Posted on 09/29/2009 1:22:51 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
Edited on 09/29/2009 3:01:11 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Peterbilt Corp. permanently closed its truck plant in Nashville.
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That’s some recovery !!
they wont be holding their signs anymore...
Does that mean that all the employees can thank Mike Pardue and the UAW for the loss of their jobs?
Paging Captain Obvious.
>> United Auto Workers Union Local 1832 President Mike Pardue said the Texas plant is nonunion and the UAW believes that’s the main reason the Madison facility is the one being closed.
And they say union workers are stupid. This one gets it!
Y’all just come on to Texas and get you a new Peterbilt!
Union members can think, who knew?
“Does that mean that all the employees can thank Mike Pardue and the UAW for the loss of their jobs? “
Yes it does.
I hope you enjoy the benefits that you pay to the union bosses and the millions of dollars you've given to the democrat party.
bwahahahahahaha.... ESAD...
Both states have nop income taxes.
Is this all a union problem?
Another American business driven to bankruptcy by unions with their socialist masters pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Unions are scum.
I didn’t read far enough.
It sure is a union problem.
This is another reason why Card Check needs never to see the light of day.
That is exactly what it means. The UAW killed its Golden Goose.
The unions DID destroy this plant. Heck, the have a union strike-shack built near one of the entrances. There have been TWO very long strikes in the past 3 or 4 years that brought the production to a virtual standstill. They stiuck themselves out of a job.
It is no big deal for Peterbilt to move all the production to Texas and build them there because this facility was strictly an assembly plant.
Oh good. Glad to hear that.
Too bad for the Tennessee workers, but they have their local union thugs to thank for that.
Semper fi Texas!
LOL! They struck themselves out of a job.
Dumb ba*tards. Getting the Hope & Change they can deserve.
The UAW are parasites like ACORN.
LOL! I guess the folks in Texas actually build Peterbuilts versus sitting on lawn chairs holding strike signs.
Who in their right mind would be on strike heading into Obama’s Depression?
I mean are they INSANE! How stupid can you be? People would kill for those jobs.
I worked there for exactly one week right out of college (they promised me an engineering job and then put me on the line inspecting partially assembled cabs and sleepers), and they were running two shifts and producing 92 trucks a day. Last I heard a few months ago they were down to 35 trucks a day.
The Peterbilt plant here makes good product, and works WITH management to keep jobs, be innovative. Texas works. That’s why Toyota is closing its CA plant and moving the jobs and product to the plant in San Antonio.
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