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UAW leader: Workers will make no more concessions
The Napa Valley Register / The Associated Press ^
| November 15, 2008
| Mark Williams
Posted on 11/15/2008 2:52:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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I guess $72/hour is just barely enough to put food on the table these days. Who knew?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I fail to see why Joe and Jane Sixpacks, who make 15 dollars an hour, should be made to pay the wages of a UAW worker who makes 72.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:54:51 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let them die on the vine...
Rebuild the industry without the (union) legacy costs
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:55:02 PM PST
by
Knute
(Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
...saying action is necessary before President-elect Barack Obama takes office in January. What is that supposed to mean? The unions helped get the Kenyan Manchild "elected."
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:55:03 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I voted for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandchildren in the eyes when I tell them I'm sorry.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s regulatory garbage - inherent in unions - that puts us in bad slumps (if this is bad). It’s fascism hoping to be communism. Unions are by nature communist (we should get money for nothing) and they put a huge clamp on how our economy as a whole can run.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:55:25 PM PST
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Travis McGee
Because Joe and Jane don’t belong to a union that helps democrats, silly!
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:55:39 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I predict they will make concessions in bankruptcy.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:55:40 PM PST
by
Petronski
(Things fall apart, it's scientific.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The UAW can do just about anything it wants EXCEPT guarantee the workers’ jobs. They oughta keep that in mind.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
F*** the UAW, just like they did to GM/Ford/Chrysler.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:56:14 PM PST
by
dinodino
To: 2ndDivisionVet
GREAT NEWS...the line is in the sand...who blinks first-Big Three honchos, the union, or the Dumborat honchos....
My guess is Bush.... why am I such a cynic?
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:56:23 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“UAW leader: Workers will make no more concessions”
Fine. Let the big three go under. Bankruptcy is exactly what they need.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:56:31 PM PST
by
Grunthor
(bush04 - 62, 040, 610 mccain08 - 58, 164, 693.......Moving left is NOT the answer!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
This Gettelfinger is just the type of clown who is killing the US Auto Industry. He is an economic ignoramous! He needs to look at all the Toyotas and Hondas around him on the highway. This is the type of guy who destroyed Eastern Airlines and other companies only know he wants to destroy the auto industry. Detroit needs to restructure and quickly. The American public has lost faith with the UAW and guys like Gettelfinger must be made aware of this.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:56:54 PM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough!)
To: AuntB
I think the top executives should make concessions. If they earn their keep when profits are high, why shouldn’t they be held responsible when the company is failing?
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:56:55 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Such stupidity is only rewarded with leadership in socialistic organizations.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
let them freeze and starve....
or go to work
the choice is theirs
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:57:26 PM PST
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Kind of amazing. The Unions would rather the UAW workers lost their jobs rather than take a pay cut. Simply amazing
To: pointsal
“My guess is Bush.... why am I such a cynic?”
You have paid attention to recent history?
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:59:04 PM PST
by
Grunthor
(bush04 - 62, 040, 610 mccain08 - 58, 164, 693.......Moving left is NOT the answer!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Let's say we're looking at a bottom end American built car priced at around $20,000. At 10% the labor costs would be $2000. At $72 per hour, that would give us about 35 hours or so to build a car.
Ain't bad.
Then, let's look at a comparable Korean import priced at around $15,000.
For folks hardpressed by the current credit market.......................
Yup, guy's right, folks can't afford to pay that extra $5,000 for "materials"?
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:59:25 PM PST
by
muawiyah
To: Travis McGee
I fail to see why Joe and Jane Sixpacks, who make 15 dollars an hour, should be made to pay the wages of a UAW worker who makes 72.Where did you get that figure? (72)
That's absurd.
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posted on
11/15/2008 2:59:36 PM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote!)
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