The bad news:
After being in a number of Automotive plants across the country in the last 25 years, I can pretty much assure you that activity portrayed on FOX news is NOT peculiar to Chrysler plants. I mean no real slam here but if you don’t think that drinking & drugs are prevalent in virtually every plant at every company, you are naive. I have also been in Automotive plants outside the US and I can tell you with first hand certainty the situation is just as bad if not worse outside the US! That applies to Automotive suppliers as well, this situation is nothing new....seeing it on the news might be NEW news, but this activity has been going on for years & years.
The good news
From what I have been told and from what I have overheard from acquaintances that still work in those environments, the latest series of policies has graduated to what is being called “sub zero.” SZ says if you are caught, you are gone....if you have a known problem, you must seek help and you must be tested....they try to help BUT. 1 positive, just one and you are gone. The auto's and their suppliers are trying very hard to weed out this element. Their future success depends on it!! Today’s market is an unforgiving space....substandard anything is publicized on national news and that has had significant impact to US market share, something NONE of the autos can afford. Take a good look at the news article and watch that video....what you are seeing is “the last of a breed.” To those that take their employment seriously...this does not apply to you, keep up the good work. The US auto quality has pulled ahead of it's competition across the board.
PS. Companies that have plants in the US but are OWNED by foreign interest do NOT help our economy at all. Profits from those companies ares sent DIRECTLY to FOREIGN LANDS, true they employ US citizens, but the only reason for that is because it means they can ship more imports or build more product here based on how may US citizens they employ.....regardless of the hype, this is no where close to “fair trade.” Additionally the money input to the US economy by employing a few thousand workers, is no where NEAR what exits this land in profits....that is called LOSS!!! Sales of US cars on foreign soils is less than 15% compared to sales of foreign automakers sales on US soil reaching upwards of 50%.....that is neither equal nor fair!
I do not intend to piss anyone off, especially not those employed by a foreign concern. BUT facts are facts... when unemployment across the US reaches the staggering numbers of today, I think the playing field needs to be leveled..... you buy 15% you can import 15%.....you buy 30% you can import 30% and that goes for FOREIGN OWNED companies that build here....you buy 30% you can build 30% on our turf.....AND you pay the SAME TAX as the domestics, no incentives no breaks , no deferments.....equal means equal. Additionally as a foreign concern, you should be subject to and accountable to any and all legal actions that the domestics are held to. IF ya don’t like that build & sell your product ELSEWHERE!!
This is no longer a quality issue ( as in the past) Quality across the board is about equal if not ahead....this is an economic issue and our politician are getting rich feeding foreign concerns our lunch, while unemployment here skyrockets! I'd say it's time for a change alright, but NOT the one we have been SOLD..... Get busy AMERICA, do your homework and remember to VOTE this November
rant over LOL
