A peek behind the scenes: The night GM CEO Mary Barra signed the UAW tentative agreem

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The takeaway would be the auto manufacturers ramping up behind the scenes to automate their systems in order to compete.

Where else can you make a better then average wage while having no skills?

The no handshake sent a message of you are the enemy and evil one and I am the savior of the people,Ford as a corporation does not have to exist by building automobiles and it can also return a payback to the shareholders without the amount of labor it has.

It is newsworthy because it puts a time and date in history when the end started.

No GM does not need those workers anymore then any other company,the cities and states that those workers live in need GM and Ford and the other one a lot more,because they can simply move production to Mexico or any other number of states or countries.

What is the difference between “corporate greed” and “employee greed” ?

In the last 6 years Ford has shed 30,000 jobs,GM almost 50,000.

Michigan as a state since 2000 has lost 1/2 of its automotive manufacturing and related jobs,but it has not lost 1/2 the jobs available in the state,which says auto manufacturing in the state is in decline,rapidly.

Manufacturing is no longer Michigan number 1 source of revenue,thise jobs that are replacing the manufacturing jobs require a lot higher skill set with a degree.

Interesting how Fain is being referred to as the hero of the people when in the past nobody that worked with him could stand him,the refusal to shake hands is indicative of not being very trustworthy and more indicative of being able to get your punches in while you still can.

If the labor movement has no respect for the automotive manufacturers traditionally then why should the manufacturers have and respect to the city and state that they actually build and prospered alongside?

If it is strictly just business,which in that respect Fain is correct,the manufacturers should not be compelled to continue to invest in the state when it makes little sense financially,because after all it is just business.

As much as nobody wants to admit it,we are going into a dark place with the economy,that little moment of glory most likely will be remembered when all of this goes right back to the table when people will be looking at concessions in order to have a job in the first place.

Things have a habit of coming back around to bite you in the rear end,at that time it will not be shaking hands,it will be asking where to plant that kiss. Most likely on the southern end.

Showboating only goes so far.