Quality needs to trump the worker's unions

I just heard of a major recall just made by Ford involving over 600,000 model year 2005-2006 trucks for faulty brake lines. Why is every year we have major recalls in the big three American automakers? Why has the quality of Ford GM and Chrysler gone to the trash heap? the reason is simple, the unions. Over the 40 to 50 years the big three have surrendered to the union and given them control of their companies. The UAW has successfully taken over the big three automakers and made it so that the bosses have no control over employees or quality. The results are: one with guaranteed job security no employee has to care about quality because they (the union members) know they won't be fired. Two with the unions in control there are no standards when it come quality or dress codes. An example of this is in late 2005 or early 2006 I was watching a documentary on either CNN or Fox News about the auto plant workers. In this documentary they showed one worker with a visible tattoo on his right shoulder and wear a cut-off shirt that was frayed. While I have no problem with a tattoo or with short sleeve shirts, when it come to appearance and work ethic if you don't have pride in your appearance you will not have pride in your work. As I was watching this I said had I owned any of the big three US automakers I would not allow that worker (the one I saw on television) to be on the assembly line looking the way he did. And until they (the big three) get it companies like Toyota will continue to surpass them in sales: because contrary to union belief the costumers care more about quality and how long their car lasts than whether or not a union member gets a 2 hour break. The only way to reverse this trend is for the big three to say forget the unions, and forget the negotiations quality Must trump union deals.