[NOH20]

The UAW is part of the problem. You still have old school guys on the line that refuse to work a minute over their scheduled time and they play politics constantly at work. I was in a plant recently that had to cut back production due to high inventory levels. The workers on the line were pissed because they would not be getting the overtime they have become acustomed to so they decided to start dropping screws into the units they were building. Once the plant was back running at full steam the screw problem disappeared.

Also, GM for instance is shutting down their Cadillac plant for a week due to weak sales. I was talking to one of the line workers today and they told me they "enjoy the vacation, we still get 95% of our pay whether we are at work or not." Isn't this a problem?

I deal with the UAW a lot and I must say it is putting a major strain on the US automakers. The transplants don't have the same probles for a couple of reasons: 1. younger work force and 2. they want to work.

This isn't a slam on the UAW as I know there are plenty of good workers in the union however, I have seen things happen at several assembly plants that are just absurd when they don't get their own way. Most of them are out for themselves and really don't care about their work or the quality of car thay build.