Showing posts with label Auto Industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Auto Industry. Show all posts

Friday, February 20, 2009

Pay Rates

So, it's no surprise (is it?) that a lot of false numbers get tossed around when you're talking about auto industry pay rates.

Everybody Watch This Video On Worker Pay

The mayor of Lansing Michigan takes on Fox propagandist. The $70 per hour figure is a lie that Fox repeats. Auto workers are paid much less than that. This $70 figure takes all the health care [...]
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Friday, January 02, 2009

The Holiday Season

The holiday season is almost over.  It's been enjoyable, with time spent with family, friends, and good great food! However, all it takes is a quick glance at CNN or MSNBC and you'll realize that there's a harsh reality of recession out there.  The American auto industry is at the core of the problem (along with the housing industry). How's one of the Big Three reacting? Who's the brain trust responsible for THIS idea?

What's wrong with the U.S. car industry in a nutshell

Before settling in for a day of cartoons yesterday, we caught some of CNBC's program Saving GM, which focused on the development of a new version of the old Chevrolet standby, the Camaro, for 2010...And it struck me how this portrayal of the money and effort that GM was spending to try to revive an old brand name from an era radically different from today was the essence of [...]

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