So you’re thinking about buying a ‘quality built’ American car?

Posted By on September 23, 2010

unionlunchbreakNothing like a union lunch break – see video below.

Let me get this straight — American automakers were bailed out by taxpayers and President Obama endorsed the workers at this Chrysler plant … yet the still overpaid union American workers aren’t appreciative enough to put in a decent day’s work?

Instead according to this undercover video some workers day after day they head to a park for some drinking and smoking toking … over lunch! I don’t know about you, but I’m not these guys inspire me to buy a “proudly built in America” UAW union built car. (if it were up to me, they would be fired without unemployment eligibility or any benefits)

If you see/hear a follow up on what Chrysler management and the UAW says and does about this … comment below.

EDIT: Original video was removed from YouTube, but an updated story link with Chrysler and UAW response along with video is at Detroit’s Channel 2 News.


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Comments

  • VWDEALER IN TX

    Response from Chrysler; transcript from video interview with Scott Garberding, Senior Vice President – Manufacturing :

    I’m very, very disturbed about what I just saw in the video and I want to make it clear that we at Chrysler take it very seriously. For us this behavior is totally unacceptable and will be dealt with swiftly. In fact, we’ve already identified a few of the people involved in this incident. Each of them has been suspended indefinitely, without pay, pending further investigation. We’ll continue to pursue this in fact, until we’re done.

    What’s difficult about this is these few people, who exhibited bad behavior, have painted a bad picture what’s an outstanding assembly plant, filled with outstanding committed Chrysler employees at Jefferson North. I want to make it clear that we’re proud of our plant, we’re very proud of the people at Jefferson North.

    Lastly I want to say that when we build a vehicle we go to a lot of detail to make sure that even a few people in a situation like this, in fact cannot effect the quality of the vehicle. We have detail systems in place to make sure that every operation is completed and we do multiple-redundants to ensure quality of the vehicles we make.

    Response from the UAW:

    The UAW strongly opposes the use of controlled substances or alcohol use on the job. This type of behavior jeopardizes the health and safety of all employees. We also recognize that, unfortunately, these behaviors exist in our society.

    The UAW and the Chrysler Corporation work together to keep our workplaces drug and alcohol free, and to encourage employees with substance abuse problems to get the treatment they need. The employees involved in this situation do not represent the vast majority of workers at Chrysler who do a great job making high quality vehicles in some of the most productive manufacturing facilities in the United States.

  • VWDEALER IN TX

    Response from Chrysler; transcript from video interview with Scott Garberding, Senior Vice President – Manufacturing :

    I’m very, very disturbed about what I just saw in the video and I want to make it clear that we at Chrysler take it very seriously. For us this behavior is totally unacceptable and will be dealt with swiftly. In fact, we’ve already identified a few of the people involved in this incident. Each of them has been suspended indefinitely, without pay, pending further investigation. We’ll continue to pursue this in fact, until we’re done.

    What’s difficult about this is these few people, who exhibited bad behavior, have painted a bad picture what’s an outstanding assembly plant, filled with outstanding committed Chrysler employees at Jefferson North. I want to make it clear that we’re proud of our plant, we’re very proud of the people at Jefferson North.

    Lastly I want to say that when we build a vehicle we go to a lot of detail to make sure that even a few people in a situation like this, in fact cannot effect the quality of the vehicle. We have detail systems in place to make sure that every operation is completed and we do multiple-redundants to ensure quality of the vehicles we make.

    Response from the UAW:

    The UAW strongly opposes the use of controlled substances or alcohol use on the job. This type of behavior jeopardizes the health and safety of all employees. We also recognize that, unfortunately, these behaviors exist in our society.

    The UAW and the Chrysler Corporation work together to keep our workplaces drug and alcohol free, and to encourage employees with substance abuse problems to get the treatment they need. The employees involved in this situation do not represent the vast majority of workers at Chrysler who do a great job making high quality vehicles in some of the most productive manufacturing facilities in the United States.

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    Saw the video here.

    <sarcasm>
    It’s important to let the government pick winners and losers. Hundreds of car jobs saved, good. Hundreds of light bulb jobs lost, well…
    </sarcasm>

  • http://bilikfamily.com/ Scott

    Saw the video here.

    <sarcasm>
    It’s important to let the government pick winners and losers. Hundreds of car jobs saved, good. Hundreds of light bulb jobs lost, well…
    </sarcasm>

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