United Automobile Workers of America (UAW)

Replying to: fintail (Jul 03, 2008 7:44 am)

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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jun 30, 2008 7:54 pm)

I don't know if you were on this thread when rockylee was looking for work, but, we followed his plight for many a moon during that time. Last I heard he was selling cars but starting to look for something else. He and his family are pro-UAW to the max.
 
Hope all is going well iluv ??? I haven't sold cars since the end of May. I'm selling AT&T's U-verse products through a contractor thus I'm a1099 employee. U-verse, is based on AT&T's "fiber optic" network. I'm making a little more money than I was in the car business and working a lot less hours. The banks drove me out of the car business because they wouldn't approve people for loans and some of those people that had border line credit had medical collections and the banks wouldn't look at the whole picture thus instead of Rocky, selling 15-20 cars a month the most I sold was 7 (2x) February & April.
 
The U-verse product is the cutting edge & latest and greatest TV Programming, Internet, Home Phone, on the market today. I do not see myself doing this full-time for much longer but perhaps I may continue to do it part-time for some extra cash. I need to keep plugging away and find areal job with benefits but until we get new leadership in Washington, that will fix our "trade issues" I'm afraid this recession will continue !!!
 
I'm sorry I don't get on edmunds as often as I should but to be quite honest all the UNION bashing and Anti-GM rhetoric has gotten old and I'm not going to waste time fighting my friends on the other side of the aisle.
 
"The Rock"
 
P.S. Gagrice, Pantex is going to lay-off 100 Security Police Officer's !!!

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Replying to: rockylee (Jul 04, 2008 7:43 pm)

The U-verse product is the cutting edge & latest and greatest TV Programming, Internet, Home Phone, on the market today.
 
Um, Rocky, I could be wrong, but I believe AT&T's product is a Fiber to the node, which carries the signal over the traditional copper wires to the customer's house. Our Verizon Fios carries a fiber optic signal right to the customers house, therefore it is superior.

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Replying to: rockylee (Jul 04, 2008 7:43 pm)

Replying to: rockylee (Jul 04, 2008 7:43 pm)

Welcome back, rocky! Hope all is fine! Check out my CarSpace page for pictures of my new Cadillac DTS Performance!
 
http://www.carspace.com/lemko/Albums/lemko%27s%20Album/060708_MikesDTS%20003.jpg- /photo/v./photo.jpg"
 
 It's been tough battling the anti-GM/anti-Union forces without you!

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• rockylee (Jul 06, 2008 10:48 pm)

Replying to: imidazol97 (Jul 05, 2008 3:57 am)

"The banks drove me out of the car business because they wouldn't approve people for loans and some of those people that had border line credit had medical collections and the banks wouldn't look at the whole picture"...
 
So, did the banks drive you out of the car business, or did sound lending policies finally take root in the market???...your own phrase of "borderline credit" means that they never should have been granted any credit to begin with...
 
This entire housing situation would never have occurred if the sub-prime market had been sent back to their apartments and never allowed to borrow money on a home that they could not afford...
 
Good luck in a better field, rocky...with truck and SUV plants closing everywhere, the loss of auto jobs will be quite severe, since they will have lots of workers but no work...plus, I would not be surprised if the same vehicles, trucks and SUVs, are the same high profit vehicles for the dealers and salespeople...so, if trucks ain't selling, all there is to sell are Ford Fusions and the like...maybe not the highest commissions out there...
 
Whether Hussein Obama or John McCain, please remember...those jobs cannot, and will not, return to Michigan...ever...if anything, Japanese makers will gain market share as Big 3 trucks disappear until $4/gal gas, and the imports already know how to make small cars, we still seem stuck on Pintos and Vegas...
 
While the political situation may change under a new President, do not think for one minute that Michigan will see anything change until THEY change their emphasis on one industry and move away from it...Pittsburg moved away from steel and went hi tech...just because their team is called the Steelers is meaningless...they still call them Georgia Peaches down here, but most of them come from South Carolina...

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