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2014-02-15 Economy

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Posted by Bobby 2014-02-15 09:15|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 Soviet 'Union' built eh ?

Posted by Besoeker 2014-02-15 10:23|| 2014-02-15 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 The Big Three and Detroit can't be something the UAW can sweep under the carpet no matter how much the Party Media tries. There's a reason your plant was built in Tennessee. You have a job. Thousands of former UAW members do not.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-15 11:00|| 2014-02-15 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 executive order in 5 4 3 ...

Posted by CrazyFool 2014-02-15 11:04|| 2014-02-15 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Oh the irony

"We are outraged at the outside interference in this election. It's never happened in this country before that a U.S. senator, a governor, a leader of the house, a leader of the legislature here threatened the company with those incentives, threatened workers with the loss of product," Bob King, the UAW president who has staked his legacy on expanding into the south, said.

Posted by Beavis 2014-02-15 11:36|| 2014-02-15 11:36|| Front Page Top

#5 ...they don't threaten, they just send the IRS or EPA or Homeland Security to make the call (see Gibson Guitar raid).

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-15 11:41|| 2014-02-15 11:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Unions are a 19th century solution to a 19th century problem. They would be gone already but for active government assistance.

Posted by Iblis 2014-02-15 11:46|| 2014-02-15 11:46|| Front Page Top

#7 UAW. From my brief membership with them a long time ago, it meant U Ain't Workin. Seniority does not always mean competency.

Posted by OldSpook 2014-02-15 11:50|| 2014-02-15 11:50|| Front Page Top

#8 There were 1550 potential voters. So at 626, that's 40% ja.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2014-02-15 12:19|| 2014-02-15 12:19|| Front Page Top

#9 If they wanted it to be a union shop they should of built it in PA or MI or NY

Posted by Airandee 2014-02-15 13:13|| 2014-02-15 13:13|| Front Page Top

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