On Dec 20, 1:21*pm, "Rock Hardson" <RH...@yahooo.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 20, 9:41 am, "Rock Hardson" <RH...@yahooo.com> wrote:
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> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/12/19/AR200...
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> > The article states that the southern japanese factory worker was offered
> > to
> > join the union bringing wages on par to its northern American worker but
> > they opted to stay bare foot and po' for japanese pennies. How STUPID can
> > people be! If they had simply joined the union they would be getting the
> > same exact pay and benefits as the northern worker living a higher
> > standard
> > of life and there would have been an even playing field for all
> > manufactures
> > from the start. For years it has been said that the Japanese choose the
> > southern worker simply to take advantage of there ignorance. I guess the
> > article proves they were right about that one. Now the northern worker
> > will
> > be forced to be dragged down to the level of pay of the southern worker..
> > Its
> > a simple question of is everyone on board to make a lot of money or will a
> > segment of the community just drag others down to make a lesser amount of
> > money???
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> I make it a point to NEVER buy any car, new or used, assembled by UAW
> dumb-**** overpaid slob morons...
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> There is not a single UAW leak in possession of a skill set worth
> their extortionistic wage and benefit package. *Back in the sixties,
> 8th. grade dropouts all over the country would wind up getting $25/hr.
> to slap hubcaps on Fords and Chevys. ***** the UAW and anyone who
> supports them.
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> Yeh...and its just fine to that Japanese CEO get billions in return for
> paying workers $14 and hour to screw on a bolt over and over and over again
> 8 hours a day. You try doing that and see if you don't go crazy. If you have
> a job doing crazy mind draining activity at least make it worth your while
> and get paid for it. And I bet if your father was putting bread on your
> table for screwing on a bolt, you would have no problem at all buying
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The UAW is living proof that one does not need to invest in oneself in
terms of high skills and knowledge. That, in and of itself, is
anathema to capitalism.