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Re: clinto/uaw on healthcare [manegi] by circlew
Jan 10, 2009 (7:19 am)
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Replying to: manegi (Jan 09, 2009 8:26 pm)

No, the younger generation will need to become professional and use their brains instead. The jobs which needed to be protected by unions are gone. Thhe unions just add costs to both the so-called represented and the management.
 
Costs will need to be razor thin for some time to come.
 
Regards,
OW
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Re: new transplant coming [mikefm58] by circlew
Jan 10, 2009 (7:20 am)
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Replying to: mikefm58 (Jan 10, 2009 6:20 am)

Low costs rule. Unions are high cost to both sides. Period.
 
Regards,
OW
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Re: new transplant coming [gagrice] by circlew
Jan 10, 2009 (7:27 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 10, 2009 7:12 am)

Well said, my friend. I'd rather have my kids mooch off me until they get their shingle and leave the union jobs to the people who view the new wage base as an opportunity instead of a loss. This makes for happy workers who don't take their frustrations out on the product and management who scrimp on parts quality because wages constrict margins have room to buy/make premium parts.
 
Regrds,
OW
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Low costs rule... by iluvmysephia1
Jan 10, 2009 (8:35 am)
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but still Wal*Mart is the evil enemy? Umm...how can you avoid Chinese-made products anymore, anyway? Might as well join 'em if ya can't beat 'em, eh?
 
Word is it that unionization is starting to spread in to hospitals in southern Arizona. Yikes, the worker telling me this had to see my jaw drop down, but our "right to work state" of AZ is changing a bit.
 
Seems the lowly hospital worker is tired of being pushed around and wants "representation" with worker-employer issues and wants unionization.
 
News about dues...and well-represented hospital workers. Now that's progressive!
 
Great news.
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Re: Low costs rule... [iluvmysephia1] by circlew
Jan 10, 2009 (10:26 am)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 10, 2009 8:35 am)

Perfect...now checking into a union hospital will make you sicker faster. Can you imagine "Not my job" to the patients who need care???
 
Great stuff!
 
Regards,
OW
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Re: clinto/uaw on healthcare [gagrice] by lemko
Jan 10, 2009 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jan 09, 2009 7:55 pm)

Let's go back a bit:
 
Can't buy it. All I see is a bunch of dirty hippies with their ripped and faded blue jeans, long hair, love beads, peace signs, tie-dye shirts, and granny glasses! They drive around in their VW buses and smoking pot and listening to their Beatles albums! I see mass suicide when reality sets in.
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Re: clinto/uaw on healthcare [lemko] by gagrice
Jan 10, 2009 (11:33 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jan 10, 2009 10:29 am)

Can't buy it. All I see is a bunch of dirty hippies with their ripped and faded blue jeans, long hair, love beads, peace signs, tie-dye shirts, and granny glasses!
 
I guess you are right. That is where we got those hippies Bill and Hillary Clinton. Oh, and Obama's buddy Ayers was big during that time. I worked through the period, and did not know about Woodstock for months after it happened. The UAW was at their peek membership. Most of them are now retired wondering how much longer GM will carry them.
 
I think It is worse now. I walk into a place and see someone covered with tattoos, spiked hair and piercings and I turn around and walk out. I still have not gotten over men with ear rings.
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gagrice... by iluvmysephia1
Jan 10, 2009 (11:59 am)
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I'm with you on the earrings thing for men. Who decided that this was a desirable look for dudes, anyway?
 
It seems the rock-n-rap stars would participate no matter what the temperature, but when MJ and all the significant athletes had to chime in I knew we were in for a long barf-bag ride with that idea.
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Re: gagrice... [iluvmysephia1] by steve_ HOST
Jan 10, 2009 (12:22 pm)
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Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Jan 10, 2009 11:59 am)

desirable look for dudes
 
Talk like a pirate day isn't until September.
 
State of the auto industry from a union perspective (taxes, trade policy, health care and energy) :
 
Did the Four Horsemen destroy the auto industry? (Delaware County Daily Times)
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Re: gagrice... [steve_] by circlew
Jan 10, 2009 (12:48 pm)
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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 10, 2009 12:22 pm)

Typical whining
 
Yep, keep them perky high-quality cars off our soil. Force everyone here to buy higher priced/less desireable US made cars.
 
The best is force the transplants to use domestic parts(the same junk used in my Yukon Denali that keep failing) instead of the good parts produced elsewhere.
 
When all cars/parts are made through robotics to get the highest quality and the US has not been at the forefront to get this achieved first, good-bye industry. You can tax and manipulate all you want but if the product is not competitive and does not sell, oh well....
 
HIT THE ROAD, JACK!
 
Regards,
OW

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