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1 posted on 02/16/2024 8:07:51 AM PST by yesthatjallen
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They sure as hell won’t be building any further models in Michigan —
And probably not anywhere in USA —
Alas.


2 posted on 02/16/2024 8:12:00 AM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They're excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Proving once again that the true minimum wage is zero, even for union goons.


3 posted on 02/16/2024 8:12:15 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Don’t forget Ford’s 100% EV fail


4 posted on 02/16/2024 8:13:46 AM PST by butlerweave
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Dog bites Man.


6 posted on 02/16/2024 8:14:12 AM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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How in the world can an automaker in this day and age be competitive in the foreign and domestic market with the added weight of collective bargaining units dragging them down?

I just don’t get it


7 posted on 02/16/2024 8:14:14 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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The day will come when Ford and other big manufacturers will be Nationalized, to keep factories here.


8 posted on 02/16/2024 8:14:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Another step in the long de-industrialization of the USA.


9 posted on 02/16/2024 8:14:35 AM PST by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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If you buy an American-made car built by unionized workers, part of the price goes to the Democratic Party coffers via the union.


10 posted on 02/16/2024 8:15:25 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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1. Ford is stupid to bank their future on EVs.

2. Ford is smart to look for a way to make cars more affordable by hiring skilled workers without the feather bedding we are with unions.

3. The UAW is run by thugs while being populated by decent hard working Americans.


11 posted on 02/16/2024 8:15:45 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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Proving once again that Democraps are terrible for labor.


12 posted on 02/16/2024 8:15:51 AM PST by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
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Three problems here.

Executive salaries are outrageous.
Union demands are outrageous.
Government regulations are outrageous.

In Trump returns to power, he might be able to tweak the last one. But it won’t be enough. The executives and the unions are determined to kill the golden goose.


13 posted on 02/16/2024 8:16:19 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Unions were once a good thing, back in the days of JD Rockefeller, when businesses exploited workers. But no longer. Now, unions are a hotbed of Democrats and communists.


14 posted on 02/16/2024 8:17:24 AM PST by rod5591
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Management as a whole is usually way overpaid, unless smart management keeps a company profitable....but unions destroy the goose that is laying their golden egg(retirement, wages, health care, social security contributions, etc) Car cost inflation is not Fords fault this time. Unions gotta be smarter if they want to keep the goose healthy.
For once I would like to see a union come up with a plan that makes a company run more efficiently, and shares the profit with the whole company. Instead of their bare tooth reactionary stance.


16 posted on 02/16/2024 8:22:28 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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If the current administration or another Democrat wins in November, every car company could move manufacturing out of the country and none of them will care.

Don’t forget Ford’s 100% EV fail ... if the EVs fail it won’t matter. There will be some type of government bailout


17 posted on 02/16/2024 8:25:36 AM PST by qaz123
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Eff 'em...wouldn't buy another Ford if they are the only car maker left.

21 posted on 02/16/2024 8:30:41 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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It’s all fun and games until the pink slips start hitting the mailbox.


22 posted on 02/16/2024 8:30:42 AM PST by fatboy (')
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Better Idea...

Build them in the USA.

Using robots and expert software - also made in the USA.


23 posted on 02/16/2024 8:30:51 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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Didn’t Trump convince them not to build in Mexico? Or a different automaker?


26 posted on 02/16/2024 8:34:20 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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Ford taught the law a lesson with the Lorain facility.
I guess that the uaw forgot....


27 posted on 02/16/2024 8:38:21 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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I will not buy any vehicle built by the UAW.


30 posted on 02/16/2024 8:43:42 AM PST by Fai Mao (Starve the Beast and steal its food.)
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