Chrysler Belvidere
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chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Jeep in Toledo ohio also went back to work today, as i think most other chrysler plants did. Chrysler also "shutdown", their jobs bank program, company wide..
it might be a Lie, Hoax. half truth, out right untrue or the truth
it might be a Lie, Hoax. half truth, out right untrue or the truth
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
I delivered at Ford this morning - Engine Plant 1, Brookpark (Cleveland, OH) I was whipped (having driven up from Laredo) .... and apparently went into the plant at the opposite end of where of the guy I actually needed to see was. First guy directed me to a lady that he thought handled receiving, turns out she no longer did that job ...... but she offered to run me over to the other end in her electric cart (ostensibly because my glasses didn't have side-shields) where the guy I needed to see was.
She diverted on the way to show me where they were setting up one of the lines for one of the two new engines they will be producing .... which was kinda neat (but mentioned kinda sadly that the casting plant would be closing) The guy she took me to took care of me immediately (while she waited to give me a ride back to my truck) - he stamped my paperwork and told me where to go, but said it might be a couple of minutes before he'd have someone there to unload me, as they were just starting the day (7 AM) and everyone was in a meeting.
The girl ran me back and by the time I drove over to "Dock B" and found the door there was a guy there waiting to unload me with a high-lo.
I mention all this because I've seen a number of comments on here about UAW workers with bad attitudes ..... I'm no fan of unions, and of the UAW in particular ..... but I have to say, I don't think that I have ever been treated badly by UAW workers at any one of the big 3 .... I can remember one occasion where the reception wasn't overly friendly, exactly (maybe because everybody seemed to be busy with whatever they were doing) .... but as best as I can recall offhand, for the most part, I've been treated professionally and taken care of within reasonable times - often very courteously, and with a good degree of friendliness .... point being people are individuals and there are good and bad wherever one goes.
Now, security guards are another matter (often the case with those folks that seem to be attracted to "police" type jobs) - I got there 4 hours early and parked in an empty employee parking area to try and get some rest - only to be awakened by some dikwad security guard repeatedly beating on the side of my truck (kinda figured he might prefer me answering his call fully clothed rather than in my skivies) ..... guy kicked me off the lot - and was pretty rude about it.
On the onehand I can understand why he would ask me to leave (perhaps the "bad" truckers have ruined for the rest of us) ..... on the other you would think it Ford might find it in their best interest to make it so that drivers would at least not mind coming there.
Just my experience, yours may well vary.
She diverted on the way to show me where they were setting up one of the lines for one of the two new engines they will be producing .... which was kinda neat (but mentioned kinda sadly that the casting plant would be closing) The guy she took me to took care of me immediately (while she waited to give me a ride back to my truck) - he stamped my paperwork and told me where to go, but said it might be a couple of minutes before he'd have someone there to unload me, as they were just starting the day (7 AM) and everyone was in a meeting.
The girl ran me back and by the time I drove over to "Dock B" and found the door there was a guy there waiting to unload me with a high-lo.
I mention all this because I've seen a number of comments on here about UAW workers with bad attitudes ..... I'm no fan of unions, and of the UAW in particular ..... but I have to say, I don't think that I have ever been treated badly by UAW workers at any one of the big 3 .... I can remember one occasion where the reception wasn't overly friendly, exactly (maybe because everybody seemed to be busy with whatever they were doing) .... but as best as I can recall offhand, for the most part, I've been treated professionally and taken care of within reasonable times - often very courteously, and with a good degree of friendliness .... point being people are individuals and there are good and bad wherever one goes.
Now, security guards are another matter (often the case with those folks that seem to be attracted to "police" type jobs) - I got there 4 hours early and parked in an empty employee parking area to try and get some rest - only to be awakened by some dikwad security guard repeatedly beating on the side of my truck (kinda figured he might prefer me answering his call fully clothed rather than in my skivies) ..... guy kicked me off the lot - and was pretty rude about it.
On the onehand I can understand why he would ask me to leave (perhaps the "bad" truckers have ruined for the rest of us) ..... on the other you would think it Ford might find it in their best interest to make it so that drivers would at least not mind coming there.
Just my experience, yours may well vary.
Its widely known there is NO sleeping on Ford property....you should know that Randy...you are not a newbee...*LOL*
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Oh - I knew it ...... heheheh ..... doesn't mean that I liked it (or was necessarily willing to comply with it if I could avoid it
)Funny thing was, after I left the plant property I went across the street and parked in the UAW local hall's parking lot ....
...... I was jus' waitin' for one of them guys to show up and ask me to leave ....... nah ..... they probably would have better sense than the dimwits at Ford ......
I got to the Ford plant in Louisville at 10.30 pm....receiving is open till 1100 pm...guard called down and they said they were not taking any more trucks that night....had to go find a sleeping spot and was paid detention till morning....what clowns...1 lousy skid!! Had I been able to sign off that night woulda been #1 as it happened was #4 in the end...
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Yeah ..... some folks never stop to consider the effects that their own actions (or in this case, inactions) might have on another .... no skin off their butts (... other than the fact they just drove up costs for their company making them less profitable) .... well at least you got paid detention ..... although I'd imagine you would have preferred to have the opportunity for a run earlier (1 vs. 4)
miker
Seasoned Expediter
yeah, and it is this type of behavior many many times over becoming acceptable to the supervisors for many years , as to why they are now saying that they are broke. Why put off till tomorrow what could be done today, especially if you still have time left in your shift and willl save the company money.
" Clowns " is right, every supervisor in charge from the person who said no all the way to the top