Caterpillar to unions: Drop dead

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6. Nonsense, what is wrote points to the need for Unions

to face reality. The old union model of strict work rules and work rules that create inflexibility and barriers to productivity in order to increase membership is broken and will not work in global market.

My point was that if union leadership worked a different model that promoted the best and most productive workforce and work rules they can better maintain high wages and benefits like management does at Cat for salary workers. If union leadership held members accountable and told worker they would not be supported for poor performance they would have better performance and pay. If union leadership worked to be competitive in a highly competitive global world they might survive.

As it is my 20 plus years of working in management in a manufacturing union environment tells me frontline union leadership fails to better the lives of the rank and file almost every time.