Getting while the getting is almost good.
More specifically, they have to be gone *before* Sept 17 (IIRC). The interesting thing is that Sept 17 is the day that the UAW contract is up for renewal....
This could (and should) be step 1 in breaking the UAW.
This is very interesting. This company may turn around yet!
My youngest son, a ford engineer, told me last christmas that ford has been circling the drain for years. Things like promoting homos, the UAW, sky high retirement benefits, salaries and golden parachutes, etc, have all taken their toll, and now, even though he's escaped these latest cuts, it seems the bell is tolling the funeral dirge for ford. Maybe the only way they can save themselves is with total robotic production(his specialty).
Clever. This is how to diminish the awful and useless AW union. They may yet be able to compete with the Japs on an equal footing. The big 3 should relocate all their plants in right to work states like the japs do. While unions were necessary 100 years ago, they no longer have a purpose, they have become corrupt, money sucking emblems of fat useless union bosses. Who have never contributed anything.
oh damn! watch out for that fat retard michael moore to show up. Remember Roger and Me? Farfromright 9/11? Need I say more? Ok I will. Moore is a retard and if he was so damn smart he would realize he is overweight, his cholestorol is high, and is prescription to viagra is not working. Boo hoo.
Bump for reference. Where are those 35K workers going to go? Please stay up north.
It'll be interesting to see how many are willing to give up their retirement bennies for more cash.
Well, if over half of your workforce, most with years and years of job experience, will be gone in 10 months, how are you going to build a quality car?
Would you want to buy a 2008 Ford built by who knows whom?
Ford will be bought out by someone else--it will be a shell of itself. And good riddance.
Good news for Ford, but expect more malaise and an even stronger Democratic margin in Michigan as a result.
My last six vehicles have been 3 Ford Conversion vans, two Mercury Sables, and a Mercury Cougar. I loved them all.
That being said, I am in the market for a new car and I am not considering any Ford products. I have nothing against the company, their vehicles just don't seem to meet my needs at the moment.
BTW - If offered a buyout, ALWAYS take the first offer and run.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
That is good news.