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#16696 of 16705 Re: 65,000 applications for 2,000 auto worker jobs [gagrice] by steve_ HOST Nov 18, 2009 (10:46 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Nov 18, 2009 9:50 pm) That choo-choo train has left the station.
#16697 of 16705 Re: UAW Out To Get Ford in KC [srs_49] by tedebear Nov 19, 2009 (8:23 am)
Replying to: srs_49 (Nov 17, 2009 5:17 am) The common practice is that you do not strike a facility that has a slow moving product. The company does not care if the workers there go on strike. They would even encourage it because it would mean they would not have to idle the plant and pay unemployment compensation. Striking a plant that is producing a high demand product gets the company's attention and brings them to the bargaining table more quickly.   As far as the GM welfare case, they just announced two days ago that they plan on paying back the government loan early. It doesn't sound to me like they're hurting too badly. Replies to this message: lemko (Nov 19, 2009 8:59 am) tlong (Nov 19, 2009 3:14 pm) srs_49 (Nov 20, 2009 3:39 am)
#16698 of 16705 Re: UAW Out To Get Ford in KC [tedebear] by lemko Nov 19, 2009 (8:59 am)
Replying to: tedebear (Nov 19, 2009 8:23 am) Hmmm! That sounds like a strategy to save a lot of money on labor. Deliberately anger the guys at a plant that produces a slow-moving product until demand catches up with supply!   "Hey, all you losers! We're abolishing your healthcare and paying you only minimum wage!"   "Oh yeah? Well we're going on strike!"   "Ok! You do that! (heh-heh!)"
#16699 of 16705 Re: UAW Out To Get Ford in KC [tedebear] by tlong Nov 19, 2009 (3:14 pm)
Replying to: tedebear (Nov 19, 2009 8:23 am) As far as the GM welfare case, they just announced two days ago that they plan on paying back the government loan early. It doesn't sound to me like they're hurting too badly.   I'd call that a very naive statement. They are still hemorrhaging money. If I borrow $500K because I am broke, I spend $300K the first year trying to stay alive, and I say I will repay $50K this year, does that mean I'm doing well? No, it just means I'll run out of money sooner and either fail or go ask for more money. It's only a PR move. GM is still a disaster and not even close to making any money. Replies to this message: srs_49 (Nov 20, 2009 3:39 am)
#16701 of 16705 Re: UAW Out To Get Ford in KC [tlong] by srs_49 Nov 20, 2009 (3:39 am)
Replying to: tlong (Nov 19, 2009 3:14 pm) Exactly. The way I read it, they are basically paying back one loan with another.
#16702 of 16705 The Pennsylvania I Once Knew... by lemko Nov 25, 2009 (1:09 pm)
Miracle on the Delaware   This WAS the Pennsylvania I used to know before the flood of imports, outsourcing of jobs, NAFTA, etc.   Almost all the cities mentioned in the video are now virtually uninhabitable crime-infested ghettos due to the massive exodus of jobs. Camden, NJ is now one of the nation's poorest cities. Trenton, NJ has a railroad bridge over the Delaware with a huge red neon sign that states "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES." Well, Trenton doesn't make much of anything these days since the world took all of its jobs. Chester, PA - now Pennsylvania's poorest city, once had a sign that read "WHAT CHESTER MAKES MAKES CHESTER." Well, nothing is made in Chester nowadays, so what does that make Chester? The Hess Brothers Department Store in Allentown, PA is long gone. The last time I was in downtown Reading I was more scared of being there than Philly's worst slum. Bethlehem Steel shut down in 1995 - the colossal mill that made the steel that built the Golden Gate Bridge and the vast majority of the New York City skyline. The plant is now a huge rusting abandoned hulk alongside a stupid shopping complex where once-proud steelworkers who could provide a great living for their families are now working stupid minimum wage McJobs. To all you globalist elitists and your associated scumbag politician friends MAY YOU ALL ROT IN HELL!!! Replies to this message: cooterbfd (Nov 25, 2009 2:35 pm) mikefm58 (Nov 25, 2009 5:45 pm)
#16703 of 16705 Re: The Pennsylvania I Once Knew... [lemko] by cooterbfd Nov 25, 2009 (2:35 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Nov 25, 2009 1:09 pm) Touche, my pal (sigh)
#16704 of 16705 Re: The Pennsylvania I Once Knew... [lemko] by mikefm58 Nov 25, 2009 (5:45 pm)
Replying to: lemko (Nov 25, 2009 1:09 pm) OK, please tell us how you REALLY feel.
#16705 of 16705 Post title is IUE contract and Delphi pensions by imidazol97 Nov 25, 2009 (6:56 pm)
The IUE auto parts workers at Behr Dayton voted to accept a contract with wage reductions to remain competitive. They had soundly turned down an earlier offer a few weeks ago. The company opened their books for the Dayton plant, sweetened the healthcare a little bit and the contract has been accepted keeping the last automotive supplier plant open in Dayton.   On a related topic about unions, the Delphi workers didn't get their pensions preserved as did GM workers.   Hearings

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