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French laws force failing tire factory to stay open
Hotair ^ | 07/05/2013 | Erika Johnsen

Posted on 07/06/2013 5:25:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 07/06/2013 5:25:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Socialism at it’s best.


2 posted on 07/06/2013 5:27:19 AM PDT by exnavy (Fish or cut bait ...Got ammo, Godspeed!)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s wrong to be French.


3 posted on 07/06/2013 5:29:25 AM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

From the article: Fiodor Rilov, the CGT union’s lawyer. “This may be an American company, with a headquarters in the US but they are operating on French soil and they have to respect our social rules.”

That’s all you need on this one...when ‘social rules’ trump economic reality, the inmates are truly in charge of the asylum.


4 posted on 07/06/2013 5:33:19 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
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I’m wondering... if the factory does not have the money to pay its workers or debts, what does the French government expect them to do next?


5 posted on 07/06/2013 5:38:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Isn’t there a name for the situation where the government controls private industry?


6 posted on 07/06/2013 5:38:44 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have some sympathy for Goodyear, but not a lot.

France can hardly be called a bastion of free enterprise capitalism. Union rules and government regulations have been in place for many many years. The communists have controlled the unions for years. The executives at Goodyear, I am sure, were appraised of the union and government environment before investing in that plant.


7 posted on 07/06/2013 5:39:16 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: SeekAndFind

The government expects the company to pay the workers. Get the money from anywhere but pay the workers. They prefer a government loan which will default and then the government owns the property.


8 posted on 07/06/2013 5:41:28 AM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: Maine Mariner

Who would buy Good Year tires in France, home of Michelin ?


9 posted on 07/06/2013 5:42:26 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: EandH Dad

Why complicate things? If they’re going to FORCE the factory to stay open, they might as well nationalize it and be done with it.


10 posted on 07/06/2013 5:43:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Good question!


11 posted on 07/06/2013 5:44:33 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: SeekAndFind

Are we really that far behind under Obama?


12 posted on 07/06/2013 5:45:25 AM PDT by Average Al
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"Isn’t there a name for the situation where the government controls private industry?"

Yes, its called "Obama's Secret Economic Plan"...

13 posted on 07/06/2013 5:51:58 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: SeekAndFind

This was predicted...in Atlas Shrugged.


14 posted on 07/06/2013 5:59:33 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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I remember this: “The head of US tyre manufacturer Titan International told the French government Wednesday that his firm will not take over a loss-making Goodyear factory because the unions there are “crazy” and its employees “only work three hours a day”.

http://www.france24.com/en/20130220-goodyear-france-titan-taylor-montebourg-usa-unemployment-tyres-factory-unions

15 posted on 07/06/2013 6:12:16 AM PDT by Bronzy
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16 posted on 07/06/2013 6:46:01 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They expect Goodyear to pay French workers from the profits made by workers in other countries, chiefly ours. Goodyear should just close the doors, walk away, say goodbye, and let the ridiculous French try to sue them in international court.


17 posted on 07/06/2013 6:47:47 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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To: SeekAndFind

This French union is going to find that the US court in Akron does not follow French law, and that US law is clear that businesses cannot be forced to continue business in a place where they lose money.

Now granted, Obama’s illegal NLRB forced Boeing to do just that, to keep a plant open in the blue state they wanted to close, but the courts are far less willing to violate the law.


18 posted on 07/06/2013 6:56:46 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Best WoT news at rantburg.com)
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producing goods there is no market for

The solution is really quite elementary, my dear Watson .... simply pass another law requiring all French citizens to purchase these tires.

19 posted on 07/06/2013 6:57:45 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: MrChips

Soon to be followed by someone advocating that they should impose huge tariffs on imports from Asia.


20 posted on 07/06/2013 6:59:18 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (Proudly casting a heavy carbon footprint as I clean my guns ---)
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