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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Aug 11, 2008 4:01 am) Thank you for setting the record straight. The idea that buyouts and early retirement is something that only the UAW has faced is totally wrong. They are just the latest. All during the 1990s companies such as AT&T, ARCO and IBM were offering early retirement to employees with a lot of seniority. I know this because friends took the buyouts. ARCO offered some great packages in Alaska to their employees before Bill Clinton allowed them to be gobbled up by the foreign Oil company BP. The same guys came back to work in Prudhoe as contract labor. Some made more money as consultants than they had before. Most made less with less benefits. The biggest difference was ARCO was a very friendly company to work for. More like one big family. Under BP it was a dictatorship. They got people to spy on each other and the whole business of searching rooms came about. There used to be laws against controlling foreign ownership of our companies. They should still be in place. All part of Globalization I am sure. Who allowed Daimler to buy Chrysler and start its downward spiral?
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EVERYBODY is about change. Just like every vehicle is suddently being touted for its wonderful fuel economy - including the Tahoe(!) I saw in the Chevy ad last night. What is Obama's mantra ? Hope and Change." Sorry, but I have a hard time believing that a legislator schooled in the muck-and-mire of urban Chicago politics is going to change anything for the better. An examination of his platform reveals more of the same old stuff, including a big fat bailout for the Big Three. I'm thinking that if Americans wanted to bail out, say, GM, they could go to their local GM dealer and buy a vehicle at full sticker. They obviously aren't doing that. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Aug 11, 2008 5:45 am) Let's try to relate stuff to the UAW please. Thanks.
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Replying to: grbeck (Aug 11, 2008 7:18 am) I think most Americans would buy everything at Wal-Mart and send more money to China if given the chance. There's no thought of a future in so many people. |
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