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Hargrove 'angry as hell' over Chrysler concessi

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Hargrove 'angry as hell' over Chrysler concessions


Business | 208243 hits | Apr 26 12:01 pm | Posted by: mtbr
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I'm angry as hell. I'm not angry at my union, they've done an incredible job. I'm angry at a government. A government that has used a heavy hand -- Mr. Clement and Mr. Bryant, the provincial government as well -- to force workers to give up things that th

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  1. by avatar RUEZ
    Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:34 pm
    I'm sure he'd rather see every factory shuttered before giving anything back. It's an attitude I can't understand.

  2. by avatar SigPig
    Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:36 pm
    He seems to have a hard time equating concessions with job retention. And that no concessions means no jobs. His precious benefits are useless when the workers they cover don't have jobs to go to.

  3. by stokes
    Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:39 pm
    Yeah I'm sure if Hargrove was still there, he would see all of them jobless and homeless. I agree with the governements demands as these employees have too many benefits.

  4. by avatar uwish
    Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:41 pm
    I point a good portion of the auto industries troubles Hargrove's way. He was one of the most un-flexible, arrogant union leaders I can remember.

    I am sorry but someone with a High School education standing on an assembly line should not be making $35 an hour and considered 'skilled' labour.

    Hence, look at what it got the auto industry.

  5. by Lemmy
    Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:46 pm
    Maybe he'd rather: a) they all move to Mexico to retain their jobs, at a slightly :wink: reduced wage rate; b) help them write their resumes for employment at WalMart/McDonalds?

  6. by Anonymous
    Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:07 pm
    Unskilled labor making 34 bucks an hour 8O

    what a f***kin joke. I will make sure I never buy anything made by the hands of the CAW.

  7. by Lemmy
    Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:17 pm
    "mtbr" said
    Unskilled labor making 34 bucks an hour 8O

    what a f***kin joke. I will make sure I never buy anything made by the hands of the CAW.


    Let me edit your phrase: "Unskilled labour, usually drunk on the job, making 34 bucks an hour..."

  8. by avatar 2Cdo
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:52 pm
    It must be the Jews fault! :wink:

    Buzz is a f*cking idiot! 8O

  9. by avatar hurley_108
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:39 pm
    It's funny - I see a bunch of people in here who typically put forth conservative viewpoints making emotional value judgements about the pay of auto workers. It's just supply and demand, folks, and until recently, supply and demand said that auto workers were worth what they were making. Now there's less demand, so prices have to fall to reestablish equilibrium. There's no need for insults, the market will out.

  10. by Anonymous
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:00 pm
    When did demand ever dictate an assembly line worker should be paid 34 bucks an hour?

    These companies were in trouble long before last October.

  11. by avatar SigPig
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:20 pm
    "hurley_108" said
    It's funny - I see a bunch of people in here who typically put forth conservative viewpoints making emotional value judgements about the pay of auto workers. It's just supply and demand, folks, and until recently, supply and demand said that auto workers were worth what they were making. Now there's less demand, so prices have to fall to reestablish equilibrium. There's no need for insults, the market will out.

    I would argue that the Union artificially inflated the workers' wages far above what standard market value for their skills dictated. Hence, why other auto makers such as Toyota paid their workers less and were still able to fill all of their positions. The wages of the CAW were far above what their companies could support and eventually contributed in part to their demise in the long run.

  12. by avatar PluggyRug
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:50 pm
    "hurley_108" said
    It's funny - I see a bunch of people in here who typically put forth conservative viewpoints making emotional value judgements about the pay of auto workers. It's just supply and demand, folks, and until recently, supply and demand said that auto workers were worth what they were making. Now there's less demand, so prices have to fall to reestablish equilibrium. There's no need for insults, the market will out.



    How suddenly did truthful statements become "conservative viewpoints"...or have conservative viewpoints always been truthful?

    Auto workers wages and benefits are currently in cloud cuckoo land, time for a reality check.

  13. by avatar uwish
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:09 pm
    "hurley_108" said
    It's funny - I see a bunch of people in here who typically put forth conservative viewpoints making emotional value judgements about the pay of auto workers. It's just supply and demand, folks, and until recently, supply and demand said that auto workers were worth what they were making. Now there's less demand, so prices have to fall to reestablish equilibrium. There's no need for insults, the market will out.



    mouth...meet foot....

  14. by Woodhead
    Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:20 pm
    While I believe that CAW wages are too high, it can't all be blamed on labour rates.
    We all agree that labour is somewhere between 7 and 14% of an autos cost.
    A 5% decrease in that cost only amounts to a concession.

    The real problem is management.
    These guys running a company that size, and making the money they make, should be a bit smarter.
    Chrysler and GM going bankrupt has nothing to do with labour rates. Its the way the companies were run.

    Somebody at the top should be strung up for all of this



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