Originally Posted by Pragmatic1

Like it was said. Poor management and poor vision was the real downfall of the American auto industry. It started with the massive rise in fuel cost which destroyed the HIGHLY profitable SUV and truck market. This started the downward spiral and the tight credit markets during the financial crisis put the nail in the coffin. Neither is caused by the UAW but that was the first place they came to cut cost. Just like our current contract isn't currently cooking the goose, however if circumstances change and the company needs to cut cost, 4a2b will be back again. Would that mean we are overpaid and have lavish benefits? No. A