[quote=no_such_reality]What killed the American auto-industry was really simple.
The relationship between labor and the company was pure poison.
Add in greed, cynicism, incompetence and an f-u attitude or as long as I get mine and you know why it died. Those attitudes ran both sides up and down the whole range.
There’s a fundamental problem when plant workers say they work for the UAW and not Ford, GM or Chrysler, or even the individual sub-brand and management is worried about their private jet.[/quote]
I agree about the adversarial relationship between labor and the companies they work for. In countries with strong unions and strong economies, BOTH capital and labor understand that it is a symbiotic relationship, and each is dependent upon the other in order to further their own interests.
