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Re: GM Flint strike--4 hour days?

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From: phxbrd
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 00:00
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flintoid wrote:

> If nobody is buying these cars, why does GM care how many stampings make
> it out of that plant?  They do go into cars.  More stampings=more cars.
>
> Sorry so mean

The fact that your local dealer still has Chevys after all this time should tell you
something.  Neither Ford or Chrysler would let a strike go this long because their
lost sales would equal a hell of a lot of more money and they would have no inventory
at all.

Regards,

> .
>
> Richard Berkeley wrote:
> >
> > Richard wrote:
> >
> > > If a worker can handle an eight hour workload in a four hour work schedule
> > > then someone is getting cheated. I remember back in the eighties when there
> > > was a popular and semi-profitable retail chain here where the union workers
> > > were making three times as much as the non-union workers in other similar
> > > retail outlets. These union workers striked for more pay, more benefits and
> > > less work. The retail chains went out of business and the union workers were
> > > without a job.
> > >
> > > GM workers are among the highest paid laborers. Their greed and laziness
> > > have blinded their sight to the good positions they have. If they don't open
> > > their eyes GM should move out and let this place rot like Detroit.
> >
> > And people wonder why GM cars are getting more and more expensive.  If these
> > assholes in GM continue to strike, more and more jobs will definitely go down to
> > Mexico or Canada.  They'll whine about that too, but screw them!
> >
> > They are really blackmailing GM.  GM used to be the greatest.
> >
> > Richard
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Date: 1998/07/14
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