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Replying to: fezo (Jul 17, 2009 10:17 am)  ). Windows 7 overrides my Windows-Z macro and logs me off my computer though. It's supposed to flop "Chrysler" up (Z for Dr. Z - that's how old my macros are). Or maybe it's trying to tell me something. I'm afraid to think what would happen to Bob if we got him started on macros. Is the UAW responsible for screwing Camaros together? The laundry list doesn't sound like it's just a supplier issue.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 17, 2009 10:29 am) That is an incredibly long list of items. In this day and age, majority of those problems should not be present. Hasn't GM learned from the past and applied? Would not have even had these problems on a 68 Camaro, 40 years ago.
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jul 17, 2009 12:09 pm) That's an insanely long list. Says far more about GM than I would want to think. But, were rocky still here, he'd point out that this isn't a UAW car but rather a CAW car. Whew! Close call....
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 17, 2009 12:18 pm) Does that explain the dashboards that aren't level then? |
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all those Windows tips...I never knew they existed, even going back to Windows 3.1 (and 3.11)...where did you learn all that stuff??? All I knew was Ctrl-Alt-Delete would shut it down (and half the time that doesn't do anything at all to my computer), and Ctrl-P would print a document...that's it...no, wait...Shift-F7 would center the cursor for the caption of a lawsuit... Maybe there is more to Windows that I knew, eh???...    Steve: what's a macro???...isn't that a special close-up lens for a camera??? REMEMBER: go easy on me, I'm not smart, I'm a
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jul 17, 2009 5:10 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 17, 2009 6:36 pm) Where are all the pro UAW guys anyway? DD not here defending the 2500 UAW idiots in DFW that went on strike over a month ago against Bell Helicopters. There is NO defense for that kind of ignorance. Even the UAW leaders were against the strike. Since the strike began, Bell has brought in about 1,000 temporary workers to its parts factories in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Fort Worth-based company has said no deliveries to customers, including the military, have been delayed. But tensions between Bell and the union seem to be mounting. In a recent letter to the union, a Bell official alleged "numerous reports" of striking workers violating a state law that bans obscene or threatening language and blocking a property's entrance or exit. So Bell has learned it can do the job with 1000 temps that took 2500 UAW workers. Sounds about par for the course. One note of sympathy for the few UAW workers that did not want to strike. They are going to be permanently unemployed for not crossing the picket lines. In this economic climate they are in deep trouble even in TX where jobs are still available.
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Published: 7/18/09, 2:26 PM EDT By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Thousands of jobless Pennsylvanians are joining the growing ranks of people around the country who are exhausting unemployment benefits, as some experts worry about another blow to a stumbling economy. The state Department of Labor and Industry said between 20,000 and 25,000 Pennsylvanians exhausted their jobless benefits in the week that ended Saturday, the first big wave of Pennsylvanians to do so. Around the country, the number of people exhausting their benefits is piling up. By the end of September, more than 500,000 people will exhaust their benefits checks, with the biggest groups in Pennsylvania, California and Texas, according to estimates by the National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group for low-wage workers based in New York City. That number will nearly triple by the end of the year, the group said. Economist Mark Price of the Harrisburg-based Keystone Research Center, which is affiliated with organized labor, said the loss of that spending money in such a large quantity is likely to force businesses to lay off employees, deepening the economic doldrums. "As those people stop spending, it will mean businesses have less income and they'll start cutting back workers or hours," Price said. "We're still in a situation that it's not clear we've hit bottom, and this is going to push us further down." As part of the federal stimulus law, states can offer an extra 20 weeks in federally funded benefits. Most states have accepted the offer, although the extended benefit is triggered by a state's unemployment rate and not all states have met the criteria to offer it. Many unemployed Pennsylvanians are currently eligible for up to 72 weeks of benefits, including 13 from the stimulus law. Legislation under consideration in the state Senate would add seven weeks of eligibility, although the state will not officially meet the criteria to offer that benefit until August. That's when the federal government is expected to certify that Pennsylvania's three-month average unemployment rate is at least 8 percent, officials said. The bill overwhelmingly passed the Democratic-controlled House on July 7, with just one "no" vote. The Senate's majority Republicans, however, have not said whether they support the extension because of the cost to the state and local governments. Under the extension, the federal government picks up the cost of the benefits for people laid off by private-sector employers. State and local governments foot the bill for their own ex-employees. Senate Labor & Industry Committee Chairman John Gordner, R-Columbia, said he is seeking responses from the administration of Gov. Ed Rendell, Philadelphia, Allegheny County and representatives of local governments to determine how much support exists for the bill. Rendell, a Democrat, supports it, as does Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who is grappling with a severe cash shortage, said passage of the bill will cost the state's largest city $375,000. But, he does not oppose it because the federal extension will mean $31 million in benefits to more than 10,000 people in the city, he wrote in a letter to senators.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 17, 2009 7:33 pm) Producing parts for the V 22 Osprey is the largest government project here. Final Assembly is done in Canada and Amarillo where the positions are not unionized. Bell Helicopter says it has enough parts to get them through the end of 2009 and production will be largely unaffected. Bell Helicopter would not go on camera today, only saying they are currently hiring. UAW Local 218 says members are not worried because it won't be that easy to find qualified workers. Union Chairman Tom Wells says, "You're just not going to go out in the street in find somebody who knows how to bond the wings on a V 22 it ain't going to happen." Carolyn Bowen says, "I'm not worried. I just heard there were two people in there laying up parts or trying to so in my department that's what I heard." And usually there's how many? She replies, "hmmm, I'd say probably 50." Members say they'll be out here as long as it takes. http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-bell-helicopter-story,0,92197.story |
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