[darkpuppet]

reldridge,May 20 2009, 12:31 PM Wrote:

ZTWsquared,May 19 2009, 03:47 PM Wrote:the blame rests solely on management

QFT!

If the Big Three would have made a more competitive product over the years, the import brands wouldn't have the market share they have now, and they wouldn't be in this mess.

Well, at least Chrysler and GM. Ford seems to have restructured in time to weather some of the storm...
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Ford has done a great job in restructuring.. and last time I heard, I thought they had even passed the handling of the pension to the Union -- a brilliant move IMO.

GM has been too cocky -- the problem with GM has always been 100% management -- and it's similar across the automotive industry.

On the other hand, I think the American car makers were looking at the union troubles in British Layland and wanted to avoid being put out of business from union job action. The unions didn't do many favours by threatening to strike.... in the end, there was a certain lack of common sense on both ends, but eventually management should have done the right thing instead of the easy thing.