Thread regarding Ford layoffs

I consider myself a conservative for many positions but support unions. As a salary engineer I have seen salary benefits / compensation cut gradually over the years. First was contributory health care. Then elimination of pension for new salary hires. Then different / reduced profit sharing formula for salary. Then annual firings. Then offshoring salary jobs to lcc. I do not see how ford salary can support conservative views against unions while salary compensation and jobs get continually cut. Salary folks Wake up.

Salaried work force will never unionize. The salaried ranks are made up of mostly staunch conservatives. Look at most of this forum for proof. We don't like or support unions. Never will.

Salaried force should unionize at this point, I mean how much worse can it get?

I am in solidarity with the UAW getting a good contract and going on strike if they need to. However, I do have a major issue with the UAW. Their blind political allegiance to the green energy party and grifters in their leadership is a big reason why so many auto jobs are going away.

If you're salary and in solidarity with the UAW, good luck. Not saying that I'm not rooting for an UAW strike, but if it occurs, we salaried folks are hosed.

Ford will use the strike and the resulting red ink as an excuse to accelerate the Smart Redesign. That means more US and Canada layoffs, shifting those jobs to vendors, partners, and LCCs. A strike will result in huge salaried layoffs under the guise of having to try to lower costs.

So while I'm rooting for the UAW and support them in doing whatever they have to in order to get back what they lost in 2011, I'm sure it will mean that most of us in SE Michigan will be unemployed.

Also salary here in solidarity with the UAW. I won't be visiting plants when a strike breaks out.

Regardless of the facts involved, Farleys lack of judgment with respect to posting the op-Ed at all once again shows clearly that he is not “the smartest guy in the room that can see around corners.” Dealing with the UAW will ALWAYS be a give and take process, one that frankly Bill Ford has managed well during his tenure. I’m not saying Bill has done everything well but here he has. Jim just shut up and fix quality, pricing, strength of the product lineup and the 99 other things Ford so badly needs to address

We Rs will eliminate unions altogether. We need to STAND UP this coming election cycle.

What I don't get is how Farley thinks the beginning hourly worker makes $112,000 a year, when, at $16 per hour, is closer to $33,000 (not including overtime). I hope the UAW gets their concessions.

Salary employee in solidarity with uaw. I wish we were part of your organization.