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Replying to: marsha7 (Apr 14, 2009 8:08 am) That brings back memories! My friend had purchased a new Pontiac Fiero. Excitedly she called me to give me a ride. As we pulled out of her driveway, her drivers side window plunged sideways into the door! She noted this wasn't an ucnommon occurance, she had an appt. with the dealer... Don't remember if her Fiero caught fire, I'll have to ask her. |
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Replying to: tlong (Apr 14, 2009 7:57 am) I'm sure your right. But, can you have a part-time, 40 hour/week employee?
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Replying to: flip77 (Apr 14, 2009 3:59 am) Horse manure. I've got a great 11-year old and had a 10-year old that I traded. >Oh and BTW one need not trade in a used Toyota or Honda I'm trying to figure out what these statements have to do with UAW.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 14, 2009 8:11 am) My company is similar, though I think you can go down to as few as 24 hours a week and still maintain benefits, though at a somewhat reduced level. We even have some relatively new work concepts such as job sharing (2 people doing one job). Not sure how the benefits work in that case. |
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"I guess another problem is that, if we're driving around in Big Three vehicles that are 10 years older or more, we're not helping them anyway, because that means we're not buying new ones! Well, at least not often enough to make much difference."...economically, I see your point...I was just referring that for many buyers, the long term quality of Big 3 simply was not there, and they did not need but a short time before problems began... Bottom line...American buyers, in increasing numbers, have been buying imports for years, to the market share detriment of the UAW made cars...THERE IS A REASON for deserting UAW cars, and it isn't because Honda has nicer colors...the Big 3 have shrunk because an increasing number of Americans do not believe that the quality is there, whereas they feel the quality is there in Honda and Toyota...rocky can argue all he wants, but a great number of Americans will not buy Big 3 cars, and place that blame squarely on the UAW lack of workmanship and "skilled" floorsweepers being paid over $25/hour for a job that should be paid 75% of minimum wage...of 1983!!!...they aren't worth it now, and they weren't worth it then...
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Replying to: srs_49 (Apr 14, 2009 9:16 am) Not sure about that one. I know my previous employer made a rule that no temporary employees could stay with the company more than six months. This was due to the precedent set by the Microsoft case. |
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Replying to: marsha7 (Apr 14, 2009 9:55 am) And that's their big problem. It took a couple of decades to lose the trust and even a few Malibus or CTS's (ignoring the poor reliability of the CTS) won't restore the trust. It's going to take a long time. Ford is much farther along than GM, partly because even though GM has some decent vehicles there are a lot of turds in there, too. That's why the "good company/bad company" idea is a good one if they will prune the deadwood vehicles properly and then rename the company to make a clean break. |
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Replying to: jimbres (Apr 14, 2009 8:03 am) I can confirm this, as I bought a new 600 coupe from them in 1971. |
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Replying to: fintail (Apr 13, 2009 9:31 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 14, 2009 12:01 pm) Investment in core products can make GM better. 
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