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16701 messages, Last post on Nov 20, 2009 at 3:39 AM
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Replying to: steve_ (Dec 11, 2008 8:03 pm) So funny. Here GM is ready to go out of business and the UAW says it will not speed up its concessions and get parity with the other non union shops to save their own jobs. For those who said the domestics should have not have caved in to the UAW demands when the big 3 were making money a little knock on the head. 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 12, 2008 6:29 am) Paying 4.25% and getting 3.75%. Well worth it to have a bit of cushion if GM goes under. |
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Replying to: meglassakt (Dec 12, 2008 1:18 am) If that were true the jails would be overflowing. Contracts are broken every minute of the day. Lots of union contracts are supposedly illegal to break (especially public employee ones), but that doesn't seem to slow anyone down. The spin: "The UAW is deeply disappointed that Senate Republicans have blocked the bipartisan legislation that was agreed to by President Bush and congressional Democrats." Detroit Free Press
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Replying to: tlong (Dec 11, 2008 9:47 pm) It is the game of chicken, very simply put. Who will blink first? UAW or the Government? |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Dec 12, 2008 7:36 am) Paying 4.25% and getting 3.75%. Well worth it to have a bit of cushion if GM goes under. Depending on your tax situation, you may break even after the mortgage interest deduction. Certainly a good move in my opinion. Good luck.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 12, 2008 6:24 am) At the risk of hijacking the discussion, 90 hrs is pretty regular for Doctors doing their residency.....it is brutal. They live in the hospital, literally.
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Replying to: dieselone (Dec 12, 2008 7:58 am)
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Replying to: chikoo (Dec 12, 2008 7:58 am) Yeah, I can imagine! To a degree though, they probably get acclimated to it. In my case, I had been averaging maybe 44-45 hours per week, and hadn't worked a second job in about 4 years. So to suddenly go from that slower pace to 90 hours kicked my butt!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Dec 12, 2008 8:33 am) To paraphrase Click and Clack, don't drive like my doctor. It's obvious that medical residents need a better union. 
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