Given the ouster of Rick Wagoner from his position as CEO of General Motors, it’s only fair the government should force UAW President Ron Gettelfinger to step down, says Republican congressman Connie Mack of Florida. He believes the unions are as much to blame as GM management for the company’s current financial situation.
“If President Obama is willing to fire the CEO of General Motors because of his failures, then he should be even-handed in demanding Ron Gettelfinger’s resignation for his equally egregious failures,†Mack said in a statement.
Mack said he sees unions as sharing the blame evenly for the Detroit Three’s woes. “Union bosses share equal blame for failing to act responsibly to achieve long-term stability and prosperity for their members, consumers and the auto industry as a whole,” he states.
“United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger deserves particular blame for his failures to modernize the UAW, for organizing and threatening labor strikes that have heavily contributed to the demise of the U.S. auto industry, and for refusing long-term concessions that would help General Motors, Chrysler and Ford create cost-savings and preserve jobs.”
