Back in 1996, Rick Corbin, a Cat striker from Local 974 in Peoria, told me to wake up. He said GM would try to bust our union . He said they would prep the ground by softening us up with lots of partnership, cooperation, and team spirit schmaltz. Then they would split us up and bust us down, piece by piece. It s not about profit, it s about control, and for all the talk of partnership they haven t given up any control.
Management is ruthless as ever.
They continue to make promises they don t keep. They continue to treat workers like a cost to cut. Ed Northern, Delphi s lean production guru said, I don t close plants, I build plants. We all know where he builds plants. Delphi is the largest private employer in Mexico.