And some of these very same people demand $15.00 an hour for Walmart and Mickey D. workers as well. The media are nothing more than a bunch of shit stirrers.
I agree, trailfndr. Since we must continue to pay dues until the contract expires in 2015, Bob and his boys will have already taken theirs and left. The possibility of our contract being opened up
for the umpteenth time should be lessened, however.
Where did you come up with 40k fired? Here's what I found regarding the Boeing strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Machinists_Strike_of_2008 . It looks like they didn't do too bad for themselves.
Does anybody know whether or not the fire at the Magna plant in Howell is going to set us back further with I.P.'s from Saline? In http://www.freep.com/article/20110302/NEWS06/110302065/Employees-describe-crazy-scene-Howell-Township-auto-supplier-fire-?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE the story mentioned that "chemicals in that area are used to make dashboard skins for vehicles." I hope we can pump out a boat load of our new Focii before gas goes back down in this up and down petrol market.