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Mercury Marine Moving Work to Oklahoma After Union Rejects Contract
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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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Unions literally destroy another town. When will people learn??
1 posted on 08/24/2009 7:31:40 AM PDT by smartyaz
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That’ll show’em how unified Union members are!


2 posted on 08/24/2009 7:33:34 AM PDT by cardinal4 (Dont Tread on Me)
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To: smartyaz

Boeing IAM, take note.


3 posted on 08/24/2009 7:34:05 AM PDT by Sig Sauer P220 (Forget going Galt. Its time to go Braveheart.)
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To: smartyaz

Another case of union greed, and killing the golden goose.


4 posted on 08/24/2009 7:34:45 AM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: smartyaz

That’s Michigan, right. When will the citizens of Michigan ever learn?


5 posted on 08/24/2009 7:34:56 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim
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To: smartyaz

Obama’s union thug supporters destroy more jobs and towns....why is America so fundamentally STUPID???


6 posted on 08/24/2009 7:35:17 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: smartyaz

“We’ll go on strike, that will show them who’s boss!!!”


7 posted on 08/24/2009 7:35:32 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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To: smartyaz

Them Union boys sure showed them again, huh!


8 posted on 08/24/2009 7:35:46 AM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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To: eCSMaster

—it’s Wisconsin—


9 posted on 08/24/2009 7:36:05 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: eCSMaster

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin


10 posted on 08/24/2009 7:36:23 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln
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That’s Michigan, right. When will the citizens of Michigan ever learn?

It’s in Wisconsin


11 posted on 08/24/2009 7:36:30 AM PDT by antonico
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The 20th Century Motor company strikes again. I can't remember the name of the abandoned town in Atlas Shrugged, but they could have called it Fond du Lac.
12 posted on 08/24/2009 7:37:06 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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To: eCSMaster

I think this is Fon Du Lac Wisconsin.


13 posted on 08/24/2009 7:37:08 AM PDT by sr4402
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It’s good for Stillwater! Oklahoma State! Go Pokes!


14 posted on 08/24/2009 7:37:09 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Proud to be an American, where I least I know I'm free!)
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15 posted on 08/24/2009 7:38:43 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: xcamel

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.


16 posted on 08/24/2009 7:38:49 AM PDT by MNlurker
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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?


17 posted on 08/24/2009 7:39:45 AM PDT by tpmintx (Liberalism: Solving problems caused by Jealousy - with solutions based on Lies. (Think Green!))
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If the company were unusually honest it would likely confirm that its labor force was overpaid, underworked, and generally not worth spit.


18 posted on 08/24/2009 7:41:39 AM PDT by Melchior
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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.


19 posted on 08/24/2009 7:42:06 AM PDT by Trust but Verify
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To: backwoods-engineer

This makes this proud owner of a Mercury tower of power a happy camper. Make that a happy boater.


20 posted on 08/24/2009 7:42:23 AM PDT by billhilly
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