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Thread #94723 Message #1835737
Posted By: Big Mick
15-Sep-06 - 10:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Ford Workers' Calamity
Subject: RE: BS: Ford Workers' Calamity
What a load of crap, pdq. The comment that $10 workers can't afford cars made by $75 autoworkers. First we allow countries to dump product in our market made by workers in countries with no worker or environmental protections, create trade laws that exacerbate that problem, destroy our industrial base and the middle class in the doing so, then bitch that workers are only making $10/hr and shouldn't have to subsidize autoworkers who have paid their dues, and negotiated every damn benefit they have. Toss in automakers who refuse to design efficient vehicles, with top heavy management structures, and you want to blame the autoworkers. I keep hearing about these $100K autoworkers from folks that don't know what the hell they are talking about. Any of the older employees making that kind of money are working 6 and 7 day weeks for months on end. In case you haven't noticed, the auto contracts have tiers in them. Most of the new employees hired in the last 10 to 12 years are working for significantly less than the old workers. CEO salaries have risen at incredible rates, but not the younger workers.
You are welcome to your opinion, but when it based on phony bullcrap, don't expect folks to sit by and allow it. Now, are you going to accuse me of being a bully???