In the United States Automobile Federation (UAW) and the three major U.S. gearing up for a new round of labor negotiations at the same time, UAW is struggling heart Sila U.S. occupation of foreign factories. The new foreign media reports indicate that trade unions have begun with the mass production of its 2012 Passat in the Tennessee factory to consult, for the latter to join trade unions.
According to “U.S. Automotive News,” the survey, in the past 10 years, the United Auto Workers union membership has declined by 44%. Since the 1970s, the European and Japanese cars have moved into the southern United States, to U.S. car firms have had a great impact. On the one hand, rising oil prices and even a temporary shortage, so not good at producing fuel efficient vehicles in the U.S. car prices in Europe and Japanese car manufacturers to compete in frequently lost. On the other hand, there is no trade union struggle every few days, European and Japanese cars in the southern United States has a more stable production environment, do not have to worry about because of the strike led to cut-off; the same time, these companies pay workers salaries and benefits than the United States three car prices low, resulting in superior cost control. According to “Detroit Free Press,” the data show, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler the current salary levels, after adjustment of the financial crisis after the agreement, namely the workers $56/hour, $58/hour and $49/hours. Unions have been threatened in the new negotiations will no longer be maintained at this level. With the three U.S. automakers were competing at the same level of Toyota, Honda and Hyundai, the average salary per worker is $55/hour, $50/hour and $44/hour. Although the existence of trade unions to ensure workers in the U.S. car prices, higher benefits, but the direct result of the three cars in competition with Europe and Japan was defeated, but for union workers is not beneficial. GM and Chrysler in 2009 has given the union the bankruptcy warning, the Big Three automakers collapse, the union will cease to exist.
After the catastrophe, UAW had to find workers in addition to the three major U.S. car firms other than the sources of contributions. American magazine “Motor Trend” analysis that experienced a financial crisis, the United Auto Workers union may not be in the new round of negotiations with the three to get all the desired conditions. Foreign cars do not pull into the union, UAW would be difficult to maintain their survival.
But if we really let foreign car firms to join UAW not so easy. At this year’s North American International Auto Show, UAW, Bob? Gold (Bob King) said that trade unions have changed the previous work, to join trade unions not only improve the reputation of foreign brand car prices, will increase their competitiveness. He said: “We want them to think they believe we are not in the forces of darkness.” In July, the union took out from the fund $ 60 million car prices to attract foreign workers to join trade unions to make efforts. Toyota North America, which is responsible for the production of an executive Steve St.Angelo said that although depending on whether to join the union workers, but Toyota is not union will be better; and stressed that the financial crisis comes, in addition to a temporary suspension cut Toyota no layoffs in the United States. According to Reuters, some workers fear that as a result of contact with the union was the company’s dismissal, the union’s goal is to plant in a foreign country to fight to make these commitments car prices, will not join a union employee was fired, thus bringing it join trade unions into an open discussion.
In addition, the local economy is relatively weak region, but also very difficult to persuade workers to join. A 42-year-old Tennessee public workers that can be found in a shrinking economy’s performance such as the public good factory jobs have satisfied him, he would not join a union. Analysts believe that as the trade unions to exclude foreign car firms will raise wages to workers and the United States close to the work of three similar level to prevent the infiltration of labor unions. Previously, Nissan spokesman made it clear that: “For us, the best way of communication between companies and employees to communicate directly, rather than introduce a third party.” Honda official opposition is more intense: “In the past 30 years, Honda has been clearly and strongly rejected the efforts made by UAW. “face a variety of foreign car firms conflict, UAW perhaps, than the expansion of roads and the United States more difficult negotiations between the three.
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