Covering GM-UAW Event Today? Better Drive an American Car

by Aaron Cole

Updated: December 31st, 2020 Published: July 13th, 2015

According to Automotive News reporter Krishna Anatharaman, members of the media who aren’t driving American-branded cars won’t be able to park in the building deck of today’s UAW-GM handshake event.

Before you say, “What the Toyota Camry?” keep in mind: Most of the automakers make you park in hinterlands if you don’t drive what they like.

Today’s event at GM signals the beginning of negotiations between the Big Three automakers and United Auto Workers union. Negotiations are expected to focus on bringing “second-tier” workers’ pay more in line with veteran workers who were hired before the recession.

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Mikey on Jul 13, 2015

@. Baiter..Really, . you know them all personally ? Have you been their homes ? I guess they all live in, decrepit houses, with over grown lawns. None of them give up their free time to coach Soccer ? In your warped view of the world, they are all lazy thugs eh ? You sir, have insulted me, my family, and most of my friends. Two words come to mind.... dude...Anal Orfice

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- Bball40dtw on Jul 13, 2015
  
  Of all the UAW assembly line workers I've known, I can describe only a handful as lazy. As a percentage, there are probably way less lazy people on the line than in real life. People that say that have never worked in a factory.
  
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- Master Baiter on Jul 13, 2015
  
  Let me try to explain in less colorful language: unions exist for one reason only--to extort above-market wages from employers who can't readily replace a whole factory full of workers. Above-market wages harm the long-term financial health of the company and, as we've seen with GM, result in the company coming hat-in-hand to taxpayers like me for bail outs. You may be the salt of the earth mikey, but you and your friends belong to a corrupt organization that has long outlived its usefulness. I choose not to do business with the UAW; sorry if that makes it harder for you to cover your boat payment.
  
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- Dal20402 on Jul 13, 2015
  
  @Master Baiter Using similar "logic," you could say that most corporations exist for one reason only: to extort above-market prices from the public for goods and services, based on asymmetrical information and limited competition. But that would be oversimplified and distorted to the point of uselessness. Just like your point.
  
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- Probert on Jul 13, 2015
  
  @Master Baiter Let me type slowly so you can understand what I am about to say: Your analysis - or should I say - grouping of false tropes and prejudices - is ahistorical and absurd. History is made up of actual events - actual outcomes from those events - these are documented in books, magazines, documentaries, and even on the interweb. History is fun. I hope I didn't type to fast.
  
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- Master Baiter on Jul 13, 2015
  
  @dal20402 You could say that, but you would be wrong in most cases.
  
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- Mikey on Jul 13, 2015
  
  @Master Baiter Boat payment , car payment ,mortgage payment ?...Never had a boat , the mortgage is history. I wrote a cheque ,for the last car I bought. But go ahead make your assumptions .
  
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- Dal20402 on Jul 13, 2015
  
  @Master Baiter As would you, in case you missed my obvious point.
  
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Mikey on Jul 13, 2015

@ Thanks bbball

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DenverMike on Jul 13, 2015

It's just disrespectful at best. I'd park miles down the street and ride the bus in, if I worked for GM and drove a different brand. I'd at least show up in a Citation with a million miles, parking it down the street at night and driving it in, in the morning. Hey they might give me a brand new Saturn out of sympathy? But it's just common sense to buy/own what you build for a living. So at least you CAN complain if you're laid off. Not that even buying a new Silverado or Escalade will keep yourself employed when things get slow, but you never know (who's watching).

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JNPeila on Jul 13, 2015

This only makes enemies where there were none before. Thuggish and childish to expect the MEDIA to show up in what you want. God forbid a non-UAW car shows up that catches someone's attention (Look away brother! Think pure thoughts!) Employees' cars are a different story perhaps.

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