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Says Big Three Must Come Up With Austerity Plan Before Congress Will OK Any Bailout Package

[craigh9]

PART 2

They also implemented a new performance system that would give the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called the ''''Rowing Team Quality First Program,'''' with meetings, dinners, and free pens for the rower. There was discussion of getting new paddles, canoes, and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices and bonuses.

The next year the Japanese won by two miles.

Humiliated, the American management laid off the rower for poor performance, halted development of a new canoe, sold the paddles, and canceled all capital investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year''''s racing team was out-sourced to India .

The End.

Here''''s something else to think about:

Ford has spent the last thirty years moving all its factories out of the US , claiming they can''''t make money paying American wages.

TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years building more than a dozen plants inside the US. The last quarter''''s results:

TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while Ford racked up 9 billion in losses.

Ford folks are still scratching their heads.

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IF THIS WEREN''''T TRUE, IT MIGHT BE FUNNY !

[craigh9]

A MODERN PARABLE . . PART 1

A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford) decided to have a rowing race on the Missouri River . Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.

On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.

The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action.

Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing.

Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion.

They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.

Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the rowing team''''s management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents, and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager.

[craigh9]

I''''m very unhappy about having to foot the bill, and probably be agreeing to sign up my children to foot the bill, for any bail outs; however, I''''ve accepted it as a necessary, temporary evil to keep our country afloat. What I won''''t stand for, though, is the unevenness with which the government is treating the manufacturing sector and the financial sector. Everyone who is asking for money does need to show a plan for survival and long-term viability, or no one should have to do so. (Personally, I think all companies should be required to.) What''''s good for the auto industry, though, should be good for the financial sector....
Posted by AandEsMom at 12:44 PM : Nov 24, 2008

The problem is that everybody is buying into 1 theory - that no one would buy a car from a company in bamkruptcy, There is no evidence to support that. Look at the airlines, when some were in bankruptcy still bought tickets in advance, they didn''t think they would automatically collapse. The auto inductry is in full doom and gloom mode because they don''t want to make the hard decisions and are trying to take the easy road - get money to continue as usual.
Chapter 11 is designed for just this type of situation - USE IT and leave the taxpayers out of it.

[txgrouch2007]

We all know that this is a politically divided country.
Posted by TheMasses10 at 12:53 PM : Nov 24, 2008

Who said "Bush is Hitler?"

[aandesmom]

I''m very unhappy about having to foot the bill, and probably be agreeing to sign up my children to foot the bill, for any bail outs; however, I''ve accepted it as a necessary, temporary evil to keep our country afloat. What I won''t stand for, though, is the unevenness with which the government is treating the manufacturing sector and the financial sector. Everyone who is asking for money does need to show a plan for survival and long-term viability, or no one should have to do so. (Personally, I think all companies should be required to.) What''s good for the auto industry, though, should be good for the financial sector....

[aandesmom]

Where the hell is Citigroup''s viability plan? Who''s accountable at AIG? Our illustrious government''s handing Citigroup ANOTHER blank check to the tune of $20 billion at lightning speed (on top of their first blank check of $25 billion, not to mention over $300 billion in loan guarantees), but the auto industry is left high and dry so far. We''re willing to hand over the auto industry, some say the back bone of our manufacturing sector, to Asian companies without a backward glance. Don''t be fooled: those "jobs" foreign companies are bringing to our country are lower paying, with fewer, if any, benefits. Some say that''s what it takes to be competitive. Maybe so. But remember all you Ebenezer Scrooges out there, the cost of living in the north of the country is higher than in the south, where many of the foreign companies are setting up in high concentration. Plus the high-expertise, advanced engineering jobs and gleaned technological advances, not to mention PROFITS, are funneled to their home countries, not shared here.

[itdfactsu]

The UAW has a proud history of honoring our veterans. The International Union%u2019s Veteran Affairs Department is currently involved in building a home in Eaton Rapids, Michigan to be used by the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Home for Children. The duplex building will house two veteran families at a time as they rebuild and recuperate from difficult life situations. The funds for the home were raised by UAW locals across the country, while laid off members in the Lansing area have done the construction. The home is slated to open in the spring of 2006. %u201CWith 25 single parent families on our waiting list, the UAW is meeting an important need for the children and families we serve nation wide,%u201D states Patrice Green, National Home Executive Director. %u201COur organizations share the important mission of caring for veterans and their families. The VFW National Home for Children is ecstatic about the generosity of the UAW community.%u201D

[itdfactsu]

Jeff Doc Dentice on Region 4 UAW Veterans
423
points
Region 4 UAW Veterans- What an amazing group of Veterans & Patriotic union members. In 1988 in Wisconsin, Region 9 & Region 4 became one Region. And at that 1st gathering in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, President Owen Bieber was there to welcome both Region Vets groups to join in unity and do great things for the UAW.

Since that time, Region 4 UAW Vets have raised and donated over $1,000,000 to Veterans homes and hospitals in Wisconsin-Iowa-Illinois and Minnesota in the past 20 years. They have Vets Days every year in all 4 states, a Vets home each year has $30,000+ given to them for the Veterans recreation needs as well as building gazebos for them to relax in, and buying new vans to travel to their hospital appointments etc.

UAW Miller Brewery Headquarters (Milwaukee) has been a major supporter of the UAW Vets all these years, with Doc Dentice, a brewery worker-now retired meeting with the Presidents, and getting huge amounts of donations every year for the Vets Days and Vets Homes
http://www.iamtheuaw.org/Jeff_Doc_Dentice

[itdfactsu]

In China supporting a trade union can get you long sentence in jail.

Does China Permit Worker Rights?

NO. China today has more labor activists in prison than any other country in the world. There are widespread violations by China of internationally recognized labor rights.

FACT:
Chinese workers have no right to form or join free trade unions.

FACT:
In China, collective bargaining for better wages and working conditions by free unions can''t occur.

FACT:
Strikes and democratic labor protests are prohibited in China.

FACT:
More than four million Chinese are in forced labor camps, producing auto parts and other products that often are exported.

FACT:
The U.S. State Department reports that official repression of labor activists in China has worsened in the past few years.

[itdfactsu]

THE BUSH ADMIN IS GIVING CITI BANK ANOTHER $50 Billion on top of the $25 Billion Paulson already gave Citi Bank

The US automakers have to submit a business plan and pay back the money @5% rate what''s Citi Bank''s, AIG and all those other companies that have been handed Billions in US taxpayer dollars what''s there plan and are they going to be paying the US taxpayers back @ 5% rate? Ask Paulson/Bush because they''re the only ones that know about this Citi Bank scam bailout and those other companies.