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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Aug 12, 2008 5:37 pm) The real story about why he came to this much notariety and who supported his rise and popularity in the media is yet to be told. This will be more of media holding back information that's negative than happened during the Clinton campaign with all the bimbo eruptions. The Chicago politics is not a good background to have on your resume. Too many manipulated elections. Hillary Rodman is another example from there. Bill went there during his campaign to seek support from the party strength there. There's another Edwards story there. |
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Replying to: dallasdude1 (Aug 12, 2008 5:37 pm) Actually, Nixon resigned before he had a chance to be impeached. There have only been two U.S. presidents who have been impeached. Both were Democrats, although I don't think either of them belonged to the UAW.
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Replying to: tedebear (Aug 12, 2008 7:26 pm) Life was a mess when Carter left but it was a mess when he came in, too. No one get nostalgic for the 70s... |
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You last two posters get extra brownie points for mentioning the UAW in your posts.  In the news (as Tedebear knows I guess), lUAW members plan rally at Chrysler's headquarters. "More than 350 workers from Chrysler's South Assembly Plant will travel to the Detroit area to show dissatisfaction with the automaker's decision to idle the Fenton minivan plant and trim to one from two the number of shifts at the adjacent pickup plant, said Joe Shields, president of UAW Local 110." And there's this - Chrysler Asks UAW for Four 10-Hour Days.
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Replying to: rockylee (Aug 12, 2008 4:13 pm) Well there you have it. The 1990s were very poor times for us in the oil business, compared to the 2001-2006 years until I retired. One persons loss is another's gain. Just remember the unemployment was higher in the 90s. Only a few of the dot.com bunch were making the big bucks. The Big 3 was getting ahead due to the sale of trucks and SUVs. Most Liberals do not consider that a good thing. The Dems would outlaw SUVs if they thought they could pull it off. That was the money makers for the UAW.
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Replying to: rockylee (Aug 12, 2008 4:13 pm) It doesn't matter who is the POTUS in the next 4 years. The market will take care of the UAW and the auto industry. Good products sell. We need passion in the steel again. Period. Oh, and a system that is focused only on product and has no greed involved. Simple but hard to do. Regards, OW |
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So, I can get EXTRA CREDIT for commenting on, say, the evils of the Roman Empire, as long as I remember to mention that a UAW member once did a term paper in 11th grade on the Julius Caesar, the founder and creator of the salad dressing of the same name, and that at least one UAW member (of the few who remain) probably USED Caesar dressing on his/her salad last night??? The extra credit could easily give me a B+ for the course...   
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Replying to: fintail (Aug 11, 2008 7:34 am) I suspect there are a good deal of parts on the Big 3 vehicles that are "foreign" made, and installed by UAW workers. Last fall I wanted a "Levi" brand denim jacket. But at the local stores, including Kohls and a "High End" store, they were in the $60 to $70 range. A bit high for my blood. Ended up with a "Wrangler" brand from Wal*Mart. Got it home and started removing the tags and discovered it was made in Bangladesh. Near winters end a local store had marked down their Genuine "Levi" jackets from $68 to $20. Snatched that puppy up and was a proud camper. Got home and discovered the "We were the first, We are the American Tradition" (according to the tag) Genuine Levi jacket was made in China. Yep, right there on the inside sewn in label. Can't tell any differences in the two brands except for the tiny red tag on the Levi pocket. Three days ago "Car Quest" ordered, for me, a pair of 350 Chevy OEM type exhaust manifolds for my 78 Chevy Van. I got them and they fit perfectly. "Made in China". Doesn't seem to much matter where we shop, an overwhelming amount of the stuff we purchase is made outside the USA.. I suspect there are a good deal of parts on the Big 3 vehicles that are "foreign" made, and installed by UAW workers. I wonder if that employee really cares, or refuses to install them for that reason. Now that Big 3 and UAW are working to get wages and hopefully CEO and management salaries to a more realistic level, maybe they can improve parts quality. The employees just might be proud to have a job and work diligently to keep it. I truly miss having a new Chevy or Pontiac in my garage, as I did from 1960-1987. However, I didn't abandon them, they abandoned me. Kip
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 21, 2008 8:26 am) When our contract changed in 2003 and I went to a new company, they did the same thing, combining vacation and sick pay and just calling it "leave". I actually prefer it this way. I remember when the old company lost the contract, I had about 240 hours of vacation saved up, and about 57 hours of sick pay. The vacation pay got paid out to me when the contract was up, but the sick pay was lost. I forget what my accrual rate was back then, though. Probably 3 weeks of vacation and 1 week of sick. I think my seniority got bumped up to a new level right as we switched contracts, so with the new company, I ended up getting 5 weeks per year of leave. Well, we're about to lose the contract again. They let us accrue twice our annual rate, so I can get up to 400 hours total. I'm near that now. So to keep me from hitting my 400 hours and not getting anymore, they're letting me just cash it out, a few hours at a time, and add to my paycheck. So in a sense I'm working 10 days per pay period but getting paid for 11 or 12. It all comes out in the wash anyway, since when our contract finally expires in October, they'd have to pay all that out to me, anyway. Back when we used to have sick days, people would abuse them. But since it's all just considered leave now, in my company at least, it seems like people are less likely to abuse it. Now the new company I'm about to go with separates the two, again. I'll get 22.5 days of vacation (180 hours) and 5 days (40 hours) of sick pay. One thing that's cool though, is they'll let you take sick leave for doctor's visits and such...you don't actually have to be SICK! And they'll let you take partial days, which is nice. |
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