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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:51 PM Original message |
GM offers buyouts to 74,000 - its entire U.S. hourly workforce |
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terryg11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. wow. |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's part of the new agreement |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 11:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. each individual gets to decide for themselves, that big lump sum is if they |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. The new workers will only have half the economic impact on their communities. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can work as a fucking telephone debt collector for $14/hour. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. So, they're pulling a Circuit City? |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. YES!!... |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I haven't been in a Circuit City since. And never will. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Same here. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I would love to get a Prius n/t |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. not quite. A buyout of $140,000 is not nearly the same as getting fired |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:16 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. No its not the same but... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. then they should not take the buyout |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. If they don't take the buyout... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #52 |
57. that's it in a nutshell.. My SO works for GM and the deal is (as we know it).. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. That is horrible... |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. And in 10 or 15 years they can buy out the new workers |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. My crystal ball is showing the same picture. ... The great circling of the drain |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. It's been a race to the bottom for a while now.. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. There are many like that now... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. What has GM done about executive compensation? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You don't even have to ask |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. The parachutes are all pure gold....n/t |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. where are those posters who want to defend GM against "foreign" car companies? |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. How much do Honda and Toyota pay their US workers? |
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reformedrethug (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Honda pays their workers very well |
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DB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yet another reason--Thank Cinton/ Bush/NAFTA--we need new ideals!!! |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
13. And the new employees will be thankful for something better than a McJob. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. And we can all buy McCars. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. And pay our McMortgages n/t |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. These fucking corporations are running amok |
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thoughtcrime1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. Do these assholes not see that they are killing their own business? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. They're mostly international conglomerates at this point. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Zurich! Really. -- And isn't it interesting that |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
18. Job Churning on a massive scale |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. How much is Mitt Romney's cut for putting them out of business? |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. Two birds with one stone. |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. This sucks for the current workers, but $14-$16 an hour still isn't bad. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Don't count on it... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. I hope Obama doesn't take your view! |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. We have been so conditioned... |
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KitSileya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. Americans are so brainwashed it's scary. |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. That is so true... |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Sorry if my view is a bit negative... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Great. We'll become a nationof low wage workers living in |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I suppose they're counting on Americans to keep racking up debt.. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is the same company that offers 5 (five!) different Hummer models, and |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. You make a great point... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. Corporations did this same kind of shit during the Reagan Era. They |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Don't get me started on Raygun... |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. The big American auto makers have forgotten Henry Ford's lesson. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Presto! No Union members! |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
44. I got a better idea |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
50. I wonder what this will do to quality |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
51. I'll rush right out to buy a car built by cheap inexperienced workers. nt |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. Stick a fork in them they are done. I will never buy another GM car and my father just retired from |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Two companies that I will never deal with again n/t |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
56. So how many thousands of dollars will they drop off the price of automobiles |
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