You seem to forget that the unions took away the managers' ability to fire employees ages ago, they also taught the workers that the way to get ahead was to go on strike and sign short term contracts so you only had to work for a short while before going on strike again.
Just look at the idiocy with BC ferries now, those two who were fucking on the charts table instead of steering the ship should have been thrown in jail but now the union is going to court to prevent them from being fired.
And that was after the union made it clear to the guy who caught them that if he cooperates with the RCMP investigation they'd get HIM fired by kicking him out of the union.
I spent most of my life in a culture where there are clear lines of authority and responsibility.
Most new crew arrive at basic training without even the skills to clean themselves. The staff teaches them how to not stink, how to have their clothing not stink, how to store belongings so that they are not damaged or stolen, how to eat, how to sleep and how to avoid having their crewmates wanting to kill them. Ships tend to be cramped. Dirty, smelly, sloppy things are not appreciated.
Once we have addressed the problem of ensuring that the new crew will be allowed to remain, we must address the fact that their schooling was designed to make keeping them off the street not too boring. Schooling in North America is Sesame Street for adolescents, there is no intention to transmit skills or the ability to describe or solve problems. Every ship, base and facility runs schools to redress this situation.
We do this because part of being an officer is MANAGING THE RESOURCES PROVIDED.
Chrysler and many other companies have taken the easy road to managing. They granted too many rights, required too little performance and practiced the culture of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" believing that they could move on and leave their mess behind.
Unfortunately for the Auto Makers, it's pretty easy for the people to express their will through government and require vehicles to be manufactured in the market they're intended for.
They can't do what Wallmart did and offshore their entire supply. The politicians aren't allowed to permit major things like vehicles to enter without a tariff.
Now, the managers who run Chrysler, Ford and GM have to start changing the way they manage. They have to fire the thieves. They have to fire the incompetent. Instead of lobbying government on the amount of content that has to be built in North America, they should be lobbying for laws that permit them to demand performance from their employees.
We reap what we sow. If a parent is too lazy to parent, they inevitably get the pitying looks as their spawn "performs" in the aisle. If a manager is too lazy to manage, we get the labor situation we have now.
I don't go through life expecting puppies to not mess in the house. I train the puppy. If my house is full of feces, it's my fault, not the dogs'.