In Ford Decision To Build Mexico Plant, UAW Is Getting What It Asked For

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Along with the stupid environmental regulations and government mandated mileage requirements the U.A.W. helped push this new manufacturing plant to Mexico

UAW President Dennis Williams called Ford’s plan “very troubling,” according to Bloomberg, and said the investment by Ford meant creating jobs that “should have been available right here in the U.S.A.”

“Should” is an especially pregnant term for Williams to use, because these definitely are jobs that could — or at least might — have been retained in the United States if only he and his cohorts had played their hands differently in contract negotiations last year.

Essentially, Williams and his lieutenants knowingly sacrificed these small-car jobs in their new labor contract, risking the long-term interests of the union and its membership for the very, very short-term payoff of wages that ended up being significantly higher than they otherwise would have obtained – and for huge profit-sharing payouts, which for the average Ford worker were a record $9,300.

For Ford CEO Mark Fields, the decision to take the union’s strategy to its logical conclusion was a no brainier

In Ford Decision To Build Mexico Plant, UAW Is Only Getting What It Asked For