I'm glad that a majority were smart enough to figure out what they need to do to keep their jobs, but 41 and 42% of them are still *&^%$#@ morons.
1 posted on
03/09/2009 2:06:12 PM PDT by
Abathar
To: Abathar
“By working together with our UAW partners . . .”
How dumb are they? The UAW is a giant leech sucking the life blood out of the company.
2 posted on
03/09/2009 2:07:59 PM PDT by
txnativegop
(God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
To: Abathar
Ford has the best chance of the US automakers of coming out of this crisis as a vital entity.
3 posted on
03/09/2009 2:08:56 PM PDT by
dirtboy
To: Abathar
Ford is gonna be the one to survive it seems.
5 posted on
03/09/2009 2:13:47 PM PDT by
GeronL
(Will bankrupting America lead to socialism?)
To: CSM
6 posted on
03/09/2009 2:14:04 PM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: Abathar
"freezing wages and cutting benefits" they need to rethink even these cuts...how about taking a CUT IN PAY? you blood sucking morons.
This is the only thing that might have a chance to save GM, let it file chapter 11 and get rid of the unions all together. Cut the pay in half and the benefits in half...they can suffer like the rest of us.
8 posted on
03/09/2009 2:17:16 PM PDT by
nbhunt
To: Abathar
NOT GOOD ENOUGH! When the UAW is DEAD, me and my people will think about buying Ford again. Until that time, the Toyota I've been wanting is looking better and better!
10 posted on
03/09/2009 2:22:08 PM PDT by
hiredhand
(Understand the CRA and why we're facing economic collapse - see my about page.)
To: Abathar
The problem is not the current workers but the retired workers. The current workers have made concessions, but it is health care (read BCBS) that it the major cost per unit produced.
If vendors were ranked in terms of cost, BCBS would be Ford's #1 vendor. Put otherwise: health-care costs more per unit than steel.
How does this contract affect the legacy costs?
Anybody who reads my ramblings knows I am a child of Detroit and have been both a UAW member and an Engineer in the Big Three.
I want the Bozos to succeed; if possible.
11 posted on
03/09/2009 2:28:06 PM PDT by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
To: Abathar
eliminating cost-of-living increases and cash bonuses. LOL! I see Ford went to the mat for this :-)
12 posted on
03/09/2009 2:45:27 PM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
To: Abathar
Can’t blame only the union - though I’d like to. There’s the dumb management side of the equation that thought they could forever pass the cost onto the consumer.
Oops.
Well, it worked for a lot of years at any rate.
14 posted on
03/09/2009 2:58:25 PM PDT by
OpeEdMunkey
(We seem to have reached a critical mass of stupid people.)
To: grellis; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Unionized workers at Ford Motor Co. have approved contract changes that include freezing wages and cutting benefits in a move to aimed at helping the automaker remain competitive... The UAW said 59 percent of production workers and 58 percent of skilled-trades workers voted for the concessions.
17 posted on
03/09/2009 5:08:52 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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18 posted on
03/09/2009 5:09:50 PM PDT by
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22 posted on
03/09/2009 5:47:16 PM PDT by
grellis
(I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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