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  • From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
  • Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:07:06 -0800 (PST)

It is just part of the problem, but it is a problem beyond repair. That
particular union has been rotten with corruption for many years.

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--- On Thu, 12/18/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] hyper v depr debate continues
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:01 PM
> bobf wrote:
> > It's all BS. <snip> And, if workers want
> > a Union , they need to dump UAW , and start one
> without the financial
> > and political corruption. Some enitites are just
> beyond
> > help..................................
>
> IMO, the UAW is the problem, not that I am against all
> unions, but it has increased the price of the car to where
> they are not competitive with other manufacturers. Here in
> the southern US, there are many, many foreign manufacturers
> that are non-unionized and the workers still make good
> money($20/hr or better) The plants have revitalized local
> economies and they have treated the workers well, for the
> most part.
>
> A cop here who makes $12 or $15/hr, or a teacher who starts
> at $25k, or even that autoworker who makes $20, cannot
> afford to pay the jacked up price of a Big 3 vehicle. That
> price is necessitated by paying those workers $40-50 hour
> for the same job others are doing for $20.
>
> B
> -- The true significance of Sacajawea's involvement in
> the Lewis & Clark
> expedition is that it was the first documented trip in
> history where men
> asked a woman for directions and followed them, allowing
> them to arrive
> at their destination.







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