Two Quotes about Chrysler and GM that stick out:
“I know this is difficult,” Mr. Clement said. “I know this affects real workers in real towns and cities across Ontario.
and
CAW president Ken Lewenza has called Fiat’s proposal to cut labour costs at Chrysler Canada by $19 an hour an “unreasonable” demand and has said it is “not going to happen,” arguing the CAW is competitive with unionized environments in the United States.
Why $19 and not a Percentage? That’s a strange way of doing things. It’s not like “cut them by 5%”; which would be the normal way to approach cuts.
Something stinks there. Is there anyone inside of Fiat who can break their wall of silence and pass along the skinny on this?
Also; this again:
“I know this is difficult,” Mr. Clement said. “I know this affects real workers in real towns and cities across Ontario.
If there is something that can be said about Harper is that Canada lives between Alberta and Saskatchewan. That’s it. The rest of the landmass that we think of as Canada is “the Rest of it” and is dismissed very easily by the Snow-Texans of the West.
Some Interesting Reading on Tony Clement too (National Post)
Why the oddly specific number? Why?
Published by NiteMayr on April 17, 2009Two Quotes about Chrysler and GM that stick out:
and
Why $19 and not a Percentage? That’s a strange way of doing things. It’s not like “cut them by 5%”; which would be the normal way to approach cuts.
Something stinks there. Is there anyone inside of Fiat who can break their wall of silence and pass along the skinny on this?
Also; this again:
If there is something that can be said about Harper is that Canada lives between Alberta and Saskatchewan. That’s it. The rest of the landmass that we think of as Canada is “the Rest of it” and is dismissed very easily by the Snow-Texans of the West.
Some Interesting Reading on Tony Clement too (National Post)