There are a lot of manufacturers of bulldozing equipment. Why is Caterpillar being singled out? Here’s why:
Union members at Caterpillar, the world’s largest maker of heavy equipment, rejected a contract offer today, in a move that will let them have their old jobs back without gaining anything after a bitter 17-month strike.
Union members rejected the latest company offer as the United Auto Workers’ central bargaining committee voted to send the 8,700 strikers back to work. Union officials would not say why they ended the strike.
I think the company’s in complete control,” said one striker, Jim Schmidt. “We have to accept defeat.” [source]
I knew several union workers at Caterpillar back then [1995]. I was told, in a very matter of fact way, that the union’s leadership was going to communist party meetings for help with the strike. So there is an alliance between the union, the communists, and of course now the Palestinians, who are the ultimate Useful Fools in all this.
You can see why Caterpillar is so reviled by the Left, from the New York Times on down: it stood up to the union, and to the communists, and now to the Palestinians — and won.
In reality, Caterpillar is the quintessential American “can-do” company. As for its tamed union? Pff-f-f-t.
