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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow a complete shocker ... a labor union unhappy with something. <br><br>Seems no matter how much negotiating or compromising is done by GM, the UAW is only happy for a few weeks before they find something else to complain about. I'm sure in a week they will start throwing the word strike around. <br><br>The economy isn't exactly booming right now, and the value of the dollar keeps dropping, what do people expect?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Johnson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 8:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well it seems some of the shops are into a numbers game while others are into looking at it from positions and what they do.<br><br>IOW - the shops that actually put some thought into it came out with even bigger numbers than GM but the old school hardheads look at it as a quota system.<br><br>go figure...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 9:00AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wow a complete shocker ... General Motors unhappy with something.<br><br>Seems no matter how much negotiating or compromising is done by UAW, the General is only happy for a few weeks before they start changing the deal. I'm sure in a week they will start throwing the phrase "plant closing" around.<br><br>The economy isn't exactly booming right now, and the value of the dollar keeps dropping, what do people expect? People want to keep their wages; it's not their fault the company made the same car in the 80s and only built trucks eight years ago.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[elprogramer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[For once GM be bold instead of a bunch of pushovers.  Abolish the UAW and go union free like any other normal businesses across the globe.  They seem to do better and are moving forward.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tanooki2003]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 9:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[And how, pray tell, would GM "abolish" the UAW? Joining a union is part of your basic human rights. Besides, GM has massive pensions and retiree health care obligations managed by the UAW that wouldn't go away even if the plants were union-free.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rgseidl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[rqseidl- "basic human rights"? Huh? To get a job in a union shop, you MUST join the union. Your "right" to choose is forgone. Your other "choice" is to not get a job there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cowboy bob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 12:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[^I'm a UAW member and GM employee and I don't have to pay my dues if I don't want to. Closed shops haven't existed since the 40s.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[elprogramer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 11:51PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[Maybe they should have thought about nailing this down before signing the contract?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Polly Prissy Pants]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 9:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on UAW having issues with GM's landmark labor contract]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/18/uaw-having-issues-with-gms-landmark-labor-contract/</guid><description><![CDATA[agreed! *hehe suckers*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 18th 2008 5:12PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>