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Jack_Berry

Jack_Berry

Moderator Emeritus
janesville truck plant rolled its last silverado off the line this morning. 1200 workers are out of work. 800 suppliers for that one plant will need layoff workers. the plant will produce isuzu trucks until june then all production ceases
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
there are a few scheduled plant closures from last year. Yes...complete closure. Some plants are obsolete as the makers trim the number of models available.
 
Jack_Berry

Jack_Berry

Moderator Emeritus
there is a new brand of police squad car being built independant of the big 2.5. mb 3.0 diesel tops at 130 and all aero lights. sent the info to local state congressman to look into getting the production in that plant.
 
Suds43

Suds43

Seasoned Expediter
There's 2200 "union" workers out of a job now, Guess they'll have to live like the rest of us po-foke........
Guess they should of thought of that when they were getting those huge union contracts, lining their own pockets. Not giving a d**n about those of us who can't afford their union products anymore.

Back in '85 I bought a new T-Bird (last ford I'll own btw) off the show room floor. I paid more for that car than my parents did for their 14 room house!!
We are barraged with all the ads...."Buy union products, support America"......seems like it should say "buy union products, support the union so our members can live high off the hog"

I remember one time delivering at a GM plant in Michigan. I pull up to the building and go inside to see what door they wanted me in. The guy very sarcastically tells me "it's your truck, pick one yourself". I go back out and back up to a door. Walk back inside and tell the guy what # I was at. I sat and sat and sat in the drivers section figuring the forklift driver was going to unload me. The guy in the office had radioed out to the forklift driver what door I was at. He pulls up in front of the door I'm at and just sits there, looks at me, doesn't say a word. Then pulls out a book and starts reading. Was probably there an hour. Finally another expedite driver comes up and tells me I have to walk over to the door and remove the plastic safety chain and roll up the door myself before the forklift operator will unload me. It wasn't "his" job to remove the chain and open doors. His "job" was to operate the forklift...Give me a break!!!!!
Delivered recently to a GM plant in Lockport, NY. A supposed 'hot load' needed there right away. PIcked up in So. Illinois, drove overnight to Lockport. Beat my *** down the road, delivered 45 minutes late.. Wasn't my fault for being late, had some problems at the shippers. Anyhoo, when I deliver at 6 a.m. I ask the guy at the dock if they had to shut the line down because I was 45 minutes late with the fasteners. He said no, the line had already been shut down at 4 a.m. Whoever was in charge of making sure they had enough stock to run the line for the schedules amt. of time had neglected to order some other parts and they had to wait for them. They were paying $130,000 to expedite them there by plane!

Nope, I don't feel sorry for any of them!!!!
 
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jmore1276

Seasoned Expediter
Suds43 said:
There's 2200 "union" workers out of a job now, Guess they'll have to live like the rest of us po-foke........
Guess they should of thought of that when they were getting those huge union contracts, lining their own pockets. Not giving a d**n about those of us who can't afford their union products anymore.

Back in '85 I bought a new T-Bird (last ford I'll own btw) off the show room floor. I paid more for that car than my parents did for their 14 room house!!
We are barraged with all the ads...."Buy union products, support America"......seems like it should say "buy union products, support the union so our members can live high off the hog"

I remember one time delivering at a GM plant in Michigan. I pull up to the building and go inside to see what door they wanted me in. The guy very sarcastically tells me "it's your truck, pick one yourself". I go back out and back up to a door. Walk back inside and tell the guy what # I was at. I sat and sat and sat in the drivers section figuring the forklift driver was going to unload me. The guy in the office had radioed out to the forklift driver what door I was at. He pulls up in front of the door I'm at and just sits there, looks at me, doesn't say a word. Then pulls out a book and starts reading. Was probably there an hour. Finally another expedite driver comes up and tells me I have to walk over to the door and remove the plastic safety chain and roll up the door myself before the forklift operator will unload me. It wasn't "his" job to remove the chain and open doors. His "job" was to operate the forklift...Give me a break!!!!!
Delivered recently to a GM plant in Lockport, NY. A supposed 'hot load' needed there right away. PIcked up in So. Illinois, drove overnight to Lockport. Beat my *** down the road, delivered 45 minutes late.. Wasn't my fault for being late, had some problems at the shippers. Anyhoo, when I deliver at 6 a.m. I ask the guy at the dock if they had to shut the line down because I was 45 minutes late with the fasteners. He said no, the line had already been shut down at 4 a.m. Whoever was in charge of making sure they had enough stock to run the line for the schedules amt. of time had neglected to order some other parts and they had to wait for them. They were paying $130,000 to expedite them there by plane!

Nope, I don't feel sorry for any of them!!!!
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do me a favor and if you get an oportunity to get a good paying union job. Turn it down and give it to me. Thanx. I'll take it in a heart beat.
 
Suds43

Suds43

Seasoned Expediter
IF I'm looking for a job I won't put an application into any place that's union.....they've never done anything for me except take money out of my paycheck.........
Back in 86 I had some major surgery. Was off work for about 3 months. When I got the doctor's release to go back to work I had a temporary restraint on how much I could lift. Told my boss and he said he couldn't use me until the restriction was lifted. Really there wasn't any lifting to my job. I drove dump truck and snow plow for the township. He never would take me back. come to find out, he'd hired one of his buddies to replace me. I went to the union and what did they do?? NOTHING! But they had their hand out every payday for their union dues!

Again, No thanks, Ya'll can keep your unions.
 
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nightcreacher

nightcreacher

Veteran Expediter
Suds43 said:
IF I'm looking for a job I won't put an application into any place that's union.....they've never done anything for me except take money out of my paycheck.........
Back in 86 I had some major surgery. Was off work for about 3 months. When I got the doctor's release to go back to work I had a temporary restraint on how much I could lift. Told my boss and he said he couldn't use me until the restriction was lifted. Really there wasn't any lifting to my job. I drove dump truck and snow plow for the township. He never would take me back. come to find out, he'd hired one of his buddies to replace me. I went to the union and what did they do?? NOTHING! But they had their hand out every payday for their union dues!

Again, No thanks, Ya'll can keep your unions.
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Thats to bad,in 1979 I drove a union truck,had my appendix out,in Brazil In,Union hospitilization paid all my bills.Was in hospital for 2 weeks,and off work for 6 months.Got sick pay for eveyday I was at home.I cant gripe about that
 
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