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[_strat_] Friday, April 17, 2009 1:11:44 PM 
Ah, thats something else, then. Now, I dont know how much would be enough for an American citizen (costs of food, housing, ect... Tend to be higher there than here, I think), but if I compare it to my 4,5€ per hour (which is a good wage for someone my age), I guess that they have a lot of room for cut backs there.
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[Head banger] Friday, April 17, 2009 1:08:12 PM 
straight wage of about $25 an hour (after the cuts) plus benefits, vacation....
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[_strat_] Friday, April 17, 2009 12:53:01 PM 
I see... Well, what kind of a wage are we talking about here?
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[Head banger] Friday, April 17, 2009 10:05:31 AM 
90% could be replaced by robots, who would be cheaper and do beter work.  the company kept caving in to the union, which got them to this situation.  

dunno the wages of the managers, they took a 20% cut in managment workforce, and a 10% pay cut for the manager that stayed a while back.  I say close the plants.  why employ people who wont help keep the company afloat.  its not like a pay cut will cause these fools to starve, they earn more than most managers do.
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[_strat_] Friday, April 17, 2009 9:48:28 AM 

Well, yes, but thats the cost of their work without which, the company wouldnt even exist.

Now, maybe they should take some of the burdain on themselves, but then again... What are the wages of the managers? Its kinda hard for them to accept wage cuts, if the management wont give up their fleets of Ferraries.


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[Head banger] Friday, April 17, 2009 7:45:50 AM 
Strat, these people cost more than an engineer, to do basic asembly work.  their cost (and the way the union prevents higher quality) is a main reason the company has no money.  to sugest that they should not help keep the company from going bankrupt is nonsense.  they can keep what they have and the company has no choice but to close down.  I would just say screw it at this point if I ran chrysler, and file for chapter 7.  liquidate and let some one else posibly buy the factory and deal with this stupidity.
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[_strat_] Friday, April 17, 2009 3:04:40 AM 
Hmm... Sounds like a typical extortion. Accept lower wages, or get fired. Of course the unions are against it. Thats what theyre there for.
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[Head banger] Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:09:02 PM 
unions need to go away
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[Return_of_Darth_Painkiller_0870] Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:43:57 PM 
And I thought the jerks running baseball's and hockey's unions were self-centered, uncaring, stupid and extremely short-sighted.  Oh wait...they are, just not as badly as the UAW.   Fucking morons.
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[Head banger] Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:34:24 PM 
unions are about to kill the goose that laid the golden egg.  good ridance chrysler.  best of luck GM

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090416/canada/canada_us_autos_canada
[BLOOD SUCKER Esquire] Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:13:06 AM 
[Return_of_Darth_Painkiller_0870] Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:03:55 AM 

Silly rabbit!  Bailout only goes to giant financial institutions that operate recklessly like Citibank and AIG.  Middle Class America ain't getting shit.   Smooth move not keeping the Middle Class tax cuts that Bush had in place.  O-boobie strikes again!


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[buck foston] Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:03:44 PM 
i'm still waiting for MY BAILOUT!!!!!!
[buck foston] Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:02:49 PM 

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1048802

[Return_of_Darth_Painkiller_0870] Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:55:41 AM 
I'm beginning to like Campbell Brown from CNN...She's got attitude and comes across very intelligently http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/23/campbell.brown.transparency/index.html#cnnSTCText.
[_strat_] Friday, March 20, 2009 3:01:55 AM 

Poor Chrysler, then. I hope they will forgive me for not crying myself to sleep over this. The separate firm, Chrysler, or whoever owes the workers that money, should pay up. Until then, it seems that what theyre doing now is the only thing that will get them anywhere.


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[Head banger] Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:48:15 PM 
well, they claim they are owed that.  but they are not owed that by chrysler, they work for a separate firm.  chrysler contracts who they chose.
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[_strat_] Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:27:02 PM 
Well... They are on Chrysler property, they have Chryslers tools, and they are being owed a total of 1,7 million dollars. Trade off. I hope they get whats theirs. Violence seems to be the only thing that separates the greedy from their money - even if that money isnt really theirs to begin with.
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[Head banger] Wednesday, March 18, 2009 12:54:29 PM 
http://ca.autos.yahoo.com/p/1274/windsor-auto-workers-seize-shuttered-plant

good example here of long term planning.
wonder if they left open a side door for food delivery?
wonder also why anyone would think that locking out the boss will make him want to negotiate with you???
[_strat_] Wednesday, March 18, 2009 11:28:48 AM 
The pope dreams about his altar boys. He read it in a book.
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