[Vigilanteman]

Funny how the Japanese auto plants in the United States don't have massive layoffs other than the celebrated Toyota venture with General Motors a few years ago.

There was the same common denominator as present here: The U.A.W. Now, why would that be?

[AlaskaErik]

Every now and then I see a Volvo truck on the road. I wonder what truckers think of them.

[ArtDodger]

A bit off topic, but have a friend who owns a plant in Virginia and when Obama won his first term to the presidency, the owner walked through the parking lot and copied down all the license plates with Obama stickers on them. When the lay-offs could no longer be avoided, he had a very nice list of those who needed to be the first to go...

[hecticskeptic]

I’ve been to the plant a number of times... great truck, great plant and a great general manager. What this really tells you is that even with all that going for you, this economy is in the toilet. Don’t know enough about the truck manufacturing industry in general to comment on how much ‘over capacity’ there might be but based on what is going on in industry in general (particularly the resource industry), it’s downright miserable. I would bet that some of these layoffs are a result of that state of affairs.

[DoodleDawg]

When that agreement was ratified by the union in 2011, Volvo rehired about 700 workers who had previously been laid off.

So when this deal is ratified then I assume the 700 laid off will be rehired again as well.

[C. Edmund Wright]

...behind every economic problem, there’s a union.....