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Title: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: thundley4 on August 18, 2010, 09:44:27 PM
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Hannah Bell   (1000+ posts)               Wed Aug-18-10 09:57 PM
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GM continues to ask concessions from union workers: $12/hr to work for new chinese suppliers in US
*some article is quoted about the Chinese buying some GM supplier.*
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8972770

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Rage for Order   (1000+ posts)             Wed Aug-18-10 10:09 PM
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2. Isn't the US government the majority stockholder in GM?
   
Edited on Wed Aug-18-10 10:14 PM by Rage for Order
The administration has an excellent opportunity to show that it supports a strong union work force. Will they step up to the plate and deliver?

But the Chinese are now a major stockholder in the Obama administration, so it all works out.

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Hannah Bell   (1000+ posts)               Wed Aug-18-10 10:11 PM
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3. lol. like hell. $12/hr supplying GM via a chinese government corp.   
   
chinese-style slave wage contracting on US shores. "unionized" = lol.

At least the jobs aren't moving to China. :)

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Starry Messenger   (1000+ posts)             Wed Aug-18-10 10:14 PM
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4. $12 an hour is criminally low.
   
I always wondered when outsourcing was going to turn into "insourcing". These companies just love the exploitative deal they've got going in other countries. It was only a matter of time when they would take advantage of the desperation here to impose the same stomach-turning crap.


Ah heck. I'll just bring it all over.
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Hannah Bell   (1000+ posts)               Wed Aug-18-10 10:16 PM
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5. "insourcing" is exactly it. the chinese system, in the US. with real-live chinese corps, to boot.   
   
an evil day.

**** em all.
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AlabamaLibrul (262 posts)           Wed Aug-18-10 10:17 PM
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6. I just got my first job in months at 2/3 of "criminally low". Money's money these days. n/t
   
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Hannah Bell   (1000+ posts)               Wed Aug-18-10 10:22 PM
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8. why not $1/hour? hell, why not work for room & board?   
   
slave mentality. nothing the apologists won't excuse.
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AlabamaLibrul (262 posts)           Wed Aug-18-10 10:24 PM
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9. Because I'd be homeless if I didn't take it.
   
I used to be a UFCW member.

Now I work at a dry cleaners.

Slave mentality, apologist, what the **** ever. I'll go live and work for you if you give me room and board, because that's about all I'm getting out of this shit job.

Clearly you've never heard of doing what you have to to survive.
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Skink   (1000+ posts)           Wed Aug-18-10 10:19 PM
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7. After 10 years 12 an hour sounds good.
   
maybe I could find a forclosed on house for that.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: Texacon on August 18, 2010, 09:59:30 PM
Just saw an article about GM wanting to do an IPO.  The article went on to talk about how much GM OWED the tax payers ... what the hell?  I was told by the MSM a couple of months ago that GM had paid it all back.  Lying B*stards.

KC
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: Chris_ on August 18, 2010, 10:20:24 PM
$12/hr is criminally low?

How so?

I guess minimum wage providers should be put in jail. 

But anyway, as if we didn't see something like this coming.  When do you want to predict the NEXT recalls will start happening?  I'm not including the recent seat belt recalls.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: Ballygrl on August 18, 2010, 10:22:44 PM
More anti-Chinese bigotry for Frank to use in his novel.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 19, 2010, 09:07:31 AM
Nuttin' personal, UAW.  It's jus' bidness.

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Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: njpines on August 19, 2010, 09:59:53 AM
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Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
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Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: TheSarge on August 19, 2010, 10:48:31 AM
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Rage for Order   (1000+ posts)             Wed Aug-18-10 10:09 PM
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2. Isn't the US government the majority stockholder in GM?

Umm...hello!  They are about to do an IPO.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: thundley4 on August 19, 2010, 10:58:19 AM
Umm...hello!  They are about to do an IPO.

Supposedly some of the the government shares will be sold.  Want to bet that the money from that will count towards the loans that GM still owes the government?
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: franksolich on August 19, 2010, 12:26:07 PM
More anti-Chinese bigotry for Frank to use in his novel.

Oh yeah.

The primitives--and not only Mrs. Alfred Packer--are notorious bigots, haters, racists, xenophobes, especially when it comes to the Celestial People.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: AllosaursRus on August 19, 2010, 12:39:51 PM
I think $12/hr entry level is a heckuva lot closer to what it ought to be! In some cases, about double of what some of these union hacks are worth!
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: crockspot on August 19, 2010, 02:42:54 PM
Supposedly some of the the government shares will be sold.  Want to bet that the money from that will count towards the loans that GM still owes the government?

Of course, Obama isn't stupid, he's getting out before it tanks completely.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on August 19, 2010, 03:34:01 PM
It would be pretty sweet if they could swindle the UAW into investing heavily from their pension fund!

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Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: Randy on August 19, 2010, 03:34:55 PM
Of course, Obama isn't stupid, he's getting out before it tanks completely.

It's gonna be close, he'd best hurry....
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: Tucker on August 19, 2010, 03:49:11 PM
And yet they support anti union Asian auto makers, who build non union factories in right to work states.

They have no legitimate bitch about what GM does, or any business for that matter.
Title: Re: Government Motors sells out UAW workers to the Chinese
Post by: diesel driver on August 20, 2010, 12:44:59 AM
Just saw an article about GM wanting to do an IPO.  The article went on to talk about how much GM OWED the tax payers ... what the hell?  I was told by the MSM a couple of months ago that GM had paid it all back.  Lying B*stards.

KC

They paid off the "government loans" with TARP money. 

How "convenient".   :hammer: