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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:38 PM Original message |
After bailouts, new autoworkers make half as much as veterans in same plant |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. Do the execs make half as much? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Very good! |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
130. Compare the CEO pay today to what it was a few years ago. It's |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Welcome to the new normal: Small number of billionaires who own the government, and the "lower" 98% |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly. Globalization and harmonization of living standards down |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
111. It still stuns me that only $200K a year supposedly puts people in the top 2 or 3% of earners in the |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. This isn't news to those of us who follow the auto industry. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is exactly what happened to us in the airline industry during Reagan's administration and the |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Wasnt this or a similar story atleast just posted like a month or two ago on this forum? |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. $14.00 hr is a "decent chunk of change"? Try supporting YOUR........... |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. When my brother is capped out at around 11? Yeah 14 is decent. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Re-read what I just fucking typed. YOU'RE BROTHER SHOULD........ |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
70. "$14.00/hr is shit" |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Excuse the fuck out of me, what exactly do you OWN for a living?........... |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
94. what do i "own for a living"? fucking weird question, but here you go: |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #70 |
81. You can't live in A2 on $28k a year. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. no one said you could. just because you can't live in Ann Arbor on it |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. It makes it a below living wage in your own community. For one person, let alone a family. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. well, i've lived in this community all of my life, including when i made "only" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Inflation: how does that work? |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. yes, your posts are so filled with fascinating content! yours just put mine to shame.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. My posts have a lot less non-referential anger than do yours. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
112. Point is, labor should be making more, period. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #112 |
120. There's no fight here; it's not a living wage in that community. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #120 |
124. ha! now i'm not "working people" |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. "You gotta serve SOMEBODY..." -B. Dylan |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #125 |
131. "I stand against you" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
61. Honestly, why is it relevant what your brother makes in an entirely different industry? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Did it ever occur to you that the cost of living is higher in Detroit than in Georgia-tucky? |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. This is becoming the norm. There are 2-tiers for workers in |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. 2-tier wage reductions have been going on for 30 years... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
114. Raygun strikes again. |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #114 |
127. Indeed.... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
77. Even in the "good old days" his 30 years would not have mattered |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:51 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. I'm a teacher and the districts I've worked for pay |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Not all changes were voluntary |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
9. The company went bankrupt. The older workers were overpaid for the product |
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sandyj999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Your opinion may not be popular but it is correct. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Car sales dropped because people don't have jobs. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
98. They can't afford the Fucking Cars they build |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #98 |
108. Did you mean to post to the chap before me? |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:44 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. The Chap/chaps before you |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 06:52 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. They condemn themselves to a downward spiral. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:26 AM Response to Reply #110 |
113. My son pointed to unemployment benefits during a debate with an unemployed Republican. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. What fucking universe did you come from? Fix the labor policies........ |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thank you |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yep. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Young people are not pleased that they were sold out |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. A bankrupt company obviously doesn't have much power to increase wages. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. We can't even enforce our laws to keep illegal workers from flooding the job market. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Ok, what exactly do you call yourself? Liberal, centrist, leftist?......... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I'm not worried about an illegal immigrant taking my job I'm worried about them taking your job. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Then you are an "elitist" since YOU don't have to worry about "lowly......... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
123. There are many jobs what it is impossible for an illegal immigrant to take. |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. Competition |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. "didn't get a good education and don't have the skills necessary to get an office job" |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
115. "But I've never voted for a republican in my life." Why not? |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
128. The laws are bullshit. The issue isnt immigration.... |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. Wht did GM go under? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
62. What happened was... |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The new guys |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Sounds like that's already the case... |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. What a fucking crock of shit! The company went bankrupy because of |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. They went bankrupt because of golden parachutes? Lol. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Apparently you haven't been paying much attention, there were many reports of |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You have a potential to be paid well if the product you make also does well. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. If you are doing your job, it is not your fault if the product doesn't sell. The product design and |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. If I'm doing my job, making a crappy product isn't my fault? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. Not if you have no control over specs and design, how would it be your fault? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. If assembly has no say over design and engineering, the company is f*cked. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Have you ever worked at an assembly plant? I guess since it's considered |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Does a clothing decoration factory (industrial scale embroidery and silk-screening) count? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. It's nice you think so highly of yourself and your skill, but that doesn't mean that other |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. One of us is saying the people are degraded, another is saying the work is degrading. |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
101. Everyone at GM paid the price |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #101 |
117. Some paid a hell of a lot more for someone else's "mistake". |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. If you think we were overpaid to build cars, maybe you need to take a MASSIVE pay cut |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Just reality based. |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Right, and my years of experience and physical capabilities |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. So you are a skilled person and everyone else is over paid huh? Do you |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Other people who know who gets paid what tell me I'm underpaid. |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. But you didn't answer my question. Do you take the skills and work hours |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. And what, exactly, do you do for a living? |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. So the older workers didn't pay for their social security and medicare benefits? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. You didn't pay for your benefits. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Better change your thought. Boomers DOUBLED our contributions |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Whoa, thanks for the rebuttal/pointer. |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. No that's where you are wrong. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Funny, isn't it, that when the problem is SALES, that the assembly |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. +1 |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #50 |
93. +2 nt. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
95. the salesman ALWAYS gets his commission, whether the job turns out to be profitable |
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Proletariatprincess (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
129. K&T+++ |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. Ridiculous |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
71. I may be a shill for my Union, that person is a corporate shill period. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #56 |
116. +1. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
83. Remember your words in the upcoming Social Security discussions! |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Wait new hires make less than veteran workers"...yeah it usually works that way. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's what I was thinking n/t |
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Hansel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. And water is wet. Too many on here fall hook, line and sinkers for this crap though. nt |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
65. Seems like a simple idea |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
92. I could have started at Chrysler Fenton plant in 1993 right out of high school |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
69. precisely. that's the way it works. each job has a minimum and a maximum |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. How long do the new workers have to work before they are making $28 ? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. This is what the Southern Pukes pushed for to vote for the GM & Chrysler loans |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. That is a really good point |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. Why the bankrupcy? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
88. It was a political decision made by the Obama administration, not a legal decision made by a judge |
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verdalaven (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. This really sucks |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
43. The whole article doesn't even jibe with the UAW's site.... |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
46. Will fthe non-union car companies follow this? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
72. The japanese already raced to the bottom in the South at their transplants |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #72 |
106. We will see. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
68. It's pretty straight-forward |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Well said. Your post reminds me of a Sufi saying. |
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Lightning Count (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #68 |
80. Very accurate. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:46 AM Response to Reply #68 |
84. Except it you're' a bank. Then our government pays your bonuses. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. that goes without saying :) /nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. So, you were wrong. Not "straightforward" at all. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. No, it's market forces. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #90 |
97. LOL: "The details...are unimportant." |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Huh? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #100 |
103. My point is that your truism isn't true. |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. it like 2+2 =4 |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #105 |
118. Except if you're a banker, you surely mean. |
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Raggz (172 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 07:08 PM Response to Reply #89 |
107. power politics and payola |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #107 |
121. Yep. The trillions sent to banks? Unimportant. |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
104. its called seniority |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #104 |
119. Why not read the OP before commenting? Your post is just flat out objectively wrong |
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MikeW (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #119 |
126. reread what I wrote |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
122. Could split the difference. |
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