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Chrysler Auto Workers fired...are back on the job
MyFoxDetroit.com ^
| Dec 07, 2012
| Rob Wolchek
Posted on 12/07/2012 8:20:16 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo
Two years ago Fox 2 Problem Solver Rob Wolchek got a tip from someone inside Chrysler's Jefferson North Assembly plant about what some workers were doing at the park on their lunch break.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdetroit.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: booze; chrysler; fired; weed; workers
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To: RckyRaCoCo
When it comes to cars, I just went from "Buy American" to "Boycott American". Chrysler had every right to fire those workers, and I saw nothing in the article that justified hiring them back.
I don't want to put Americans out of work any more than anyone else, but I'm not going to expect anyone to pay for this to save American jobs.
I'm not in the market, but when I am, it's foreign built Ford or transplant for me. This has to stop.
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:48:01 AM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
To: Vigilanteman
I'm actually old enough to remember that once upon a time, America produced that kind of quality and we laughed at the Japanese. Yup. Now, the domestic makes have barely half of their own market, and that's assuming you count Fiat owned Chrysler as a domestic brand.
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posted on
12/08/2012 4:50:42 AM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
To: RckyRaCoCo
Considering it went all the way to arbitration (which surprises me), I suspect the workers were awarded back pay too.....
Chrysler and the UAW have a bargaining agreement regarding disciplinary actions and substance abuse problems (as did my Tier 1 company). At the most, I would have expected the workers to only get a few weeks off without pay but given the high profile coverage from the local TV media, they disregarded that established policy and tried to keep them fired.
The arbitrator didn't rule on the actions of the employees which resulted in their discharges, but rather Chrysler's violation of the legally binding bargaining agreement.......
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posted on
12/08/2012 5:06:28 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Jab her with a harpoon.....)
To: Hot Tabasco
The arbitrator didn't rule on the actions of the employees which resulted in their discharges, but rather Chrysler's violation of the legally binding bargaining agreement....... When I buy my next car, I'm going to arbitrate my own ruling on this.
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posted on
12/08/2012 5:13:24 AM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
To: dangus
Rusting after 7 years? .... Even still, with the freakish bad luck you describe,A/C Rot
I think you need a witch doctor, not a mechanic. Eating a tranny at 75K (Common for the 4 spped A/T - the differential pins would come loose)
and pissing oil at 45K is just bizarre.
2.4L Chrysler head
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posted on
12/08/2012 5:33:18 AM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Mitt has dogs for pets - Obama had them for lunch)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
My 2005 Chrysler Town and Country at 100,000 miles is rusting ... a dealer they quoted me $450.00 for plugs and wires.
Rusting after 7 years is not unusual, especially if you live where they get lots of snow and use a lot of salt.
I live in Rochester, NY and I can remember the days when most cars were rusted after three years.
And if you got 100K miles out of the original set of plugs/wires, I don't think that's something to complain about.
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posted on
12/08/2012 5:36:44 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: oh8eleven; NY.SS-Bar9
a dealer they quoted me $450.00 for plugs and wires.He was complaining about the price...$450.00 for plugs and wires???
Even the top line plugs and wires would not be more than $100.00
The problem with putting a set in the Chrysler Town and Country is the way the engine sits...
A couple of plugs are REAL hard to get too...
Been there, done that
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posted on
12/08/2012 5:50:01 AM PST
by
Popman
To: Popman
Been there, done thatThe dealer didn't even look at the plugs and wires - the CEL indicated a miss.
It takes me 20 minutes for the front three plugs and about 20 minutes a piece for the three rears. Wires are $60.00 and plugs are $6.00 each. $100.00 and 1-1/2 hours vs. $450.00
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posted on
12/08/2012 6:53:56 AM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Mitt has dogs for pets - Obama had them for lunch)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
$100.00 and 1-1/2 hours vs. $450.00 Would have suggested you do your own wires & plugs, but today, that "skill" is pretty much unknown or forgotten.
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posted on
12/08/2012 8:30:52 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: RckyRaCoCo
If the union doesn’t consider being drunk and high on the job grounds for dismissal, then what would a union member have to do to get fired? Publicly announce they were a Republican?
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posted on
12/08/2012 1:55:18 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Why is the government more concerned about protecting a microbe on Mars than an unborn baby here?)
To: Drango
“Fire the arbitrator. (duh)”
They can’t, he’s union.
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posted on
12/09/2012 9:07:46 AM PST
by
BobL
(You can live each day only once. You can waste a few, but don't waste too many.)
To: Ouderkirk
Well I hope you buy American.
However you define it.
Before we lose our Auto industry, just like we’ve lost most every other industry.
BUY AMERICAN.
To: Cringing Negativism Network
Our auto industry died many years ago.
I will buy American again someday, but NON-UNION only.
I don’t buy union made beer either.
When I buy a product, I look to see who is making it. Non union made, whatever it is.
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posted on
12/09/2012 1:48:54 PM PST
by
Ouderkirk
(Democrats...the party of Slavery, Segregation, Sodomy, and Sedition)
To: oh8eleven
Would have suggested you do your own wires & plugs, but today, that "skill" is pretty much unknown or forgotten.The $100.00 and 1-1/2 hours IS my time and cost.
And BTW feeler gauges are no longer used - platinum plugs come pre-gapped and many are not adjustable.
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posted on
12/10/2012 6:39:18 AM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Mitt has dogs for pets - Obama had them for lunch)
To: NY.SS-Bar9
platinum plugs come pre-gapped and many are not adjustable.
You just haven't tried hard enough :)
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posted on
12/10/2012 6:42:51 AM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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