Posted on 08/24/2009 7:31:39 AM PDT by smartyaz
In a statement the company the said, "Following the union's vote, the company will consolidate much of its Fond du Lac manufacturing operations with its existing operations in an expanded Stillwater, Oklahoma, facility."
Mercury Marine is Fond du Lac's largest employer, with 2,000 workers, and community leaders have expressed fears losing the plant would affect even more jobs countywide.
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That’ll show’em how unified Union members are!
Boeing IAM, take note.
Another case of union greed, and killing the golden goose.
That’s Michigan, right. When will the citizens of Michigan ever learn?
Obama’s union thug supporters destroy more jobs and towns....why is America so fundamentally STUPID???
“We’ll go on strike, that will show them who’s boss!!!”
Them Union boys sure showed them again, huh!
—it’s Wisconsin—
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Thats Michigan, right. When will the citizens of Michigan ever learn?
It’s in Wisconsin
I think this is Fon Du Lac Wisconsin.
It’s good for Stillwater! Oklahoma State! Go Pokes!
Interviewed one of the union members on tv last night after the vote and they said they’d make more on unemployment than the new offer so they’d rather take the unemployment. They proudly voted to put 8000 others out of work and don’t have a care in the world about it. Personally, the union thugs should be getting the message from those affected...knocks on their doors, veiled threats on the phone, etc. just like they themselves are famous for.
I’m just done with leftist thugs as a whole...its time to fight fire with fire.
Wisconsin, Michigan, what’s the difference? Both big blue states with blue voters. Moving those nasty manufacturing operations out of Wisconsin will help to clean up the air and water in Wisconsin. Isn’t that what they really want?
If the company were unusually honest it would likely confirm that its labor force was overpaid, underworked, and generally not worth spit.
Words fail me. What a sad day for that city. There were people lining the streets with signs pleading with the union members to vote FOR the concessions. Can you even imagine the selfishness of that union and its members? There were NO PAY CUTS for existing workers in the package they turned down.
This makes this proud owner of a Mercury tower of power a happy camper. Make that a happy boater.
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