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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:20 PM Original message |
GM to buy out US workforce to hire lower paid employees. |
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antigop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Raise that h1-b visa limit -- claim there aren't any qualified American workers. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yeah, that's what's wrong with the company: paying a living wage. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The workers are now having to pay for decades of bad management. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. yes, they stated they could hire 16K workers back at |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I thought that the union will still be there, just that they |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. This was negotiated in the last contract |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It would be in nobody's interest to let GM die. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It would certainly be environmentally friendly to let American car companies die |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yeah, but other countries would fill the gap. Chances are they won't |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They will fill the gap with more fuel efficient cars... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. This is what happened to the US bicycle industry. Instead of learning |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Except that the modern mainstream bike market is dominated by cheap crap |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I was in the business from 75 to 88. That was the time when |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. And why hasn't there been a revolution yet? |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. hmm - here they can't even give that bullshit "work that Americans won't do" argument. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Frankly I think we should stop protecting the US auto industry, but I know I'll be in the minority |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. We make Toyotas near here. They aren't union, and the turnover due |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. You don't know where all those Toyota parts come from. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. So are the parts that we use to make US cars made in the USA? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. We outsource quite a bit of it, unfortunately. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Software company my son worked for laid off 75% of tech support department |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The company is out from under having to pay for benefits when they |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Say Goodbye to the middle class. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Scumbag bastards...THIS is a practice that ought to be made |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I hope you own GM cars |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. My whole family does... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Over 30 years and counting. n/t |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
18. CNBC says it's a good deal for GM and their former employees, |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. What corporation owns CNBC? (n/t) |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Wouldn't that be GE? I believe they own NBC, MSNBC, so I assume all |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
20. they'd be smart to take the money and run. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. find a cheap town, move there, cut back, live simple, do what you can to |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. What happens if the new, lower-paid employees can't afford a GM car? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. C'mon take the money and run!.... hoo hoo hooo! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. They are spending billions on new facilities... |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why is the economy going down the drain?? |
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