Editorial: Bloom Off The Rose For Chinese Car Industry
Time for the United Auto Workers (UAW) to collect second-hand songbooks and ship ĂąÂÂem over to their comradesâ make that âunion brothersâ in China.Ă Chinese taking our jobs? Wake up guys! Solidarity forever! The Chinese worker is taking it on the chin just like the working stiff in Godâs Own Country. And letâs ignore the fact for a while that FICA, SECA, COBRA, and VEBA are not part of the Chinese language. PSA Peugeot CitroĂ«n, an affiliate of Dongfeng Motor in China, has âdecided not to renew the contractsâ (translation: has fired) 1000 workers on their Wuhan site, Gasgoo reports. Volkswagen, which depends on China for 15 percent of its worldwide auto sales, gave the Chinese equivalent of pink slips to 700 people at their Changchun factory. According to Chinese media reports, Ford, BMW, Chery, and untold more are busy. Busy thinning out their working masses, that is. Where did all the thousand flowers go?