saying that they did not cob don t the use condone the use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. bill: was that a statement. that s all we got. bill: that s all i m say here s a statement. here is what we are going to do to stop it here a memo we went sent out to all our members. not we don t condone it doesn t seem they are proactive in this regard. i will give you the last word. well, yeah. it s a mystery to me. they don t communicate with me. the other guys got fired. chrysler, i know, doesn t like this. bill: no, they don t like it. what do you mean they don t like it? all right mr. wolchek i am a member of a union. so am i. bill: a lot of our union members are stoned pretty much all the time but we never see them get that way. all right. i will catch them. if you know where they are at i will catch them, bill? bill: give you the home
bill: joining us now from detroit investigative reporter rob wolchek. i guess you got more people suspended, nine in your report this time and then last time how many times have you done this? we have used you twice. have you done it other times as well? as far as auto workers, this is it. we got the chrysler guys last year. same thing. got tips from inside, different plant this time. workers saying we re concerned about these guys come back from lunch. bill: yeah, they are buzzed. yeah. we went out and caught them again. bill: okay. now, when the union is confronted with the tape, chrysler has suspended pretty much everybody that you caught on camera getting high. they are all suspended. and some of them were fired last time as well. right. but the union, they don t how do they react? well, you know, we went into the union hall right after we kind of let everybody know what we were doing, that guy, the
high before they go to work or even on their lunch hour. 11:00 a.m., lunchtime at chrysler s trenton engine plant. these guys have been working hard. safety goggles, check, eye visibility work vests check. lighter and pipe? check. but not everyone is smoking at this park. just a mile from the plant. this guy is having a healthy lunch of chips and beer. and while this behavior during your break is against chrysler s policy. these guys aren t so reckless as to do it in a public park. dude. this is private property. a private lot. and, get this. it s maintained by their union. the united auto workers. bill: joining us now from detroit investigative reporter rob wolchek. i guess you got more people suspended, nine in your report this time and then last time how many times have you done this? we have used you twice.
on. you can t have this. absolutely. bill: i would love to know and union, as far as i know, has never issued a statement about what you found out. never said anything publicly about it, correct? well, they did issue a statement after the first story saying that they did not cob don t the use condone the use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. bill: was that a statement. that s all we got. bill: that s all i m say here s a statement. here is what we are going to do to stop it here a memo we went sent out to all our members. not we don t condone it doesn t seem they are proactive in this regard. i will give you the last word. well, yeah. it s a mystery to me. they don t communicate with me. the other guys got fired. chrysler, i know, doesn t like this. bill: no, they don t like it. what do you mean they don t like it? all right mr. wolchek i am a member of a union. so am i. bill: a lot of our union
video that we had gotten, just like we did with the chrysler people. but, for whatever reason, that meeting just never happened. he called me up and said it wax knicksed, so, i don t know. bill: what happened when you confronted gabe? gabe is vice president of vice president of local 372. we go outside and i show him exactly where his members are partying during their lunch breaks. so you guys don t know anything about it? no honestly we don t see anybody out here. he assures me if he did they would do something about it? when that information broke on us at jefferson, you know, all the locals were put on notice that, hey, if you have got any members doing this type of activity let them know it s not going to be condoned. bill: last time did the union try to get the jobs for the guys that got fired for getting high? you know, the union does not talk with me much so i don t know if that happened. i would imagine that they did because they are a union.