[lbo-talk] A Delphi worker on Delphi

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> John Mage wrote:
>
> >if the spirit (of class war) explodes, then money would be found  
> to cool
> >it down. a scenario -  a strike (it might have to be illegal) that  
> shut
> >down GM before they could spin off GMAC, and that lasted long  
> enough to
> >exhaust GM's cash hoard, would be a threat to the whole wobbling USer
> >credit structure. then either the government does a lockheed/chrysler
> >whatever with public money to buy off the Delphi and GM workers or  
> the
> >strikers bring down the temple samson style.
>
> Isn't this an individualist solution to a huge collective political  
> problem? Why isn't the UAW pushing for national health insurance  
> and an end to pension chicanery? Why aren't they, as Sam Gindin   
> suggested, pushing for more innovation by the US auto industry? Are  
> the members too fond of their SUVs? At this rate, GM is going to  
> fade  away.
>
> Doug

GM, Delphi, etc., *if* they lose their attacks on unions, have an  
incentive to push for national health insurance; if they win and bust  
unions (through lockouts) or cut unionized auto workers' wages and  
benefits (through the UAW's concessions) to the level of meatpacking  
workers', they won't have any incentive to push for it AT ALL.

Yoshie Furuhashi
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