Oh no! What if they run out of Compisses?

fat chance.

This is like a virus attacking a cancer patient. Very smart UAW.

100 day supply of calibers and nitros?

for once a strike is good for the company? ha uaw you should work harder on this one.

I say….Fire all UAW!

I wonder if Cerebus can break the union? How long would they need 3 months, 6 months? Hell they probably have 4 months of vehicles to sell. Just imangine all their options if they could do it. Hopefully, it will last long enough to sap the “strike cash” the UAW has hoarded because Ford can’t afford a long strike.

Here’s a more comprehensive article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/business/10cnd-auto.html?hp

After seeing all those concept cars from Toyota and Honda today, I’m starting to believe in white man superiority concept and then this strike ruined that as well.

autonut: Jared taylor says the yellow man is superior. I say there’s diamonds and turds of all shades

I hope they take down the company. Cerebrus might have very deep pockets, but they’ll soon learn that they can’t just buy out everything to make up for lack of innovation.

Maybe then, American car makers will learn a lesson and start building towards real progress.

Lol CTS-Driver. I read on reuters that the strike is hurting some plant workers more than others. Chrysler had idled a few plants but were paying the workers. Now that they are striking Chrysler doe not have to pay them the Union does.

I admit though – I’d take a Nitro – Only if it was free….

jjt, I think Taylor is responsible for the RiN concept. It is bs mascarading as automobile.

That was quick.

If I was part of Chrysler management I would have let the strike go on for one or two months. That would help reduce unsold inventory plus it should get more concessions out of the UAW ****ers (workers) which will only be getting paid $200 a week during the strike. I think that, together with a nice signing bonus will get those overpaid dumbasses to sign anything after 2 months.

Just FYI -

There are other UAW employees other than the “guys who screw cars together”…. There are model makers, prototype fabricators, CATIA/CAD Engineering designers, Clay modelers/sculptors in the studio, process engineers, and this list goes on. Granted, some of the membership are lazy, un-educated etc. But there are many talented and dedicated people in the UAW that DO contribute to the success of Chrysler throughout the Headquarters. All the great show-cars Chrysler has done over ther years where all sculpted with union labor. Also, most part CAD releases are done by union personnel, and these folks, contrary to popular belief, are not only educated, they are very necessary to the company. Now, have I seen some crappy stuff happen at a plant… you bet. But I have also seen the same if not more crappy management decisions at Chrysler, like building the Compass (thanks Daimler). So. EVERYONE is important, BOTH sides of the table. And what’s MORE important is that EVERYONE involved realize that importance, and the relevance of thier piece of the collective pie. If this industry dies, it is not long before the dominoes topple and the entire country is affected. Thank (insert your higher power here) an agreement was reached quickly, so everyone can get back to making an American Icon great again, together.

It’s not the workers I have a problem with. It is the fact that they are unionized…they get benefits and other compensation that is WAY higher than other works. Toyota has workers that build concepts and are very intelligent and do a good job — in fact, they do the exact same thing, yet they get paid much less than those union workers. And mind you, Toyota is a more successful company than Chrysler.

“But there are many talented and dedicated people in the UAW that DO contribute to the success of Chrysler throughout the Headquarters. ”

Then it’s EXACTLY their fault for making Chrysler unsuccessful since they continue to design crappy cars. How can you call that talented? The main problem with union workers is their mentality. I don’t care how smart they are, if they are asking too much for so little work, they are a problem to the company.

Ford up next… how long will that strike last?

Ford will never see a strike…GM caved…Chrysler caved…Ford would get killed in the media. They will just cave in and suffer the pain.

All of this saddened me. We used to be a nation capable of taking care of our own. Now we appear to detest our very own American citizens. Like everything else in life there are good and bad to found with anything—the unions are no exceptions, as are the car companies; politicians…don’t even get me started.

A friend, just happened to run into one of the lawyers for Chrysler this afternoon down here in Texas and they basically said Chrysler isn’t taken sh*t from anyone. They either wanna work or they dont. Cerebus isn’t messing around. Of course the unions are gonna flip this around.

**** the UAW!!!!!!!

Good to hear about the settlement. My Friday’s plans were in jeopardy since one person was to be on the picket line. Now, we can celebrate life! Peace all!

I’m a doctor, how can I get in there and rape this situation for my benefit? I want some of those billions of dollars spent on the fat Dorito-eating TV-watching mother****ers that drill two bolts in for 50 bucks an hour.

Doubt Ford has the coin to fund their health care trust. They’ll probably have to borrow. Unless… did they sell Volvo, Jag, or Rover yet?

It probably would have been good for Chrysler not to reach an agreement so soon. That way they could have got rid of there excessive inventory.

What would happen if these companies hired all the geniuses here, I wonder?

What other industry has retiree health packages? Job security? No one has job security anymore. If you build a lousy product, you lose your job. The end.

I would love to get paid to sleep for hours in between filling a parts bin, and then go on strike to get more money and benefits.

This country is ****ed.

What other country has no social healthcare what-so-ever? Medicaid does not count b/c not everybody qualifies.

The same country that doesn’t pay more in taxes to fund an inefficient healthcare system than it would cost to simply pay your own premium.

We need a healthcare oiverhaul.
I’d like a system where everybody is covered, and can choos his own doctors, and where doctors are making decisions, not insurance companies.

Furthermore, I want it to still be possible to get rich as a doctor.

Some of y’all are clueless about how auto-factory work is done.

More than a healthCARE overhaul, this country needs a HEALTH overhaul. No politicians have the balls to say it, but a big reason health care costs have gotten so huge is that Americans have gotten so huge. Fat asses, clogged arteries, and un-exercised hearts lead to several problems that are very expensive to cure. Excessive use of pharmaceutical drugs add to the problem. If we do change health care, I’d like to see the premiums structure changed – charge by the pound.

Vertical: maybe not by the pound, but by BMI. I weigh 212, but I’m 6′+. A 5′3″ guy who weighs 212 isn’t as healty as me