Posted on 07/15/2004 10:13:36 AM PDT by ijcr
The Mercedes I owned was the biggest piece of crap EVER.
Never again.
I could be mistaken but here in the USA DaimlerChrysler is down for retooling or will be in the next week or so.
Well, I suppose the unions could oppose the cost-cutting moves by the company, and without the cost-cutting then next year they can lose twice as many jobs.
Their choice, I guess.
its globalism at its most stupid. these first world workers are starting to realize that they cannot compete with foreign labor, that their wages will plummet or they will lose their jobs all together.
Oddly enough, there is no German word for "outsourcing".
Perhaps we should create one, as it sounds like they are about to find out what it is.
Perhaps
Auslandarbeitsenden
Yeah. With Thabo Mbeki in office, South Africa is a much more business friendly nation. </sarcasm>
Ping, LOL!
michael moore is angry that his father lost his union gm job.
i'd suggest to him that unions are the cause of manufacturing moving over seas.
china will appreciate this latest union stupidity.
Sure there is....."Koncentrationkampslavelabor"
LOL!
German is so great for compound words!
Or how about "Stayenhomenwatchenturks"?
LOL!
German is so great for compound words!
Or how about "Stayenhomenwatchenturks"?
Time to buy more Toyota Stock.
My wife's Lexus has had zero problems. Two of her friends with new Mercedes have their German POS in the shop on a regular basis.
"eliminate extra pay for late shifts and five-minute breaks on every hour"
Do UAW members get these benefits?
i'd suggest to him that unions are the cause of manufacturing moving over seas.
I disagree. Labor costs are no doubt a large part of it, but not unions. Union or not, you can't compete with .20 cent/hr labor. You can't work for that, can you?
OUCH!
In the recent JP Powrers survey Mercedes ranked among the most unreliable cars with over 300 problems per 100 cars.
Not in germany they still have buggy whip manufacturers receiving government largess.
LOL...
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