Maybe GM should outsource this activity to Toyota: their guys are beautifying highways in Texas on company dime.

do we REALLY need the Traverse?

Nope, we don’t need it. GM should scrap it while they can.

Common sense ought to be threatening Traverse production.

What a bunch of whiny, liberal ****s.

^^^ Then it definitely will be produced.

I don’t understand why they’re striking. Because they aren’t recognized? Do they just need someone to say “Good job UAW” instead of “Good job guys”?

GM shouldn’t just recognize the union, GM should also recognize that they make crappy seats.

this should be illiegal with all the s**t they pull. the day a countries citizens don’t let a major market moving company like GM grow someone should be thrown in jail. everyones complaining about a resession but they are the only reason its been getting this bad.

There is no legal reason to recognize a union without a blind vote, even if 100% of workers sign a card.
Signing a union card is done in public and can be done under duress. The anonymous vote guarantees that workers reflect their true sentiment. If the UAW is so confident of their acceptance, put it to a vote.

“A new study released on Wednesday finds that the vast majority of Americans would abandon their new car buying plans if the company behind the brand they were considering filed for bankruptcy.” Perhaps another study should be done on how UAW members define success.

For my part, I’d rather have another Camaro post…

I wood rather check out meridithh BViera than the Viera fromm pamnasonic.

there R 2 many Lamnbdsas anyway. Boo

we dom’t need the Traverse

ktulu,
Try spelling something for once. Post after post, what you say is practically unintelligible.

We do need the Traverse. We don’t need the Outlook, or the Saturn division at all, for that matter.

The Traverse will be the lowest-priced Lambda. It’s already been praised as the best of the group, and the Chevrolet dealer body needs to give customers a place to go when they trade in their Tahoes and Suburbans.

Even im confused about this one ! And please ktulu make your post legible, its not funny anymore.

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.

Well I am worker at JCI who participated in the strike and u can give all the opinions you wnat against the strike, but it is necessary.We are highly under paid there considering what they are expecting from us. the cost of living getting higher as well as gas prices and 10 dollars an hour will not get it done. There is a JCI plant les than 50 miles away from there that pays their employees 7 dollars more just for the foam to the seats and we do the seats and consoles. Management treats the employees like dogs because they have the power. There were no fans in there for a long time in this Tennessee heat, 10 minute bathroom breaks with only a few bathroom stalls avilable is joke. No time off. The benefits are a joke. You just have to be there to understand. I usually say I’ve worked harder for less, but in this case I haven’t. How is our top out pay after 2 years below the starting pay of another JCI making the same thing? Something is just not right and We will fight until managment figures out they can’t build them seats without us.

AND EXCUSE MY SPELLING LOL I FORGOT TO READ IT OVER.

If these UAW crybabies would stop and realize they are doing more damage than good, maybe GM could get back to selling cars. I hate to say it but some outsourcing might help here. GM needs to grow some balls and stop giving in. I they don’t like it, fuc*em.

Sorry to underpaid&overworked, I don’t mean to sound insensetive but if all these parts suppliers keep striking you won’t have to worry, there won’t be any cars to put them on.

If you don’t like your job – QUIT and find something else. Why the heck are you staying at a company that treating you like that? Yeah, it might be hard to find something different but it is possible.

I guess striking is an option, but be prepared to get fired/laid off/downsized. And don’t bitch when the company decides to close and outsource the jobs to Mexico…

Hey under_paid_and_overworked,

Move over to where that lazy ass 400horse works. Apparently he is getting 70k for writing comments on LLN articles.

When I don’t like my job I quit and find another one. If there is a whole factory of people working at $10 an hour then $10 an hour must be the right price. If it wasn’t then those people would find another job just as I would. It’s more likely the guys making $17 an hour are overpaid.

Not getting enough time time take a ****? Working environment not up to code? I suggest you take that up with the state labor board, they will assist/protect you without membership dues (other than taxes).

If production doesn’t start until Sept., then GM should source the seats elsewhere. Just buy the tooling from the troublemakers, and move it to Mexico or wherever. Good god, will the UAW ever learn? sorry to hear your plight “underpaid” but I have to agree with the others, if you don’t like your $10 job, quit. Go work at Home Depot, whatever. There are a lot of other $10 jobs out there. I think everyone has been in that position, and most of us didn’t go crying to a union about it.

Crackerbarrel do you have a clue how many have tried to attack me for my pay on this blog and failed, like Gay4me, Deanster, Z06 and other f*gs, move on dude, GM is hiring tons on $14 an hr slaves im just glad im a $28 dollar slave with decent benefits until then eat a d*ck.

I didnt go to college nor do I care to go, I dont need anymore useless debt, yep im dumb, paid and got a gravy job in the plant too. p.s. my girl has big saline titties too, hate on.

That’s exactly what homoRetard used to say, too – until we found his myspace.

You are probably just like him.

$14 dollars an hour for unskilled, uneducated labor sounds like charity, not slavery. Your lucky you got in on Grandpa’s contract 400, otherwise you’d be doomed to that other assembly line – McDonald’s, along with a side order of small tits.

This is some funny ****. The guy that “claims” I have a myspace has got to be the biggest ****ing geek on the planet. I can’t believe he’s still trying to sell that **** and bash me. Hey crackerjack, I know you thought you were making fun of me in a racist way by calling me a cracker, do you know the definition of a cracker? Someone from Florida. Yep, I’m a cracker. Got anymore? Just because your alergic to pussy doesn’t mean that being a retarded geek is cool. I’ve been through wentzville, 400 works in a damn nicer place than you’ll ever dream of, when you decide to quit burger king and get a real job.

Hey Random Jerk, why you mad, and those tits are 38dd, hate on.

So assembly is unskilled labor ? What justifies SKILLED labor, bending over a desk, laughing at your bosses stupid ass jokes, begging for a raise, trying to fit in at lunch time with the other d-bags or having your name sewn on your polo shirt like the uppity fags around here, then Ill pass.

Random Homo, if you $14 is a living wage, you need to get out the alabama trailer park that you live in, now im gonna dive back into my Scrooge Mc Duck money vault.

Well I get some of your points, but the reason they are paying $10 is because they figured they could get away with it and make more profit. Columbia isn’t exactly flurishing with jobs that pay well. A lot of people there have 40 minute drives back and forth and mouths to feed and your gonna tell me they don’t deserve more. You should see how fast those people have to move to get 50 seats in an hour done. It’s no picnic. I think football practice was easier honestly. If the sister plants were being paid 10 as well then maybe I wouldn’t have an arguement,but when they are making at least 14 and our plant supposedly is so important then wtf? It’s not abou finding another job cause I can do that easily. It’s about getting paid fairly like evryone else and not getting ripped off because they think they can get over on us. How many of you that are against the strike make 10 or 11 and hour?

Why does it matter GM? The Edge is completely dominating the CUV market, the only thing you are delaying is the inevitable

Come on GM – break them in half. Show the UAW they have no bargaining leverage anymore. You can buy seats from just about anyone. Give the business to Leer or any of the major foreign seat manufacturers.

“It’s not abou finding another job cause I can do that easily. It’s about getting paid fairly like evryone else and not getting ripped off because they think they can get over on us. How many of you that are against the strike make 10 or 11 and hour?

Comment by under_paid_and_overworked, posted on July17 at 9:13 am ”

Your logic is flawed then. If you can find another higher paying job, then why don’t you leave?

If you don’t want to go to college AND you want to make a living wage, better get real good with a guitar.

The days of getting hired out of high school into a cushy plant job that lets you support a family on one income are OVER. Global Economics is a biatch.

Jealousy is a female trait. what you nerds need to realize is there are millions of people who didnt go to college and make more money than you, I know it sucks but deal with it.

ihustle,

The EDGE is dominating the CUV market? Hm…is that the 7+ seat CUV market or the 5-seat? The Edge isn’t dominating anything. It’s selling well. But the Saturn Vue and Chevy Equinox EACH aren’t far behind.

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Traverse is in the full-size 3-row CUV market, where GM has been dominating since last year…you know…the market your Freestyle/Taurus X hasn’t been selling in. Now the Edge does look to be a nice vehicle. But will it break the 4-model CUV onslaught from GM? Highly unlikely.

You know your dealing with unskilled labor when they don’t know the difference between “skilled” and “unskilled”. If you were “skilled” you wouldn’t need a union to afford tits. I’m not jealous, I’m not hating, whatever you got good for you. My point is your situation is a relic of the past, you know it as well as I. After your done paying off the loan on your tits you should save your money to send your kids to college, they aren’t going to be able to afford tits working on an assembly line.

$14 dollars isn’t a living wage, your right. But thats what your worth and a room full of co-workers making that $14 proves it. I’d be nervous, if your employer folds up your tits are going to get repossessed.

it already has. 07 started the domination and 08 will follow

Hey insline do you know what your speaking about? everything you said was complete false. The focus is out selling the cobaly by almost 100,000. Ya know what forget typing you and explanation, do me a favor PROVE IT!

These guys must be like, “if GM goes down, f*** it! We deserve better!” I suppose it’s easy to say from the outside looking in, but how many times am I going to see a headline involving a UAW strike at a GM supplier? This is crap.

According to GM and Ford press releases (go on their websites and find out, yourself), the Cobalt vs. Focus sales are as follows:

September ‘07 (beginning of MY2008)
Cobalt: 19,794 Focus: 9,885
Oct’07
Cobalt: 16,505 Focus: 12,934
Nov ‘07
Cobalt: 13,629 Focus: 13,213
Dec ‘07
Cobalt: 17,591 Focus: 14,023
Jan ‘08
Cobalt: 17,310 Focus: 11,600
Feb ‘08
Cobalt: 16,958 Focus: 16,302
Mar ‘08
Cobalt: 13,756 Focus: 21,168
Apr ‘08
Cobalt: 18,636 Focus: 23,850
May ‘08
Cobalt: 26,702 Focus: 32,579
June ‘08
Cobalt: 20,888 Focus: 17,950

Total Cobalt: 181,769
Total Focus: 173,504

Focus has only outsold Cobalt for 3 of the last 9 months.

Wow Random Jerk you need to write a column in the NYT, GM feels like im worth $28 an hour so what do you mean, very confusing post, and only (so-called) unskilled workers have to get loans ? Actally I make close to $31 working 2nd shift, I’ll worry about GM hitting the dump when it happens< im working everyday and jealous geeks on blogs wont stop me from living my life to the fullest.

ihustle,
YOU prove now that the Focus is outselling the Cobalt by 100,000 units. My numbers are off of GM and Ford media sites.

According to the same sites, the Focus has NEVER outsold the Cavalier or Cobalt for their respective model years. Not one year.

It’s not jealusy, it’s a friendly warning.

You have, maybe 18 months before you are offered a pay cut, a buyout package, or just a simple “goodbye”.

I say that as someone responsible for cutting costs, and who has already outsourced more American jobs than I’d care to admit. They will be comming back with the $ so weak, but the days of paying assembly workers a “decent” wage are over. Why should GM pay you $28/hr when they can do the same job in mexico for $8/day?

Granted, I work for the Japanese, not GM, but the math is identical. Get your kids in college, whatever it takes.

“GM feels like im worth $28 an hour” Then why are they paying your co-workers $14? Why are they offering buyouts?

The ihustle sales bot has an error in its math logic.

Because they have 1962 seniority booth cleaners, and lazy mf’s that campout on sick leave and FMLA, and the comment about Mexico, everybodys job can be outsourced even nerd jobs, but im sure you know that first hand and another thing why are other manufactures coming here to build plants then ? College is overrated.

Remember somebody has to do the hard work that nerds are incapable of doing, we just happen to get paid decently for it.

And riktoven with that “friendly warning” crap, who the f*ck are you, there are way too man fantasy CEO’s here.

There are plenty of people in the US who work in much harder for much less. If you think you’re doing “hard” work as a member of the UAW then your more uniformed than I believed.

You should not get fired or retaliated when you strike, but you shouldn’t get paid either.

Random Jerk and 400horseSS need to just calm down. You two represent the two extremes. I would not just label autoworker as “unskilled.” They still have to be trained. At the same token, college is not “overrated” either. It’s often needed depending on the types of jobs one desire. College degree also afford greater mobility, but it’s not everybody’s cup of tea.

And the amount of money one makes is not the best indicator of success. What good is money if you can’t enjoy life? Job satisfaction has to be factored in and it is different for everyone, auto-worker and pencil pusher alike.

^Spoken like a true LLN gangsta.

Hey Sharpie striking is a right, falls under Peaceful Protest or until Duh-bya kills it.

Could you imagine the lawsuit GM or any company would face if they fired workers for striking, media, lawyers would be all over that., they’re better off just shutting a plant down and shuffling workers to other plants, now thats smarts.