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Post by concerned on Feb 5, 2009 11:18:09 GMT -5
Apparently the talks they were having failed so the plant is closing.
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Post by frankcor on Feb 6, 2009 17:24:20 GMT -5
Workers voted to reject management's contract offer.
What a country! People can vote themselves out of work and still be eligible for unemployment insurance?
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Post by Clipper on Feb 6, 2009 17:52:29 GMT -5
All the more reason to let the automakers go bankrupt and start over without the constraints of being held hostage by the unions. Unions have a purpose, and IT IS NOT TO PUT EMPLOYERS OUT OF BUSINESS!Wake up dummies!
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Post by snickers on Feb 7, 2009 9:15:01 GMT -5
All the more reason to let the automakers go bankrupt and start over without the constraints of being held hostage by the unions. Unions have a purpose, and IT IS NOT TO PUT EMPLOYERS OUT OF BUSINESS!Wake up dummies! Amen to that. |
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 7, 2009 14:33:36 GMT -5
Well, what else should a union do when they reach a bargaining impasse with management. Give up? That strategy would have never resulted in any worker benefits.
So, the union votes to strike and the company says, "we'll shut down."
See who blinks. If the company had wanted to close up and leave the area, they would have
done so long ago with no care about the employees. Maybe that's their strategy, anyway.
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Post by dgriffin on Feb 7, 2009 14:44:54 GMT -5
I understand the company wants to cut wages in anticipation of a poor sales year. The union is not surprisingly suspicious (ever hear of executive salaries and bonuses, no matter what this years fiscal results?) and even wants the company to make new investments in the plant, an aging factory with outdated equipment.
Interesting fight.
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