They tried that back in the early 60's in Newark Del.. We had so many cars and trucks out on the shoulder of the road that Chrysler had to supply buses to pick us up. Made the shifts run four hours late. That lasted three days. Then they tried to get us to buy the French Simca for $1600.00 , what junk. They lost on that deal too.

 

Sounds like they should have found new employees, not buses!

 

This is the United States. Freedom of choice 'n all that. As noted, D-C vehicles are a conglomerate of parts and assemblys from all over the world... as is everything in this world market. Perhaps some employees have nice D-C products at home 'n drive some ricer beater to work. So what? This is asinine corporate politics at it's worst. What's next... gather in the parkin' lot each morning to sing the Company Song? The Japs do that. This is decidedly odious to me... It's a 'control thing. Any of you who are in agreement with this policy are 'sheeple'... easily led. I drive a modifed R/T by choice. I drove modified Mustangs by choice. I served 20 years in the Navy by choice to ensure (in part) that the people of the United States could continue to have their freedom of choice. Imposing hardships on your employees for their personal choice of transportation is sheer arrogance.

 

First of all unions get paid by you!!! They take your money to make you money...THe thought of Union negotiation vs. Independant workers not able to stand up for themselves whereas the union butts in to negotiate employment rates, benefits, and such is just ridiculous. I work in a non-union plant and we deal w/ those issues all the time but how we do it is w/ Focus groups and present it to The big wigs and by fairness talks and all that we always get something done that satisfies our work group. We didnt have to pay anyone for it our plant paid us for the overtime set in for the meetings and we got our pay raises, eyeglass upgrades, 401k profit shares, and more. YouDONT NEED A UNION TO TELL YOUR BOSS YOU NEED A RAISE. We are one of the highest paid facilities and we work hard for it. Unions arent a bad Idea but to be honest they are built on your money.(the workers) FAIR?!!

 

Unions = Collective Socialism.

 

I would Park right up front every day just to **** them off.[sm=badbadbad.gif]

 

Then they'd have you towed... Prob'ly have signs to that effect. I'm not fond of Unions... especially the one's that'll tell ya WHO to vote for... how to think... etc. 'Got an ol' guy next door who belongs to some Fireman's Union... 'Voted for Kerry cause he said "He's for Fireman!" I'm thinkin' WTF? Fireman are Municipal not Federal. What that got to do with bein' President? Some other Union goons I've encountered parrot the Union political line as well. They can't think for themselves.

 

Buy what you build. Its really that simple. Nobody is taking away your freedom of choice. If you choose to buy a competitors product, you park farther away. Its that simple. Beaters are not the issue here. 95 percent of the non dc products in the lot are 0-2 years old.

Now while I agree with you guys about the political side of the unions the economic I differ. Do you really think dc would pay its line workers 25/hr, full medical, dental, vision, and pension out of the kindness of their own heart? If you do I have some lakefront property to sell you in AZ! I pay 550 a year in dues. My "benefit" package alone is worth 34500 a year. Pretty good return I'd say. And to those of you that work in a non-union shop with good wages, why do you think they pay that? If I a dc worker only made 15/hr do you think you would make as much as you do? I think not. So even you benefit from the union and don't even have to pay dues!

Joe

 

thank you, living proof

 

Apparently Nick you skipped my post because it puts all kinds of holes into that theory!

Joe