We like working for a successful company, now let's break it

It may seem a cruel irony that the one U.S. automaker that took no bailout money is now at greater risk of a national strike as it continues labor negotiations with union leaders.

Based upon initial tallies last week, rank and file Ford United Auto Worker members were leaning overwhelmingly toward a national strike authorization against their employer. With the current national labor contracts set to expire September 14 at General Motors, Chrysler and Ford, local union representatives at Ford were reporting 97 percent of their membership was voting to authorize a strike, if necessary.

"I don't want to see any more concessions,” said Gary Farris, a Kentucky-based Ford plant employee since 1993. “I'd like to get a raise we haven't had a raise for a long time."
Farris says he has two kids in college and would like to see Ford again provide the same college assistance that it took away just as his kids were starting college.


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Rome wasn't built in a day... Because of the trade guilds (unions). The UAW has quite a racket going, union employees who get "laid off" still get paid a percentage of their wages and collect unemployment at the same time! Why wouldn't Ford want to continue to pay the union for less and less production and more and more entitlements?

RT-No matter what the company says wages and benifits are a very small percentage of operating costs. Sure they'll tell it's 60 to 70% but they are lying. I know you can't phathom that a corporation would lie to it's employees and the world but it's actually quite common. I learned that when I was like 19

How old are you now?

Vice Lord wrote: RT-No matter what the company says wages and benifits are a very small percentage of operating costs. Sure they'll tell it's 60 to 70% but they are lying. I know you can't phathom that a corporation would lie to it's employees and the world but it's actually quite common. I learned that when I was like 19

How old are you again?

I agree, it's the employee disability, health and retirements benefits that's eating them alive. rofllol rofllol rofllol You're a prime example of why companies are going broke.

residenttroll wrote:

Vice Lord wrote: RT-No matter what the company says wages and benifits are a very small percentage of operating costs. Sure they'll tell it's 60 to 70% but they are lying. I know you can't phathom that a corporation would lie to it's employees and the world but it's actually quite common. I learned that when I was like 19

How old are you again?

I agree, it's the employee disability, health and retirements benefits that's eating them alive. rofllol rofllol rofllol You're a prime example of why companies are going broke.

Company's aren't going broke, people are. It's in all the papers

Vice Lord wrote:

residenttroll wrote:

Vice Lord wrote: RT-No matter what the company says wages and benifits are a very small percentage of operating costs. Sure they'll tell it's 60 to 70% but they are lying. I know you can't phathom that a corporation would lie to it's employees and the world but it's actually quite common. I learned that when I was like 19

How old are you again?

I agree, it's the employee disability, health and retirements benefits that's eating them alive. rofllol rofllol rofllol You're a prime example of why companies are going broke.

Company's aren't going broke, people are. It's in all the papers

Uh, OK, I just like the Post Office is on the brink of bankruptcy...... of course, Obama decided that bankruptcy was best for GM and Chrysler... I wonder if he's going to bail out the Post Office and their union employees too?

Maybe Obama can throw some more billions around...and when the COMPANY runs out...
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/01/140124818 ... bankruptcy

Thats all you got? I won that one

:roflol:

Vice Lord wrote: I won that one

:roflol:

Unions suck....and yes, you won. You won by lying on your disability and increasing the costs of airline passengers.

Vice Lord wrote: I won that one

:roflol:

Unions suck....and yes, you won. You won by lying on your disability and increasing the costs of airline passengers.

How it could work if unions were not a part of the process:

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