Comments on: NUMMI Workers Fighting (Literally) With UAW Leadership

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:32:48 +0000

James – Thanks for commenting. Glad to hear you got out in time.

Mickey – Good point.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:17:22 +0000

James very good post. Right to work. All employers like that deal. Also if I’m not right GM is in bed with China in making or helping them get into the US as well as China supposively helping GM in China.

By: James Wichman

James Wichman — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:11:14 +0000

I worked at NUMMI for 20 years and recently retired. NUMMI was a fluke in history of the auto industry. There will never be another joint venture in the auto industry which will contain all the ingredients (both good and bad) that made up the NUMMI venture. GM insists on working with a Union. Toyota loathes and despises unions. Toyota is moving operations out of California
because California is not a “right to work” state. Everywhere else Toyota will make cars will have “right to work” laws on the books. Concerning NUMMI, that little car plant, for thousands of very compelling reasons in both union and salaried ranks, richly, richly, richly deserves to close.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:57:51 +0000

Mickey – Agreed.

Gato – Good to know. BTW, you and any other NUMMI workers should feel free to email me with any insights or info you’d like to share privately. That’s how I’ve managed to publish all these posts about NUMMI and the UAW. admin@tundraheadquarters.com

By: Gato

Gato — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:25:37 +0000

Reason why the membership is so upset is because the UAW first decided to go the route of going after Toyota. The International owns a percentage of GM so they wouldnt go after their cash cow. Other reasons are the LA car show where they also did a petition drive and protest against Toyota. At the end of that week they went to Disneyland, courtesy of the members Union dues. The final straw was the Union trip to Palm Springs. All of this wasted time and money which should have gone towards bargaining for a decent Severance package. The main person to blame also is Fat “Country Way” Phil.

By: Mickey

Mickey — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:46:51 +0000

He definitely told them right!!! lol….. Total shocking the way he handled it. Reminds me when Kaiser Aluminum laid off 2,000 people when the union was asked to take a $2.00 pay cut back in 1982. I was making $12.00 an hour and had the total benefits people would die for. $2.00 pay cut and get $10.00 an hour vice what happened $0 an hour total shutdown of the plant. It shows the mentality of the Union. Sad…..