nom=de=plume wrote:
"Stevie" wrote in message
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nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
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...will last until the union or the government figures out a way to
stop it.

" Ford is also running into resistance from its unionized work force
as it tries to cut costs further.

Its improving fortunes were the main reason cited by the United
Automobile Workers on Monday for rejecting another round of labor
concessions that would have roughly matched concessions that workers
at Chrysler and General Motors approved in the spring."

The U.A.W.'s president, Ron Gettelfinger, and its vice president in
charge of the Ford unit, Bob King, said in a statement that the
carmaker's third-quarter profit was "evidence of the contributions
that Ford workers have made.""

http://tinyurl.com/ya4pyay

Why should they cave to demands from management? How about producing
decent
products that people want to buy?

They *work* for management. Without the company there are no jobs.

-S


I agree. And, Ford is doing ok, even with the current contract. If
management wants something more from the unions, then they need to negotiate
that with the unions.

Or just don't negotiate. Say this is how it is, take it or leave it.
No contract until the equity is twice that of debt.

Want to argue? Which plant are your from? Lockout and shut it down.

If Obama calls, tell big mouh to hire them himself.

"Canuck57" wrote in message
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nom=de=plume wrote:
"Stevie" wrote in message
...
nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
...will last until the union or the government figures out a way to
stop it.

" Ford is also running into resistance from its unionized work force
as it tries to cut costs further.

Its improving fortunes were the main reason cited by the United
Automobile Workers on Monday for rejecting another round of labor
concessions that would have roughly matched concessions that workers
at Chrysler and General Motors approved in the spring."

The U.A.W.'s president, Ron Gettelfinger, and its vice president in
charge of the Ford unit, Bob King, said in a statement that the
carmaker's third-quarter profit was "evidence of the contributions
that Ford workers have made.""

http://tinyurl.com/ya4pyay

Why should they cave to demands from management? How about producing
decent
products that people want to buy?

They *work* for management. Without the company there are no jobs.

-S


I agree. And, Ford is doing ok, even with the current contract. If
management wants something more from the unions, then they need to
negotiate that with the unions.

Or just don't negotiate. Say this is how it is, take it or leave it. No
contract until the equity is twice that of debt.

Want to argue? Which plant are your from? Lockout and shut it down.

If Obama calls, tell big mouh to hire them himself.


Certainly an option. I believe this has been done previously. It didn't turn
out that well for the company, but what the hey, those who don't remember
the past are doomed to repeat it.

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Nom=de=Plume