UAW forced to be paid as a Southern Foreign factory worker.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/19/AR2008121903856.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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???

 

If the Southern workers had joined the union and tried to force Detroit
style pay and benefit packages, then the Japanese plants would all be in
Mexico (just like many GM and Mercedes plants already are).

 

I make it a point to NEVER buy any car, new or used, assembled by UAW
dumb-**** overpaid slob morons...

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.

 

Stupid.... interesting term that could be applied to many different groups
of people...

Stupid... as in customers continuing to pay prices that have been driven
high by over-priced wage packages for union workers? Come on... this is
assembly line work... put tab A in slot B... what rolls off the end of the
line could be a toaster, a car or Mattels latest toy... It ain't rocket
science.

Someone is signing the cheque for this, doofus.... and that would be the
consumer...

Where I live, we have a labour shortage.... our local McDonalds is offering
$13 per hour.... I wonder how many 99 cent burgers you need to sell to make
that idea profitable?

I'm sure that all of your fellow Americans will love the hell out of you
calling them "ignorant".

 

I got news for you, japanese are already in Mexico.
The US is there because of the Bush/Clinton NAFTA sellout/New world Order
BS.

 

I make it a point to NEVER buy any car, new or used, assembled by UAW
dumb-**** overpaid slob morons...

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.

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
American would you?

 

The quality control of Toyota is done by each worker.
If someone notices that something is missing from a former step they
pull the chain and stop the line.
In the beginning the line was stopping all the time.
Then the quality improved and the line hardly ever needs to be
stopped.

In GM they did not dare to do it so inspection is done after the car
has been sold and the customer finds something wrong.
First they deny the problem and then the customer gets angry and
stoppes buying GM cars.

That is a major difference and I have been waiting to see how long
this could go on like this.

It is very exciting to see that GM is finally dead and the prolonged
funeral is taking place over the next months.

RIP

 

What do you know about fellow Americans when you would rather see your
dollars go to Japan rater than keep it here providing a stronger US economy.
I bet you are one who would rather see 100s of thousands om AMERICANS lose
jobs rather than bail out the US auto industry.

 

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.

 

Yes they are already in Mexico, and if the workers in the Southern US
states had sold out to the UAW, all those Southern US factories would
be gone, or never built in the first place.

You are obviously a union troll.

 

I would rather keep my dollar HERE making for a stronger Canadian economy
you self centered bastard...

As for my dollars going to Japan? Two Fords, a Harley Davidson and a holiday
trailer made in fucking Colorado are parked in my driveway and you have the
temerity to speak untruths???? My money goes to Japan? ****... even kittens
eventually open their eyes... FWIW, I'm a tech in a Ford store - in order to
pay those overpriced whining bastuhds, Ford has re-engineered the labour
rates that techs are paid for warranty repairs.... raped is about the best
word you could use there.

And now you are changing the tune you are playing... we have gone from
getting paid an appropriate wage to "losing jobs". The Japs are paying
assembly line labour pretty much what assembly line labour is worth... to
pretend it is worth more only drives the cost of the product higher...or
haven't you heard the term "inflation" before?

 

Oh, and don't forget the black helicopters.

 

I'm sorry the workers may lose benefits but, the option is to shut
down American Auto companies. To understand, look at the history.
Unions organized in the 1930s and became very powerful by 1950. With
unsustainable profits and prosperity in the 1950s, the companies met
most union demands to keep the production lines rolling. Today, on
the other hand, the 3 remaining auto makers are on the brink of
banruptcy and most American consumers are unable to buy a 35,000
automobile.
I'd like to see all auto makers unionised but I'd also like to see the
price of cars reduced. Lets hope the OBama guys make significant
advances to level the plying field for all auto makers.
The Japanese companies have no retired pensioners to support but
companies like GM have thousands. Auto makers in foreign countries
can rely on the government to provide health care while here health
care costs knock your socks off. Hospital fees, like union benefits,
are based on a level of prosperity that hasn't existed in America for
40 years.
It's funny the administration demands auto makers to get rid of all
corporate jets. What about eliminating air force one? And what about
all those congressmen and Senators who are flown wherevever they want
to go by military aircraft?

 

You are almost correct for change, worker in domestic assembly can't pull a
chain. They have to push the big red stop button to halt the line when
someone caused an error or notices that something is missing to stop the
line when there is a problem.

Why don't you say in my opinion when you post your goofy comments? You are
entitled to that, but at least then you will simply appear to be uninformed
and not just stupid LOL

 

What do you do for a living?

 

Just 8% of a car's cost is labor. Fifty percent is parts. The rest,
42%,is sucked up do-nothing, fat-assed managers - the real cause for
the decline of American business. In a Japanese car company the
manager who has to layoff people must lay himself off. Never happens
in American corporations. Management is like a diaper, always on your
ass and always full of shit.

When I have a UK manager, I'm managed in an enlightened way. Never
happens with American managers.

 

The manager was trying to make a decision about Jack and Jill.
He is talking to Jill and says I am not sure if I should lay you or
Jack off.
She answered that he should jack off.

 

So a bail will do what ?? There's hundreds of thousands of their cars
sitting unsold on car lots...oh yeah, lets get them back to work to make
many more thousands of cars that nobody wants so they came park them on
lots.

I'd personally like to see all three go down the tubes...get rid of their
management, unions, and baggage. Let the Jap companies buy up the corpses
and resurrect them into efficient concerns.

 

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1989-1998 240sx tutorials (91-94 unless indicated) :
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A
bbreviations
AIV removal(PAIR
valve)
Air Regulator

Alignment
Alternator removal
Needs work
Antenna Install[/
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Automatic
transmission-1991-1994-FSM
Battery
terminal replacement
Battery FAQ
Belts-changing[/
url]Needs work
Brakes-1991-1994-FSM

Brakes-Bleeder screw

Brakes-replace rear
pads
Brakes-replace rear
rotors
Brake master
cylinder replacement
Brake light
Buying
guide-1989-1998
Cam
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Clutch master
cylinder
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url] (no pictures)
Clutch-1991-1994-FSM

Codes: retrieving
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Codes:
retrieving & reading(1995-1998)
Codes: retieving &
reading(1989-90 SOHC)
Code 34
detonation/knock sensor
Compression test
methodology
Computer codes:
reading
Control
arm-front lower control arm replacement
Coolant system-
general
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Coolant-
Temperature sensor
Crankshaft position
sensor
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url]
Dash removal[/
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Defogger-rear
defroster(1989-1998)
Detonation sensor/
knock sensor
Differential-
aftermarket install
Differential oil
change
Distributor
see Timing
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url]
Dist. timing trouble-
shoot
Door-
hinge sags Needs work
Door latch
troubleshooting(Driver's door)
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url]
Engine-
Fuel_emission-1991-1994-FSM
Engine
Removal 1991-98
ECU-serial numbers[/
url]
ECU- Tuning
Electronic help
Exhaust manifold
removal
Factory service
manual-1991-1994 Incomplete-see link in my signature
Factory service manual
1989 best
Factory service
manual-1989-1990
Factory service
manual-1995
Factory service
manual-1998
Fender brace
install

Fiberglassing
Flooding
Freeze plug
(expansion)
Fuel filter
replacement
Fuel injector
replacement
Fuel Injector Leak
test
Fuel pressure
regulator
Fuel Pressure specs(see fuel pressure reg. article 34/43 psi)
Fuel pump install

Fuel Pump install
(s14)
Fuel pump
Needs work
Fuel pump kill switch

Fuse & Relay
Locations
Ground kit[/
url]
Ground-checking[/
url]
Hatch-
water leak
Headlight
troubleshooting
Helicoil
Idle-
stalling at stop lights
Idle adjustment[/
url]
IACV AAC cleaning
& electrical trouble-shooting
Ignition lock/
switch
Intake manifold good article
Intake-AEM install
on 1997
knock
sensor/Detonation sensor
Light
bulb replacement-dash
Leak down test- FUEL

Light bulb- S14
Climate control
MAF-cleaning[/
url]
Master cylinder
(brake) replacement
Master cylinder
brake bleeder kit
Oil pump
inspection
Oil pressure sensor[/
url]
Oxygen sensor
PCV
Paint codes
l
PCV-Location[/
url]
Power steering-
hose replacement
Power steering-rebuild for
1995
Power steering pump-
removal/replacement
Power steering
system-bleeding
Relays-theory[/
url]
Radiator
Radio
harness wire colours-89-98
S
eat upgrade
Specifications
(1991-1994)
Stalling-at stop
lights
Starting -hard start
when engine warm
Starting-hard start
when engine cold
Starter trouble-
shooting-Engine won't turn over
Steering-also see power steering
Steering wheel
removal
1990 steering rack replacement
Steering-rack
bushing replacement
Steering-Tie rod
removal
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rack angle
Stereo Faq see
radio
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remedy

Stripped bolt remedy
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Subrame(1995-1998)[/
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/370290-1991-1993-240sx-
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/370768-1991-1993-240sx-rear-
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[url=http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=212392]Suspensiion-Sway
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=385480]Suspension-Rear
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[url=http://www.expertvillage.com/video-series/4351_ball-joint.htm]
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=254375][B]T[/B]
emperature sensor-coolant[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/306630]Thermostat[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/
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url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=330774]Tie rod removal[/
url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/358264]Timing Light guide[/
url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/timing.htm]Timing-adjusting[/
url]
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/357530]Dist. timing trouble-
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/105618]Timing Chain Rattle
(1991-1998)[/url]
[url=http://www.nicoclub.com/articles.php?id=161689]Timing chain rattle
(SOHC)(1989-90)[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/timing_chain/index.html]
Timing chain install (SOHC)[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/220814]Timing chain
replacement(SOHC) best[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=255023]Timing Chain
(DOHC)[/url] Incomplete
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/358025]Top Dead Center[/
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/221905][B]V[/B]acuum
diagrams[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/255646]Vacuum Pump Leak[/
url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=257238]Valve removal/
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[url=http://my240.epijunkie.com/240SX_VIN_and_MID_Decoding]VIN-reading/
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[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=220947][B]W[/B]ater pump
replacement[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/232942]Water pump(1995-1998)
[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/81407]Wheels[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=247358]Wheel stud
replacement[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=381913]Wheel stud
replacement2[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=363488]Wheel bearing
replacement-rear[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=355042]Windshield wiper
noise fix[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/245266]Window-repairing amp
(1989-1995)[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/256110]Window-repairing
power windows(1996-1998)[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/power_windows.htm]Window-stuck[/
url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/218638]Window-replace motor
1995-98[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=251576]Wiring diagrams[/
url]

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[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/cai/clinthicum/240sxcai.html]
Air intake install[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/aem-intake/index.htm]Air
Intake install-S14-(AEM)[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/short_intake/index.htm]Air
Intake-Custom S14[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/BRAKE-UPGRADE.jpg]Brake
upgrade-240sx to 300zx[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/flywheel/index.htm]Clutch
install[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/how_to_wire_electric_fans.htm]
Fan-electric wiring[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/242562]Fan-wiring[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/
first_gen_electric_fan_install.htm]Fan-electric wiring[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/efans/index.html]Fan install-
electric for s14[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/240404]Fiberglassing [/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/hotshot/
hotshot_header_install.html] Header Intall[/url]
[url=http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread/206434]Hood pin install[/
url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/lsd2/index.htm]LSD(limited
slip differential) install[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/faq/articles/apex.htm]multichecker[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/nosinstall/NOS_Install.htm]
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[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/chrisr/index.html]Sound
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[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/coilover/coilover/index.html]
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[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/s14_5speed_swap.htm]Swap-auto
to 5speed s14[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/turbo240/240sx.htm]Turbo-1989
240sx[/url]
[url=http://www.240sx.org/links/installs/turbo90240/feature2.htm]Turbo
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It does not matter if it drives them crazy. If they want more interesting
work then let them get off their duff and get an education or develop
skills that will afford them those opportunities. Boring work is not a
justification for pay. If you don't have a lot to offer, you do the crummy
work for the crummy pay.

At minimum wage those people would indeed be getting all the pay
worthwhile. Don't like crazy mind draining activity? Then get off your
duff and improve yourself. Quit crying about mind draining activity.

I have no problem buying either American or import and my father is dead,
so he's not putting bread on the table for screwing in a bolt. He did
however, instill in us a drive to work for what you want and not rely on
lame whines like "mind draining". He taught us that if we don't like where
we are/what we're doing, then improve yourself in order to move on past it.
You might want to try the same.