UAW eyes Toyota workers, reports say

United Auto Workers union organizers are in the area knocking on doors..

[TNAPWife]

Well, I guess for those asking "Where is the UAW.." looks like their in Virginia....

[TNAPWife]

*they're*

[SLPN]

They sent a letter in the mail asking "Do you have a family member, neighbor or friend whi is currently working in a non-union workplace and is interested in learning more about the UAW?"

You can fill it out on the back and mail it in. Posted paid!

[guess who]

With the $14/hr two tier, and detroit 3 on the verg of bankruptcy, do you think they will stand much chance?

[The Truth]

Toyota sales down 43%, Honda 38%, Nissan down 41% and you talking shit, welcome to the "new" american economy without the middleclass, Thank God all mighty that we have the union and Barack Obama fighting for us

[DevilBlunt]

guess who wrote:

With the $14/hr two tier, and detroit 3 on the verg of bankruptcy, do you think they will stand much chance?

Well lets see. The UAW has killed three Auto Manufactures. A very slow and painful death. Now they want to kill more of them. Unions have destroyed many companies and industries in WV. I hope they are run out of town. They are like dinosaurs and they should be extinct.

[guess who]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/economy-watc...

March Sales: GM Down 45 Pct., Ford Down 41 Pct., Chrysler Down 40 Pct., Toyota Down 37 Pct.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-auto-sa...

Not sure where you got your data, but several articles I looked at showed Toyota under 40%

[Dinosaur called Unions]

The Truth wrote:

Toyota sales down 43%, Honda 38%, Nissan down 41% and you talking shit, welcome to the "new" american economy without the middleclass, Thank God all mighty that we have the union and Barack Obama fighting for us

You got to be kidding. The Unions have single handily destroyed the Manufacturing sector of our economy. Obama has put every American more in debt than we have ever been before. None of the Obama fixes have worked.

[Dan]

You have to love it, hang in there my union friends.

[stlsouth]

DevilBlunt wrote:

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Well lets see. The UAW has killed three Auto Manufactures. A very slow and painful death. Now they want to kill more of them. Unions have destroyed many companies and industries in WV. I hope they are run out of town. They are like dinosaurs and they should be extinct.

It's always a shame to see other Americans can be this dim.

[autoworker]

what do you expect.. hes from Bob "I hate the union" Corkers state.

[union]

DevilBlunt wrote:

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Well lets see. The UAW has killed three Auto Manufactures. A very slow and painful death. Now they want to kill more of them. Unions have destroyed many companies and industries in WV. I hope they are run out of town. They are like dinosaurs and they should be extinct.

Where do you work? What kind of place is it?

[union]

Just wait everyone if we loose our subpay, places all over america will not hesitate to lay their workers off. They will not keeep them working while they are slow. It wont be just our world that will change it will change for everyone. Mark my words, this I promise.

[guess who]

union wrote:

Just wait everyone if we loose our subpay, places all over america will not hesitate to lay their workers off. They will not keeep them working while they are slow. It wont be just our world that will change it will change for everyone. Mark my words, this I promise.

We will see.

[Smithin]

union wrote:

Just wait everyone if we loose our subpay, places all over america will not hesitate to lay their workers off. They will not keeep them working while they are slow. It wont be just our world that will change it will change for everyone. Mark my words, this I promise.

What are you talking about. Most people don't get half of what you get. Check out your Toledo suppliers who are UAW, they don't get sub-pay and many are laid-off. you seem to think Union means high pay, benefits, and things like sub-pay. Most union people don't have those benefits and that includes UAW shops. Do you even realize this? When 80% of the public is against you, that includes a lot of other Union people. Don't say union, say Big 3 UAW, it is totally different.

[union]

Smithin wrote:

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What are you talking about. Most people don't get half of what you get. Check out your Toledo suppliers who are UAW, they don't get sub-pay and many are laid-off. you seem to think Union means high pay, benefits, and things like sub-pay. Most union people don't have those benefits and that includes UAW shops. Do you even realize this? When 80% of the public is against you, that includes a lot of other Union people. Don't say union, say Big 3 UAW, it is totally different.

Oh I get it smithen. Do you realize that toyota, kia, honda, dont lay their people off because we get sub pay how long do you think that will last? All the plants union or non will quit this practice. thiers will be lowered if ours are.

[guess who]

union wrote:

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Oh I get it smithen. Do you realize that toyota, kia, honda, dont lay their people off because we get sub pay how long do you think that will last? All the plants union or non will quit this practice. thiers will be lowered if ours are.

You know this for a fact or think it?
Many plant management, treat their employees as an asset. If you would have worked at a japanese plant that has implemented TPM, you would actually know this. Once TPM is implemented, the workers are typically given a pay increase, since they now have increased responsibility. The managers of TPM facilities realize that the workers know the process better than anyone, and that everyone is there to serve the operator(production technician). Maintenance is there to assist, engineering is to assist, all of them are to support the operator. Back to the no layoff, most of them will put workers to work doing other tasks, painting, cleaning, loan them to other departments, look for volunteers who want to go home. They try to avoid the layoff because the bad moral that is associated with it. Your conditioned that management and hourly are adversaries, each is trying to screw the other. This isn't the case at many, many non union facilities. Someone said it earlier, you have union, non-union, and the detroit 3 UAW.

[hillbillypaw]

DevilBlunt wrote:

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Well lets see. The UAW has killed three Auto Manufactures. A very slow and painful death. Now they want to kill more of them. Unions have destroyed many companies and industries in WV. I hope they are run out of town. They are like dinosaurs and they should be extinct.

well let me guess you are a company personel who hates the union because if the company goes union you would actually have to treat the employees with some respect or your job would become extinct. if not i would guess you are a owner who knows if the union comes in that it may be in shambles now but will make a comeback and you would actually have to give your employees some benefits and treat them like humans instead of robots. i can't imagine anyone working for non union and not being treated like somebody why they would turn the UAW down. yes we are having problems but they have been good to my family for almost 12 years and i expect they will be coming back as soon as the economy makes a come back. GOD BLESS THE UAW>

[hillbillypaw]

Dinosaur called Unions wrote:

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You got to be kidding. The Unions have single handily destroyed the Manufacturing sector of our economy. Obama has put every American more in debt than we have ever been before. None of the Obama fixes have worked.

it was the bush undertakers that buried us where we are now, i hope President Obama can come up with something to help us. God knows he is trrying. something bush never tried to do.

[T-Bone Pickens]

hillbillypaw wrote:

<quoted text>well let me guess you are a company personel who hates the union because if the company goes union you would actually have to treat the employees with some respect or your job would become extinct. if not i would guess you are a owner who knows if the union comes in that it may be in shambles now but will make a comeback and you would actually have to give your employees some benefits and treat them like humans instead of robots. i can't imagine anyone working for non union and not being treated like somebody why they would turn the UAW down. yes we are having problems but they have been good to my family for almost 12 years and i expect they will be coming back as soon as the economy makes a come back. GOD BLESS THE UAW>

Lets see- Hey Toyota workers, look what we the UAW did for GM, Ford, and Chrysler: Hundreds of thousands of lost jobs, wage cuts, lost benefits. Give us 50 bucks a month and we'll do the same for you.