Union must be part of auto sector rescue
Talk about the two biggest dinosaurs around. The auto industry and unions in general.
“Clement is due to visit the Washington and Detroit soon for talks on how to handle the auto sector’s woes.”
I can tell you how to handle your woes. Instead of focussing on milking as much out of short term profits as you can, get your head out of your a$$ and make some innovative products that the consumer wants. If you had done this 10 years ago you wouldn’t be having the problems you have. A little pain now will mean a better future for all involved.
(Via Reuters.)
A good piece on the state of the auto industry from the New York Times
Best quote:
“Lastly, somebody ought to call Steve Jobs, who doesn’t need to be bribed to do innovation, and ask him if he’d like to do national service and run a car company for a year. I’d bet it wouldn’t take him much longer than that to come up with the G.M. iCar.”
Every industry needs a “Steve Jobs”.
I agree with most of what he said, except drop all the crap about Flex Fuel. All that does is make people feel like they are doing something when in reality they are just creating other problems.
Here in Manitoba (and I’m sure other places), when our local provider of natural gas wants to raise or lower prices it has to seek approval from the public utilities board.
Why shouldn’t petroleum companies have to do the same with gasoline? Do you seriously think that gasoline is not an essential utility? Try and get to work, do your grocery shopping or anything else for that matter with out burning some gas. Pretty much anything use consume has used up some gas in getting where it’s going.
Time to regulate I think.