Posted on 12/08/2008 11:54:40 AM PST by mnehring
How socialistic of them.
It may not pay UAW rates, but the job might have other compensations...
Like eating regularly and sleeping indoors?..........
I’m confused. Washington is forcing their (OUR!) money on Ford?
The cost of living differences are never taken into account. They could pay 1/4 UAW rates in Brasil and the person would have a higher standard of living.
The UAW would rather have Ford dead. The Dems are already in full gear to unionize transplants after Ford, GM and Chrysler die.
Ford has some very good technology. Most of their hybrid technology is all of their own stuff. Ford and Toyo shared some technology but I think Ford use all of it;s own stuff now.
The answer to the Japanese car plants in the south kicking Detroit’s tail is to force the UAW on those plants.
I’m sure that they are also building a car in Brazil that can’t be sold in the United States for reasons owing to regulations (either safety, environmental or both).
Of course.. kind of like the Ford Mondeo they sell in Europe. It is the same basic car as a Focus, but technologically, is far superior and often rates as high as a BMW 3 series. Unfortunately, they cannot sell the Mondeo in the US at the price point it would cost to pass all our regulatory requirements, so they sell the stripped down, technically deficient Focus. (BTW, the Mondeo looks better too.)
Yep, destroy those plants too. Don’t improve the Big 3s plants.. /sarc
Please stop attempting to impose logic, reason and free markets into the argument! Our governing structure will not be happy until they have transformed this once great nation into some 3rd world sh!thole and have a grand time of it while doing so!
Sorry, my bad..
Ford uses their own tech but liscensed tech from toyota to avoid a lawsuit.
In other words, this illustrates that the UAW is a fatal cancer that destroys the host.
Why do have to pay a “tax” to keep the UAW alive? It's like paying for the privilege of being infected with a disease....
Training people to do more than one job? How dare they. They want their employees to be more valuable to the company? That’s a dumb idea. The auto plants should look at the US Submarine Fleet...or the unions should. Just about everyone on a sub can do someone elses job. Maybe the unions could try and unionize the Navy? Never mind, the Navy would sink the sub with the union aboard.
not a problem ... now I’m off to the Ministry of Pie. Care to join?
p.s. Heil Bama!
“The answer to the Japanese car plants in the south kicking Detroit’s tail is to force the UAW on those plants.”
The irony of this situation is that the bulk of Michigan’s auto workers fled the south in the forties and fifties for jobs that were not available in their home states. In those days John L. Lewis and all big labor was fashionable. Unfortunately, the UAW gained the upper hand in Detroit, and held a gun to the heads of the Manufacturers until they could no longer compete. Most of those early workers are retired, and the current ones will not be able to retire. In both cases the UAW was the controlling reason, once again proving Newton’s third law.
“Never mind, the Navy would sink the sub with the union aboard.”
They sink subs now. That is their purpose. With the unions aboard, however, they might stay sunken.
Sorry. I couldn’t resist.
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