Delphi Plants Proposal Upsets Employees

ap ^ | 4.1.06 | James Hannah

[Flavius]

busted unions

[MrEdd]

Waaaah

[Logophile]

Delphi Corp. workers angered by the auto parts supplier's proposal Friday to close or sell many of its plants said the plan would ruin some employees' lives and hurt communities that rely on the facilities for jobs and tax revenues.

Oh please, spare me the melodrama. The loss of a job can be difficult, but it does not "ruin" your life.

[Dog Gone]

You can't shut down the whale oil industry in New England! No way could we recover from that blow.

[No.6]

Henry Reichard, chairman of the International Union of Electronic workers' automotive conference board in Dayton, said Delphi's plan will hurt efforts to avoid a strike.

"We will not be threatened or intimidated into accepting an agreement that dismantles our plants and devastates our membership," he said.

News flash: they are not your plants, Mr. Reichard.

[Flavius]

yup they are doomed no more unions

[Brilliant]

The unions did this to their own members.

[upchuck]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of people.

Dem bleeding heart, overpaid chickens is coming home to roost.

To the "poor" union thugs I say, "Welcome to the real world."

I have a friend who has worked in a Ford factory for 20+ years. He used to work in quality(?) control but his job position was eliminated. Now he sweeps floors and oils machinery. But his pay ($100,000+/year) didn't change.

I'm sorry, but that is unsustainable.

[BW2221]

In a worldwide economy, having unionized workers puts a company at a distinct disadvantage. That's why the "Big Three" cannot efficiently compete with non-unionized workers in Honda, Toyota and Nissan plants in the U.S.

[AFreeBird]

Delphi, its unions, and General Motors Corp., Delphi's former parent and largest customer, spent months negotiating but were unable to reach a wage agreement.

So rather than come to some wage concessions that would help save plants and jobs, they decide to hold firm, and now that the prospect of plant closing and job losses comes about because of it; they're threatening to strike a company that's trying to stay in business.

Publik skool edukation at its finest.

[aculeus]

Workers angered by the auto parts supplier's proposal Friday to close or sell many of its plants said the plan would ruin some employees' lives and hurt communities that rely on the facilities for jobs and tax revenues>.

Boo freaking hoo! Move to France you jerks. Unions ruin jobs!

[Lurker]

And those buggy whip makers! My God you'll ruin their lives if they don't get Federal Aid and industry protection.

L

[operation clinton cleanup]

Jim Hurren, president of UAW Local 467 which represents workers at the Saginaw brake plant, agreed, saying his site has a lot of assets.
"We make a good quality product. We've got an experienced work force," he said.

Is there anything stopping the unions from putting their money where their mouth is and buying these plants?

[Bernard]

Is there anything stopping the unions from putting their money where their mouth is and buying these plants?

Yes; reality.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Yes; reality.

Haha! You got that right!

[Ben Mugged]

Watch the dems come up with a bail-out plan to keep the union vote......

[hubbubhubbub]

"We make a good quality product. We've got an experienced work force," he said.



Then do an employee takeover!!

[Looking4Truth]

Oh please, spare me the melodrama. The loss of a job can be difficult, but it does not "ruin" your life.

No kidding.

I kind of wish I lived in that area of the country because I'd get in touch with the unionized whiners to educate them about our illegal invasion problem which is partly to blame for their situation IMHO.

Maybe some of them would get p.o.'d enough to do something besides whine about their $30/hr 'insert tab A into slot B all day long' jobs going away.

[glowworm]

>Is there anything stopping the unions from putting their money where their mouth is and buying these plants?

>Yes; reality. Sadly, the reality is that others are working for what Americans will not. They should find out why they are not competitive anymore.. Perhaps they should not support more undocumented workers doing work that Americans won't do and the politicians who enable them. O well, just a dream..

[B4Ranch]

"Oh please, spare me the melodrama. The loss of a job can be difficult, but it does not "ruin" your life."

Have any of you given one iota of thought towards the results of having 6000 overpaid union workers in a city? Have you ever thought about their families and how many restaruants, school teachers, doctors, dentists, nurses, clerks, auto dealers, gas stations, clothing stores, city malls, police officers, banks, boy scouts clubs, food stores, hardware stores, cashiers, mechanics, carpenters, postmen, trucking companies, etc. do these jobs support?

You people seem to have the ugliest view of life imaginable.