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Old 09-18-2006, 06:42 AM
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Ford, GM discussed merger, alliance - Automotive - MSNBC.com

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Ford and GM? Thats like the Bloods and the Crips.
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Ford and GM? Thats like the Bloods and the Crips.
and lets say it happens.....new/old name?? AMC
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Never happen. I'd see a merger with a Jap company before that.

Ford just needs a few more plants across the border so we don't have to pay the damn unions so much to sit at home and they'll be back to where they need to be.
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Never happen. I'd see a merger with a Jap company before that.

Ford just needs a few more plants across the border so we don't have to pay the damn unions so much to sit at home and they'll be back to where they need to be.

Dude, thats messed up.Not to say the union isnt going over board,but I would rather give an american worker my money than a mexican.
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Originally Posted by Krautburner
Dude, thats messed up.Not to say the union isnt going over board,but I would rather give an american worker my money than a mexican.

When Ford as a company is losing money left and right due to they have to pay union laborers even when they close a plant you tell me what is in the best interest of the company? I have a relative that worked at the Taurus plant in GA and was out of work(closed the plant) for 6 months and recieved a paycheck every week while he was out. Think of how often the plants are closed, how often they slow production, then think of how much profit is lost due to paying wages for people sitting at home.
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Originally Posted by Graves
When Ford as a company is losing money left and right due to they have to pay union laborers even when they close a plant you tell me what is in the best interest of the company? I have a relative that worked at the Taurus plant in GA and was out of work(closed the plant) for 6 months and recieved a paycheck every week while he was out. Think of how often the plants are closed, how often they slow production, then think of how much profit is lost due to paying wages for people sitting at home.
Hey, I blame FORD.This is a company that has the money to buy out other companys and has.Sometimes they're up, sometimes down.I'm not the ceo so I can only imagine what goes on behind closed doors.I just think its a shame that a company's like honda,toyota,etc can come in and use US workers to build the product and then sell it to us.All the manufacture has to do is cry about lost sale's one year and then it's okay to close a plant.I say it's BS,it will just turn into a cycle. Then every ford product will be mexican.It's just easier to pay mexican wages than US wages.

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