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Mercury Marine union in Wis. rejects concessions (8000 jobs lost) Mercury Marine moving to OK
AP ^ | 8-23-09 | AP

Posted on 08/23/2009 3:10:52 PM PDT by Indy Pendance

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To: FlingWingFlyer

“I wonder who has put more people out of work. Obama or the unions.”

I don’t know, but we’ll find out at the end of the month when the contest ends. Winner gets a set of Taylor Made R7’s.


361 posted on 08/24/2009 11:11:26 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: MediaMole

Yes it is! By a Democrap’s Math:-) When you can make less than half as much sitting on your arse for a year, pretend it might last two years and forget that you will be living in poverty from there on out with not a job in sight and you are happy with that watching your family starve, then you have reached the highest pnnacle of Demorat Liberalism:-)


362 posted on 08/24/2009 11:12:45 AM PDT by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Great President George W. Bush!!)
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To: Indy Pendance

So what’s the big deal...they don’t have to work to get stimuli bucks. /s


363 posted on 08/24/2009 11:19:02 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Indy Pendance

1. The Good News:

The jobs stay in the United States.

2. The Bad News:

The current regime will try to block this type of activity, which means the jobs won’t stay in the United States.


364 posted on 08/24/2009 11:29:43 AM PDT by henkster (The frog has noticed the increase in water temperature)
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To: Frantzie

From local news accounts, this is a non-union plant. Reports today say as many as 11,000 jobs could be affected across the state, and up to 600+ million dollars lost.


365 posted on 08/24/2009 12:09:40 PM PDT by Indy Pendance ("The beauty of the 2nd is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Indy Pendance

Huh? has to be a union plant. I am glad they are losing the jobs and moving the plant to a right to work state.

Obama just named an AFL-CIO union goon as the head of teh NY Federal Reserve Bank which is a big deal. The NY Fed is the biggie.


366 posted on 08/24/2009 12:32:20 PM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs - American Hero! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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To: Frantzie

OOPS, I meant the plant in OK is non-union, in WI, 850 out of 2000 are union, sorry......


367 posted on 08/24/2009 12:34:29 PM PDT by Indy Pendance ("The beauty of the 2nd is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: SkiKnee
Congratulations, union jerks. You’ve successfully killed Fond du Lac.

Not to worry. Maybe BO can "diversify" the place with some vibrant Section 8 folks from Chi-town--That'll perk it right up......

368 posted on 08/24/2009 12:48:21 PM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: sgtyork

Dealing with 2 states on Income tax must have been a big pain...:O(


369 posted on 08/24/2009 12:51:50 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: Indy Pendance
Here's an interesting take on this mess:

The real story behind Mercury Marine's labor collapse

There's a retirement angle to this story. I never considered that. I still blame the union and the left, but I now understand why they voted that way.

370 posted on 08/24/2009 12:54:24 PM PDT by 50cal Smokepole (Effective gun control involves effective recoil management)
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To: LibraTango

Tennesee will never secede. Memphis loves Obama too much.


371 posted on 08/24/2009 12:59:39 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (The way to destroy a countercultural movement is to have white people start liking it.)
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To: 50cal Smokepole

Thanks for posting that link with further details on the retirement angle. The article certainly filled in some blanks and showed that there are shades of gray within most controversies. I am not a fan of unions and have never been part of one or worked at a company that had one. That said, if there is a union in place, there is still basic fair dealing required of all parties.

The comments following the article are also a good read.


372 posted on 08/24/2009 1:10:40 PM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Eaker
Welcome to Gary, Indiana. This was the Post Office.

Who bombed it?

373 posted on 08/24/2009 1:11:06 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (The way to destroy a countercultural movement is to have white people start liking it.)
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To: SeattleBruce

They will still have a Union in OK, correct? Just under different rules, right?


Some articles I’ve read indicate Stillwater OK is a non union facility.....


374 posted on 08/24/2009 1:11:09 PM PDT by deport
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To: Indy Pendance

Hard to feel sorry for them. They are probably the same Union useful idiots that were told to vote for Obama and they did. Now they got the change they voted for. The entire City of Fond du Lac had signs all over it this week urging members to vote yes and keep the jobs in Wisconsin.


375 posted on 08/24/2009 3:18:30 PM PDT by Wisconsinlady
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To: Mac from Cleveland

Yeah, or empty it out completely. Nothing left but the degenerates and savages.


376 posted on 08/24/2009 3:53:34 PM PDT by SkiKnee
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To: EDINVA; Indy Pendance

8,000 was an early estimate. Non-union jobs will be lost also and other companies that provide products for Mercury will leave the state or just die off. The latest number I have heard is if Mercury Marine leaves WI, up to 11,000 jobs will be lost in WI.


377 posted on 08/24/2009 3:53:56 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Indy Pendance

Congrats to OK!


378 posted on 08/24/2009 3:54:35 PM PDT by TNdandelion (I'd rather have FedEx run my healthcare than USPS.)
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To: immadashell

Now Obama has even more union peeps to bus in at townhall meetings around the country. Everything seems to be going by the plan.


379 posted on 08/24/2009 3:57:15 PM PDT by TNdandelion (I'd rather have FedEx run my healthcare than USPS.)
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To: Centurion2000
Tennesee will never secede. Memphis loves Obama too much.

A couple of bulldozers could easily push Memphis into the Mississippi River.

380 posted on 08/24/2009 3:57:32 PM PDT by meyer (Do not go gentle into that good night - Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
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