GM restores 3,000 jobs, prepares to raise output - Yahoo! News
if spinoff jobs go at a 3-1 ratio..we are looking at least 9,000 jobs reappearing
if spinoff jobs go at a 3-1 ratio..we are looking at least 9,000 jobs reappearing
GM restores 3,000 jobs, prepares to raise output
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moose
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do you really think that there is another rezone for the tire tariff ?,
now that the Gov. have a stake in the market...
they will now wright the rules to fit their manufacturing needs ,
those workers will soon to be the same as WalMart workers shopping at WM , McCee's workers getting a free burgers ,gambler winning at the Casino , and casino workers getting their paycheck in cash at the casino counter.
they will be using tax payer money to make cars and pay Wages .
same money being collected from the 3000 workers and alike.
now that the Gov. have a stake in the market...
they will now wright the rules to fit their manufacturing needs ,
those workers will soon to be the same as WalMart workers shopping at WM , McCee's workers getting a free burgers ,gambler winning at the Casino , and casino workers getting their paycheck in cash at the casino counter.
they will be using tax payer money to make cars and pay Wages .
same money being collected from the 3000 workers and alike.
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Yeap they recalled 3000 people...dropped in Springhill TN at what was the Saturn Plant...Penske runs the parts distribution center there. The only production there right now is a chevy crossover the Traverse, no Saturns have been built there since the shutdown...Penske was tryin to workout a deal to buy the Saturn brand...but that is not a done deal...as of nov of this yr, all production and the parts distribution center will be closed..2800 people according to the Shipping and Recieving supervisor I spoke with this morning.
They are calling back workers at Jeep in Toledo too. My brother is working OVERTIME at the Mustang plant in Woodhaven, MI. They are BOTH cranking out product. The problem is, neither Ford (mustang) OR Jeep has any orders from dealers for new cars. They are builing and building and paying and paying to store car after car that no one wants right now. How long will that last? How many more bailouts needed to cover all this new wasted money? We never learn. Once the government gets involved it REALLY gets messed up. Are we going to be FORCED to pay for ANOTHER cash for clunkers? How is stealing money from me to allow someone else to buy a car good for MY economy? What business is it of the government to be financing part of the cost of a car anyway? Man, does this entire mess just suck.
greg334
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OVM,
where are you getting 9000 jobs from, that's not how it works.
OK they laid off 3000, so out of that, they still pay taxes to the cities, they still pay taxes for schools and still have to buy food, have utilities and so on. These jobs are not lost, they are lay off with no termination.
The other X amount of people at the suppliers are also laid off, they still pay taxes, they still buy stuff. No new jobs are being created as talked about and GM is still living in a fantasy world at this point.
Oh let's not forget the pizza guys and the shop owners, but that takes a year to filterback into the community.
I read their projections, they want to return to near pre-bankruptcy production levels claiming that they want to make the nuimbers about 80% of last years production and are counting on the cash for clunkers tax payer funded boast to get them there. They are talking about adding shifts and moving forward but I see problems because they will not gain market share (they are still losing market share because no one trust them), they won't be able to beat thier competitors right now unless they go back to the costly incentive programs, they closed a cr*p load of outlets and still the company has yet to make any real internal moves for a serious reorg which they were supposed to under bankruptcy laws. The dealers who pushed the more profitable trucks with the cash for clunkers program was allowed to. The government looked the other way with the number of fraudulent claims made and GM sold a lot of pickups in the process.
where are you getting 9000 jobs from, that's not how it works.
OK they laid off 3000, so out of that, they still pay taxes to the cities, they still pay taxes for schools and still have to buy food, have utilities and so on. These jobs are not lost, they are lay off with no termination.
The other X amount of people at the suppliers are also laid off, they still pay taxes, they still buy stuff. No new jobs are being created as talked about and GM is still living in a fantasy world at this point.
Oh let's not forget the pizza guys and the shop owners, but that takes a year to filterback into the community.
I read their projections, they want to return to near pre-bankruptcy production levels claiming that they want to make the nuimbers about 80% of last years production and are counting on the cash for clunkers tax payer funded boast to get them there. They are talking about adding shifts and moving forward but I see problems because they will not gain market share (they are still losing market share because no one trust them), they won't be able to beat thier competitors right now unless they go back to the costly incentive programs, they closed a cr*p load of outlets and still the company has yet to make any real internal moves for a serious reorg which they were supposed to under bankruptcy laws. The dealers who pushed the more profitable trucks with the cash for clunkers program was allowed to. The government looked the other way with the number of fraudulent claims made and GM sold a lot of pickups in the process.
Do not count on those jobs being there for long, OVM. No one is ordering those cars. As soon as the storage lots are full the layoffs will start again. Cash for clunkers created nothing more than a spike in sales based on nothing more than a government welfare project. Those project NEVER produce long term jobs EXCEPT for the legions of government employees to run them. They COST private sector jobs.
letzrockexpress
Veteran Expediter
Just more of the stupidity that got GM in the mess it is in. Closing the most modern facility they own,at least in the U.S. What a bunch of idiots. I hate General Motors and will NOT haul anymore of their freight.
First off, the government has NO business being a "shareholder" in a private business. Second, if they are NOT in everyday operations why do we need a "Car Czar" and whis is King PUTZ the 1st telling that Czar what kind of cars HE wants built insted of letting the motoring public decide what they want to buy? The government should just shrivel up and blow away in the wind.
All the more reason to vote them all out, investigate every dang on one of them and jail as many as possible.
arrbsthw
Expert Expediter
the local Ford dealer in my home town is closing their doors
because they said they could not get any new cars from
Ford. Wonder what the problem is..
greg334
Veteran Expediter
well Ford is losing a bunch of dealers because there is a 'work flow" issue with products.
GM is jumping up and down over their comeback, they are saying the camaro is selling like hot cakes but they forget most of the buying public doesn't want one. They want something else and they will have to show what they are failing to do.
Most of the auto companies are producing the high profit cars first, getting them to the dealers in order to push the customer into one of them (their words). I think this year we will see Chrysler and GM have more of a market share lost and Toyota, Hionda and maybe even Ford gain.