Another miss for Detroit, VW is going to....

[roncorey1]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

Wow, someone sounds bitter.

What are you talking about better benefits? These foreign car companies provide full medical and dental coverage, 401k, and vacation leave. What else do you expect to get with a factory job? And I'm sure the GM and Ford workers in Michigan shop at Wal-Mart too.

And yes, I am bitter.

I have worked in manufacturing for several years and have seen what happens when layoffs occur, wages are frozen, temps are brought in at $12-14/hr (with little or no benefits) to replace people close to retirement who made $20/hr, etc,etc.....

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by roncorey1

Bush/Cheney/Republican/hate-the -workers politics are dead.

It's obvious you're mostly interested in ranting about politics. There's no point in trying to argue with you.


(For the record, I worked in manufacturing for over a decade and was at one time a member of UNITE!. I know perfectly well what a union gets you.)

[drjones96]

Originally Posted by roncorey1

And like I mentioned here (or on another thread) the UAW will eventually get to the foreign manufacturers that have factories here in the U.S.

And that's when every single employee at those plants will lose their jobs because it's not worth it to foreign manufacturers to have to deal with that BS. They will be laid off and the factories will go to someplace like Mexico. And where does that leave those workers? McDonalds....working the drive-through.