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Coffee, donuts and picketing anyone? "Canadian Auto Workers President Buzz Hargrove is threatening to strike GM if they go through with plans to close the Oshawa, Ont., pickup truck assembly plant." Hargrove threatening to strike GM (Straightline) |
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Caught In The Squeeze
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Jun 09, 2008 8:30 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 09, 2008 8:51 am) Regards, OW |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 09, 2008 8:51 am)
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Jun 09, 2008 12:32 pm) You have to understand, GM makes money off their pickups and SUVs not their cars. In order to make money on their cars and keep up the quality with Toyota, Honda, Nissan, etc., they have to reduce costs. The best way of doing this is cheaper labor.
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Replying to: dtownfb (Jun 22, 2008 10:08 am) and with the euro costing $1.50-$1.60, they get "cheaper" labor right here. I won't dispute the fact that the Astra that is offered by Saturn is unremarkable, as it is, and also expensive. My point is that if they make 250,000 here, even if they only sell 50,000 as Saturns, the others can go to England, Austrailia, and Europe. With the dollar as weak as it is, they are studying if it is feaseable to do it here and ship them elsewhere cheaper than they could be made overseas.
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Replying to: cooterbfd (Jun 22, 2008 11:38 am) GM is not worried about saving jobs. They have to figure a way to become profitable in the North American market. GM makes money in all their other markets but have lost focus here in the US. Building more Astras here does nothing to solve their problems.
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Replying to: dtownfb (Jun 23, 2008 5:09 am) Regards, OW
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Replying to: dtownfb (Jun 23, 2008 5:09 am) I don't see any signs yet.
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