Chrysler wants more money,or pulling out of Canada
Seriously, I'm not here to argue. Just give my input on the matter.
I'm tired of people calling autoworkers, overpaid, uneducated losers. I would love to put any of you on my job I had for a week. We'll let you chase vans down an assembly line every day. I have a permanent injury from using airguns on the job. I had to leave. So did alot of other people because of injuries, it's the price you pay for the big bucks.
Did you know that 70% of the people trying for a job at Chrysler could not pass the intitial aptitude and dexterity testing? There are accountants, and other well educated people working there because the money is good.
I think many people would love to get a job paying good wages like I was making. Maybe that's why so many are anti-union. Is it envy?
Anyways I'm no longer there, and I'll probably not be able to find a job.
In a way I hope the BIG 3 all go bankrupt so people get their wish. Then I can see all of them with me in the unemployment line.
I'll pull up in my Dodge or Plymouth. I won't buy another car because all that will be left is ricers. I refuse to buy one of those.
Peace...
Amen brother!
2shelby's,what makes you think I have no education? I have a steam engineers ticket,payloader training,forklift training,a process operators ticket,a grade 12 education,a first aid ticket,confined space training,scott air pack training,fire supression tickets..etc etc .I bet I have over 30 tickets. And yes Im union. With benefits included I probably make $45 -50/hr and I work damn hard for my money due to that fact that:
1) Labour cuts/layoffs have decreased the workforce by 75%.There is still the same amount of work to do though. And for some bizzare reason,there are about 50% more staff...
2) Company I work for runs all thier machinery to failure. No such thing as fixing stuff until they absoluely have to. Makes my job damn tough to do!
3) I have so called "educated" ASSHOLES telling me how to do my job that never have pushed more than paper. Because they have a pinky ring they think they know everything,but come to me for advise when something goes wrong . An education in a class room is no substitute for real world experience!
I'll bet you never have had a union job. The truth of it is,we sustain injuries,get sick and are exposed to hazards far more frequently than any office worker. Try shoveling pure arsenic with a shovel while dressed in paper coveralls,helmet and 1/2 face respirator! Or tapping slag from a fiery 1200 degree celcius furnace. Or working in a cell house filled with toxic sulfuric acid vapours. And I'm sure that auto workers can tell you thier own horror stories...
And unions have not outlived thier usfullness. Is worker rights abuse non existent now? Can the average joe afford to go to court when his rights have been violated? How far do you really trust your government to protect your worker rights? How many employers would really put thier workers before profits? We as union workers will NEVER GIVE UP AND BOW DOWN!
2 shelby's Im guessing you have never held a union position...and Im willing to bet the union labour costs have been distorted.