Up To 1,200 Strike At GM-Doraville

wow wrote:

Fire them! There are plenty of others who would love to have their jobs and not complain.

wezl wrote:

<quoted text>This is the mindset of the South, and others. This is the reason we are losing jobs and goods to other countries. This country was built by the worker, now corporate America is in control. Unions have lost all strength, and so has the blue collar worker. We will be 2 classes, rich and poor. Guess who will be the more abundant...

Fedup wrote:

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Amen! I support the union workers 100%, and am sick of the media giving false information about the workers. These workers can't even go to the BATHROOM like most employees - they have to wait until it's their designated "relief" time. The line doesn't shut down for anything. All those who complain know nothing about what these people do for a living - they've never even been inside an auto plant!
The UAW already reopened their last contract in order to give up concessions to Ford and GM, and they repaid them by shutting down plants and eliminating thousands and thousands of jobs. Labor is only 10% of the cost of making a vehicle - but the companies and media make the workers the scapegoats and the ill-informed and gullible public believe their lies.
And if non-unionized workers think that their jobs have nothing to do with the union, wait and see what happens once the big corporations get their way - the rest of us will suffer, too.
These workers don't want a strike - they are not just fighting for themselves - they are fighting for ALL middle-class workers who are being pushed into poverty by the big corporate machine.

Fedup wrote:

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Amen! I support the union workers 100%, and am sick of the media giving false information about the workers. These workers can't even go to the BATHROOM like most employees - they have to wait until it's their designated "relief" time. The line doesn't shut down for anything. All those who complain know nothing about what these people do for a living - they've never even been inside an auto plant!
The UAW already reopened their last contract in order to give up concessions to Ford and GM, and they repaid them by shutting down plants and eliminating thousands and thousands of jobs. Labor is only 10% of the cost of making a vehicle - but the companies and media make the workers the scapegoats and the ill-informed and gullible public believe their lies.
And if non-unionized workers think that their jobs have nothing to do with the union, wait and see what happens once the big corporations get their way - the rest of us will suffer, too.
These workers don't want a strike - they are not just fighting for themselves - they are fighting for ALL middle-class workers who are being pushed into poverty by the big corporate machine.

maverick wrote:

Fed Up & Rock, You are absolutely correct!Recorders Court, yeah, go ahead & shop at Walmart, 90% is imported from China, check the FDA refusal list at our ports on what they try to get into this country & do. Fact: within 5 yrs of a super box stores arrival, retail sales drop 17%, local business go bankrupt and the poverty % increases! Do your homework! The "price chopper" does more than just chop prices!

Recorders Court wrote:

Oh well, there's always Walmart. The country is sick and tired of the lazy shoddy workmanship of the overpaid whiners who brag about standing around and being paid, at our expense. No sympathy here.

Disgusted in Duluth wrote:

Well if GM would make better quality vehicles and stand behind their warranties, they might not be in this predicament.

Realist wrote:

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Fedup, in responding to the post above, as Ron White says "You can't fix stupid." Anyone who does a little research knows that it isn't union scale that put the American automakers in the shape they are in...the American workers at Toyota, Nissan, Honda, BMW and Mercedes make the same amount of money with good benefits. The only reason they are non-union is because their employers treat them like employees should be treated, not like slaves and chattel who can be discarded with the morning trash. The Japanese and Europeans take a long view of business, unlike the idiots in our boardrooms who just think "bottom line right here and now!" If you want to look at why the American automakers are failing, look no further than the fat greedy executives.

Rocky wrote:

Organized labor helped build this country. If the public had listened to organized labor 30 years ago, we would not be in the mess we are with jobs being outsourced to other countries. Americans deserve a liveable wage. We do good work! I hope GM realizes that the American worker is the only one who can save the giant organization from ruin. We made good products in the past and can again if paid a decent wage with benefits. As far as outsourcing is concerned, have you ever tried to talk to customer service and you could not understand them because their accent was so heavy.