27,000 Ford workers have officially left the building
The Detroit Free Press is reporting today that since Ford began offering buyouts and early retirement offers to its hourly employees last year, about 27,000 have accepted and left the company. Since the offer was made last October to hourly workers at all of Ford's plants in North America, about 8,000 before the ball dropped on 2007 and 19,000 so far this year. Fortunately for Ford, about half were not eligible for early retirement, which means the automaker takes on less long-term retiree health care liability. Some of the workers who clocked out early include employees of Visteon plants, as well.
[Source: Detroit Free Press]
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bestmacs 4:18PM (6/14/2007)
Nice to see artwork with a difference.
Cheers, mate
David McMahon
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Shift head 4:40PM (6/14/2007)
And if you think the UAW lost those 'higher paying' jobs to the Japanese, Mexicans and Koreans, well, think again. It was recently reported that autoworkers for Hyundai and Kia now earn more than workers in the UAW. Hyundai lost $1.8 billion last year due to labor strikes. Another strike is planned for next week.
phil 6:15PM (6/14/2007)
It's not all about the pay. What about benefits?
robz4 4:42PM (6/14/2007)
Wow..It takes two guys to put the FORD emblem on their cars? No wonder they need to cut the amount of factory workers.
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paul34 5:15PM (6/14/2007)
Look at the picture again. It looks like one guy... the captions throw you off though, I admit =D
Barney 10:37PM (6/14/2007)
Maybe it's because they both, only have one hand. Each complement the other.
don race 6:26PM (6/14/2007)
After hearing about this, I can see why the big push UAW is doing by playing on public sympaty about plant conditions with new hires and stepping up to get us (TOYOTA KY. PLANT) to accept the UAW's lies. THEY NEED OUR MONEY !!
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Petey 7:20PM (6/14/2007)
Even on departure, UAW folks get a huge payment.. good riddance.. where else can you get a pay out like that (other than GM and Chrysler) for a job requiring nothing beyond highschool education.
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Andy 10:22PM (6/14/2007)
So cloer the UAW demise comes...
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John 12:26AM (6/15/2007)
When the UAW is dissolved, there will be huge celebrations all across America.
Americans will once again drive American cars.
Everywhere on the road, you will see Chevrolets, Fords, and Chryslers!
That's the day in the future when the UAW falls like the Berlin Wall did.
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Connor 12:30AM (6/15/2007)
The UAW will have workers intentionally injure themselves, and collect full working pay for months without working.
What a complete scam organization.
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roadside observer 10:43AM (6/15/2007)
"The UAW will have workers intentionally injure themselves, and collect full working pay for months without working.
What a complete scam organization."
And the executive ranks have people like Steve Miller, who's made a career of taking companies into bankruptcy, enriching the executives who managed the companies into bankruptcy, and making a killing himself while the little guy takes it in the shorts - all while embracing the title of 'turnaround specialist.'
Talk about a scam, that's it.
Steve C 10:06AM (6/15/2007)
While I believe the UAW has been the primary culprit in the devastation of the American auto manufacturing industry, it takes two to tango.
Please don't leave the senior management out of the blame game. They deserve almost as much blame as the union. They knew, or should have known, that the contracts they were signing could not be sustained unless their business grew at compounded rates that were unsustainable. They didn't care because they raked in tens of millions in salary, bonuses and stock options before the music stopped.
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paul83 4:10PM (6/17/2007)
well i will laugh at all you people once your out of work because you buy foregin
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