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The UAW Has A Country Club And They Want A Bailout
If you were pissed about the coming auto bailout already, then you’re really going to be livid after you hear what Michelle has to say. It turns out the fat cat auto workers union owns a championship golf course. The union hired one of golf’s most acclaimed course architects to build it. The course is the latest addition to the 1,000+ acre country club owned and operated by the UAW.
Black Lake Golf Course
“Owned and operated by the United Auto Workers union, Black Lake is a public course that provides UAW members and retirees substantial discounts from the regular greens fees. But even at regular rates of up to $95 per round, Black Lake is worth the price. Tee time reservations are accepted up to 14 days in advance for UAW members, and three days in advance for public play.”
This is the same union that just days ago refused to negotiate salary cuts that would have brought worker pay in line with their japanese counterparts at Toyota and the other foreign auto companies.
That golf course isn’t the only thing that sits on that fat 1,000 acres either:
Black Lake Golf Club complements the Center’s recreational facilities, which now include a beautiful gym with two full-sized basketball courts, an Olympic-size indoor pool, and exercise and weight room, table-tennis and pool tables, a sauna, beaches, walking and bike trails, softball and soccer fields and a boat launch ramp.
Congress rightly criticized the big 3 CEO’s for showing up hat in hand on their private jets, but when is someone going to tell the UAW to sell their stupid country club if they really need money?
I don’t like unions. I think there was a legitimate need for them a couple of decades ago, but now they’ve gotten out of control. They really only operate as extensions of the democratic party anyway. Unions love to say that they exist to ensure that workers are payed a fair wage. However, when critics say U.S. auto workers need to take a pay cut to bring their compensation in line with Japanese auto makers, the union says their workers are already on par with Toyota and the rest and in some cases make less than them.
Which raises the question, why have a union? If the Japanese auto workers are making the same and sometimes more than U.S. workers and they’re not even unionized then why have a union?
President Bush should not give the big 3 a single dime. This is a golden opportunity to “pierce the heart of organized labor” as UAW president Ron Gettlefinger put it the other day. We can finally bust the UAW and get the American auto industry back on its feet and profitable again.
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I don’t like unions. I think there was a legitimate need for them a couple of decades ago, but now they’ve gotten out of control. They really only operate as extensions of the democratic party anyway. Unions love to say that they exist to ensure that workers are payed a fair wage.
Stupid….. GM wants a loan not the UAW
It is present just enoughly.Thank.I like this.