Car Hauling Jobs Threatened by Chrysler and GM

The GM Co. and Chrysler, took billions of dollars fromsafety and economical security of the tax payers?
the U.S tax payers, promising the preservation of U.SAlready, nearly 400 jobs are cut since Oct 1, when
jobs, but now are exposing the Union jobs toGM and Chrysler moved to their new business model.
vulnerable situations. The money was to preserveIt 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 byunemployment rate.
employing cheap, non-union car hauling companies toIs U.S economic security in the hands of GM and
transport vehicles from factories to dealer lots, puttingChrysler?
people out of work.U.S. economy is solely in the hands of automobile
"Many of these replacement drivers come with littleindustries- this statement is very clear with the current
experience, inadequate training, no accountability andsituation 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 cutsCongress, but it showed they could do nothing to
GM and Chrysler are just transforming the way thereverse the automakers actions.
automobiles are delivered to the showrooms. TheyTeamsters fights, GM and Chrysler job cuts
seem to create a race to the bottom by encouragingOn 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 payingcontinues. GM and Chrysler are aggressively trying to
American jobs, which provide a living wage andput 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 carwith these car carriers who do not secure the car
haulers, who have no enough driving experience. Theyproperly. It is terrifying to imagine of the damage, two
take little safety precautions and are causing damagetons of metal could cause if it fell off a car carrier..."
to the new cars that are being hauled from theNow, unfortunately, I have an answer - albeit the
factories. This might cause to run down the customerswrong 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 threatenednot know what they are doing, and this endangers all
"It's particularly offensive that GM and Fiat-Chrysler aremotorists and buyers of new Chrysler and GM
taking the lead in cutting corners, threatening the safetyvehicles."
and economic security of the taxpayers and carIts difficult to understand as why GM and Chrysler
buyers who have footed the bill - tens of billions ofshowing 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 Autocar 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