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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:27 PM Original message |
GM to shed quarter of workforce this year |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder what the H5 will look like |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. the econonmy is doing fine .... look at all those New Wall Mart Workers |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. It's already started - GM to raise India workforce by 30% |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
58. God! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. But, but...but....the economy is just HUMMING along!!!!!!!!! |
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gizmo1979 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. This sucks. |
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BeatleBoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. And Ford To Invest BILLIONS in Mexico |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That story pisses me off the most! And, I've some replacement stickers |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. They have to lay off the workers, not enough money to pay them |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. So when will GM default on the pensions and the health care? |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
62. hey, those folks love bush.... pull yourselt up by your own bootstraps |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. This needs to be remembered... |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. These replies are nonsense |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Are they... |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. yes they are retiring with full |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. -snip- |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
45. future health and pension benefits |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. They said the same thing to Steelworkers, then cut them off |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:15 AM Response to Reply #17 |
38. You own a bridge?..eom |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. oh no. I read a long article last week showing the numbers of what Gm will |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Gosh, those poor rich people took a pay cut. |
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Bullshot (807 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
59. But these jobs will never be here again for future generations. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. The real point here is that all the suppliers and companies in the |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. "shed", like unwanted pet fur. |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. walking away with $140000 after ten years service |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Now how many people are going to REALLY get that $140,000? |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 07:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. everyone with over ten years of service |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. How much does some one with 9.5 years of service get? |
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Kokonoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. 9.9 years gets a goodby handshake. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. There are some that feel different |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. I work at the Tech Center (but leaving soon) |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
68. I figured that cost too and came up with 30 gallons a month |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Sure they will |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. That kind of pension agreement is nice, a large chunk of change |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Wow |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. 35,000. not 140,000. |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. As a Michigan resident, I am stunned. This is a HUGE story. |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Your handshake for 9.5 years of service |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 10:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. How long will $70,000 last? |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. They are not on any obligation to leave. |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. It still sucks that that job will not be filled by the next generation... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. I agree... only good paying jobs will sustain the rest of us |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. or start a small business |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. In India where the employees are cheaper than toilet paper. (nt) |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. the big picture |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Guy I know got $56,000 |
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DisgustedTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Tom is correct in many ways |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah, tom managed to find the silver lining in that neocon cloudburst. |
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DisgustedTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
56. It isn't about Bush. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-25-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Keeeeeee- riste! So this is what Bush's "Murica is all about! |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. not good at all. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
32. More signs of catastrophic success |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. is there any major manufacturing industry left in this country? . . . |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 03:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Very little is left... and what is there is under pressure... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Don't they still make pallets (loading pallets) in the US? |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. in the 80s (I think) there were some 'big thinkers' saying that the US' |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
34. IF the administration had the foresight to keep EPA regulations in place |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. I'm one of them |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Do you have a plan? |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Going back to Tennessee |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Proud of you! |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
51. A lot of the blame can be placed at our feet... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. The roar to buy foreign cars |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I love foreign cars |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You sir, are part of the problem |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:40 PM Response to Reply #51 |
70. I would have liked to buy US-made car |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. The world would be a better place without GM |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Let me first say how proud I am that some UAW union workers |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thanks Tom |
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tom22 (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I want a Pontiac Solstice, but I guess I have |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
71. Speaking of asses and elbows, here is some econmic reality for you |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. . |
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