pay for trying to get as much as he can from his boss. If the owner/management of the company can't afford to pay that much they should say no and hire someone who will work for less.