| The GM Co. and Chrysler, took billions of dollars from | | | | safety and economical security of the tax payers? |
| the U.S tax payers, promising the preservation of U.S | | | | Already, nearly 400 jobs are cut since Oct 1, when |
| jobs, but now are exposing the Union jobs to | | | | GM and Chrysler moved to their new business model. |
| vulnerable situations. The money was to preserve | | | | It is known that the average rate of unemployment is |
| good jobs and keep the industries alive. | | | | higher in Detroit than the national average |
| They are aggressively reducing the costs by | | | | unemployment rate. |
| employing cheap, non-union car hauling companies to | | | | Is U.S economic security in the hands of GM and |
| transport vehicles from factories to dealer lots, putting | | | | Chrysler? |
| people out of work. | | | | U.S. economy is solely in the hands of automobile |
| "Many of these replacement drivers come with little | | | | industries- this statement is very clear with the current |
| experience, inadequate training, no accountability and | | | | situation which is prevailing in U.S. Though the Union |
| inadequate equipment," the letters say in the report. | | | | had taken steps to bring this issue to the light with the |
| GM and Chrysler encourage job cuts | | | | Congress, but it showed they could do nothing to |
| GM and Chrysler are just transforming the way the | | | | reverse the automakers actions. |
| automobiles are delivered to the showrooms. They | | | | Teamsters fights, GM and Chrysler job cuts |
| seem to create a race to the bottom by encouraging | | | | On the other hand, the teamster's pressure over GM |
| other carmakers to follow them, endangering jobs. | | | | and Chrysler to stop eliminating good teamster jobs |
| With this, they are trying to destroy the good paying | | | | continues. GM and Chrysler are aggressively trying to |
| American jobs, which provide a living wage and | | | | put a halt to the teamsters hauling jobs. |
| decent benefits. | | | | Consumer Action's Director of National Priorities Linda |
| The consumer's rate of buying cars never goes down, | | | | Sherry said "We have motorists sharing the freeways |
| but with this Chrysler and GM decision to use car | | | | with these car carriers who do not secure the car |
| haulers, who have no enough driving experience. They | | | | properly. It is terrifying to imagine of the damage, two |
| take little safety precautions and are causing damage | | | | tons of metal could cause if it fell off a car carrier..." |
| to the new cars that are being hauled from the | | | | Now, unfortunately, I have an answer - albeit the |
| factories. This might cause to run down the customers | | | | wrong answer! - Because the report we are releasing |
| hope on new cars. | | | | today clearly shows that cut-rate car-hauling firms do |
| Safety and economical security threatened | | | | not know what they are doing, and this endangers all |
| "It's particularly offensive that GM and Fiat-Chrysler are | | | | motorists and buyers of new Chrysler and GM |
| taking the lead in cutting corners, threatening the safety | | | | vehicles." |
| and economic security of the taxpayers and car | | | | Its difficult to understand as why GM and Chrysler |
| buyers who have footed the bill - tens of billions of | | | | showing the way to other automobile manufacturing |
| dollars - to bail them out," said by Rosemary Shahan, | | | | companies to follow their strategy of hiring non-union |
| founder and president of Consumers for Auto | | | | car haulers, which in turn is hampering the daily wages |
| Reliability and Safety. | | | | of a common union car hauler. |
| Are they not aware that they are threatening the | | | | |