..Ford has 32 manufacturing plants in the US..and 61 worldwide...Ford for the most part builds where their consumers are...with all the craziness around the world..I doubt Ford moves any US plants..
..There will be,or should be,a time where the brotherhood of the UAW workers,get a message to the president,enough is enough..Put a vote up for the workers..and lets see if there can be an agreement...what's his endgame 100% or bankruptcy ??
..Why bash the unions..? If you don't like them..who cares..any blue collar worker who is fortunate to work with a union,especially a career,will almost always have a better life style..and better retirement..usually union bashers are the ones that couldn't handle a union job or jealous that...
I ordered a 4 dr AMB base with a HT...a couple small options...switches...mats..wait almost a year for it Jan-Dec...It's a 4 year lease,due in Dec 25...I'll have to see how the car market (and country) are doing at that time..maybe I'll buy it from the dealer and put a 4sale on it...
...There were a few times the assembly plant I worked on was so hot ...the whole plant walked out ...started 4..soaking wet by 5...they made a few changes..and it worked out for both sides..
..Congress is heading toward a national shut down..I doubt if they want to get involved with another problem...let them do the job they were elected to do...
...The two people you mention make their own money...How much would Farley and Barra be making without the thousands of schleppers doing the ball busting work...apples and oranges..
..I have to laugh when I read all these comments about over-paid positions...unless you ever work on an assembly line...building machinery..you have no idea what you're talking about...It's easy sitting on the couch watching the news and making dumb ass comments.Doing the same job for 8 hours is...
..We all know what would have happened if the UAW would have come in with a demand of 5 or 6 % (a year) over 4 years...The companies would have cried and offered a whopping 3%...and the union workers get screwed again...maybe the 32 hours was telling the companies all the O/T is to...
...I worked on the assembly line for Ford for many years...if you worked on the line,for the most part you didn't have time to be lazy...we were building 62 cars an hour...some jobs (be a utility,relief man)I did ,I didn't have time to light a cigarette...welts on my ass from installing rear...
I keep the second key in the back in case I should lose the everyday key...I travel quite a bit to watch minor league baseball...I lost a key years ago before we had fobs and keypads...and it was really a pain....
When I go to the beach..I leave all my stuff..money..wallet ..phone and key fob in the back,under a towel..and when I get back to the Bronco..pop in the number and the doors unlock...I rap my second fob in foil,and hide it in the back..been doing that with my Edge for years,never a problem..