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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:13 PM Original message |
CBS News story about workers at a Japanese car company in the US |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn commies. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. The workers are also not unionized and make far less than workers at American firms |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. $47 average hourly salary and benefits working for a Japanese carmaker. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I could live on that. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That's the loaded labor rate which includes everything |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Crap, that's quite a bit more than I make as a systems admin |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. GM average is $71 an hour. n/t |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thats bullshit. nt |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No, mentioned this week in WP and in this link |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Stop digging. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. It's bullshit because it includes the retirement benefits of those already retired. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. bullshit.... |
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bluecollarcharlie (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. They do not take home $47@hour |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Why Aren't They Unionized? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Right to work laws n.t. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Why weren't the paid staff on Obama's campaign unionized? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. A friend of a friend of mine got on at the Marysville Ohio Honda |
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JJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. The only reason those workers do well without a union |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Probably so n/t |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
35. Are they able to suggest |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. average wage at us japanese plants = $22/hr |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. I don't know where you're getting your info, rockymountaindem, but it is HIGHLY wrong. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #29 |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Must be a theme for MSM today |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, and they make $10 - $15/hour |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. lol corporate media. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. The Big 3 screwed themselves |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I guess you're getting a Ford... |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Any update on their plans? |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Community service? WTF? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. Yay! Stinkin unions! |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Most of the Japanese car plants are in the South, where unions are viewed |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Honda has a plant in Ohio, Toyota has one in |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. The one in California is union. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. That's where my Tacoma was made in Fremont CA, the |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Toyota plant in WV announced today |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Our manufacturing base has been dissolving since Reagan hit office. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. Doesn't doing community service just take a job from someone else who probably needs one? |
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