Lansing, Mich. Mayor, Virg Bernero: Auto Industry Union Members Have Given Enough up; Wall Street Needs to Give up More

[bsmetalworks]

the government has gave you an option wall street, banks ,unsecoo ,wtf but your in

troublle me too.

[patsaxon]

Union workers is bad for the economy, this is why many manufactures goes to China. Over paid Union workers do not have a college degree in order to earn the pay that they get, but most of them can not read! You Union workers need to be terminated or accept minimum wage! The big three auto makers need to move to China to save American dollars!

[richis2fast4u]

@patsaxon That just made me laugh out loud. America should outsource its labor is what you said. Stop and think about the ramifications of that quick.

[MiMatt38]

Virg is just a junk yard dawg without the usual chain leash and cinder block tackle. All bite, bark, fake outrage and spittle --little brain. I guess all those BigLabor auto workers just needed a lunch break to set the record "straight" for ol' Virg the Idiot. Beer, booze and dope --it's the UAW's secret lunch plan for success. No wonder there are so many recalled automobiles built by union workers.

Time to put Virg back on the shop floor, muzzle him, and use him as a guard dawg.

[ZiggZagg11]

Virgil Bernero for PRESIDENT,.. the heck with Governor!

[pskripnik]

virg for governer

[machjim]

well vermillionaire you who I am sure have never stepped foot one in a auto plant are just spouting off crap that you have either heard from the media or some biased opinion you have embraced growing up..Spend a few hours in my plant on an assembly line then tell me if you would be willing to do that for a living and are still overpaid..You probably have some sort of degree so you automatically think you deserve to be paid more than the average joe....

[vermillionaire1]

I don't have a degree and the richest person I know doesn't have a degree. That person worked 10 years without vacations 7 days a week and long hours, before his business took off. Someone like you sees him as rich and not paying his "air share of taxes and despises him. He wasn't selfish with his hard work, and now that he's made it, people like you feel entitled to his life's investment. I'm in the Elevator union , and before that a union Roofer. Farm your own life, and stay out of my basket.

[outlaw1989]

This mayor is the man,well said plus he is Italian (short fused) like me, he makes complete relevance dealing with our decaying economy!!!!

[machjim]

well said mayor.....everything he stated was fact and still the media, wallstreet and Washington wants to bash the working man...His anger is warranted and I support his every comment..

[vermillionaire1]

What do mean by "Working Man". I here this term all the time from the Unions as if they work harder than the average person. If anything, they probably work less and "to the rule" of their job description which always delays productivity.

My company did a job in Boston that should have only taken us a week to complete, but the unions made it last a month. I can see why they can't survive while Honda and Toyota prosper in the NON-Union south. The southern worker hasn't been brainwashed by unions

[carmine440]

If I told you that American-made products are still effectively locked-out of international markets, would you believe me?

If I told you that most every auto environmental device in use today was developed and introduced by an American company; would you believe me? Would you believe other nations took decades to require them?

If you knew 9 of the 10 most efficient auto plants in North America (2008) were both unionized and managed by the "Domestic 3", would you be surprised?

[rammstew]

Point, Mayor

[Denton9176]

WTF guys.

It doesn't matter. IT"S EVERYONE"S TAX MONEY THAT IS BEING TAKEN.

Blame whomever you want, I have to pay for this shit along with my kids and grandkids.

We're all going down because this country is full of GD greedy selfish pricks IN ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY.

[brody005]

It's not all classes it's the rich bleeding the middle class and I for one am sick

of this shit. Wall Street is so evil it sickens me and Washington looks out for Wall Street but says fuck the auto makers, just look what they did to the big 3 on the hill and how they gave OUR tax money 100's

of billoins (not a loan) with out hesitation to the bankers plus DC fucked the little man on trade policy. You are right we all have some greed but not close to as much as Wall Street.

[clat1]

Fox lost billions this quarter- should the douchebag reporter have his health insurance taken away?

[Greenandscaly]

We waste $124 BILLION a month in Iraq and the Big Three have to beg for $39 billion to survive and possibly avoid a second Great Depression? INSANE!

[nearpar]

Excellent Mayor Bernero I hope you run for Governor of MIchigan you have my vote sir !

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

Why wouldn't this creep answer the question? The UAW is just as responsible for the problems with the auto industry as the executives. These union thugs extorted outrageous pay and health benefits from the auto companies. Where do they think this money is coming from, and do they think it is limitless? This creep was just doing he usual politician crap. Tell the people what they want to hear so you get re-elected. This is why nothing gets fixed in America. No one is accountable for anything.

[brody005]

He says it like it is and I am all for a man who looks after the working man.

You call him a creep??? Please go crawl back under your rock. Wall Street and D C

are the problem not the big three. You have no clue!

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

Wrong..YOU have no clue. It's Wall Street, DC. AND the UAW. These union workers get ridiculous pay and benefits. No other American companies could compete if they were paying these extorted inflated wages and benefits to their workers. Is that too much for you to understand? This politician was doing nothing more than making an early campaign speech. You think this creep is looking out for working man? He's looking out for himself. GM and the others SHOULD go under. They produce overpriced crap.

[brody005]

Do you think we should all work for $10 an hour??? Do you think bankers should get millions? Do you know what politicians get for retierment? I can tell you a lot more then an auto worker!!! If you think we are in the mess we are in because of union workers then you must have your head in the sand! You need to

look to D C and Wall Street for this mess.

All car makers not just US are not selling cars. Do we say houses are junk because of the housing market? NO!

No one is selling anything...

[chuggachuggawoowoo]

You just don't want to listen, do you? Who has his head in the sand? I said EVERYBODY, policticians, bankers, corporations, Wall Street...and YES...the UNIONS, are ALL to blame...that means they ALL have to cut the crap and take responsibility the mess this country is in. Everybody blames everybody else, but it's never THEIR fault...and YES, American auto workers ARE overpaid and their benefits are out of line with reality. They're thugs who extorted ridiculous pay for what they do.

[brody005]

I dont see auto workers getting a bonus like Bankers or CEO's you can not blame

Unions for this but your Gov wants you to

because they would like to break them up

and take the heat off them. All I am saying is the big 3 are far from the problem so focus on what the real problem is. Like a war with no end and the evil ways of wall street these are the things that are taking it's toll on us all. Not some 80 year old man with good health ins.

[vermillionaire1]

"American auto workers ARE overpaid and their benefits are out of line with reality. They're thugs who extorted ridiculous pay for what they do."

Brilliant! ...... Succinctly said Chugga!

We cannot expect the Americans to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism until the suddenly awake to find they have Communisum.

-Nikita Khrushchev, 1959

[radicalsam]

vermillionair1, You think auto workers are "thugs who extorted ridiculous pay"?

Wow Those poor Multi Billion dollar corporations. Do you ever wonder why you think big corporations are victims?

Could it be that the Multi Billion dollar big corporations "control" everything you see & hear? The auto industry made the middle class and when it's gone so is the middle class. Walmart is the largest employer in America right now! Be careful what you wish for!!!!

[db0130]

Right on, Mayor!

[biggodhead]

He knows full well he's on faux news and they have an agenda. Bravo to this man, I'd vote for him too!

[brody005]

The mayor is 100% spot on!!!

He has my vote...