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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:40 PM Original message |
Apart from the grossly overpaid line workers, what's GM's problem? :sarcasm: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here's Obama's assessment of GM. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. it's not just the overpaid workers, |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But how can that be? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. gm has 9.5% market share in europe - despite their "strong unions". |
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angstlessk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. one thing none of the people asked was,...does GM get to use some change in HEALTHCARE |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Overpaid worker" is an oxymoron. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. That would be to easy. |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Maybe it's the grossly underpaid non-union service industry workers who... |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. 500,000 GM employees worldwide and about 50,000 in the US |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Precisely. Otherwise there would NOT be increased demand or more applying for H1Bs. |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Sorry, but I don't know what a H1B is .... |
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B o d i (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. I heard on the radio (forgot who said it) that for every GM worker, there are 6 collecting pensions |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Between extraordinary automation, making fewer vehicles and off-shoring, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. somewhere between 350,000 - 400,000 pensioners & 250,000 current employees. |
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