GM Lays Off 2000 including 840 Camaro Workers

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by LStick

If thats true........ A Silverado 1500 Crew cab made in Mexico where the assembly line makes $8 /hr, SHOULD cost a lot less than a Silverado 1500 Double Cab assembled in Indiana for $16-$30/hr.( assembly lines are on two tiered wage scales, been happening since 2007)

But yet it doesn't.

2 tired wage scales have been happening since 2000.

[Moto-Mojo]

Originally Posted by BMR Sales

It's the 3rd Shift and it's Winter when Camaro sales slow down

Yeah but...the first lines kind of sums it up:

"Shifting demand from cars to trucks and SUVS is forcing General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers 'INDEFINITELY' at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michigan starting in January."

[JGinLA]

Originally Posted by nosmr2

Driving a truck just because you like to drive a truck is common around here. I took a girl to lunch Friday in my Lexus GS350 and she said it was weird riding in a car since her and her husband both have trucks. Some people just like driving much higher off the ground. I personally don't get it.

I paid quite a bit more for my truck than my Camaro. When my wife had to have a truck because it looked cool. Yeah it looks cool in all its jacked up big tire glory. But it rides like a damn truck and I have to climb up into it.

Does the other guy and your wife know about the lunch date?

[LStick]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

2 tired wage scales have been happening since 2000.

The one at the nearby Lordstown plant in 2007 was a gem. 14 bucks an hour to start as a temp.....with no benefits for months (if they decided you were worthy of staying)
Really took advantage of an area of the state that was already hurting from lost steel jobs.
Folks were still lined up for those jobs.

[rontammy0]

Originally Posted by LStick

The one at the nearby Lordstown plant in 2007 was a gem. 14 bucks an hour to start as a temp.....with no benefits for months (if they decided you were worthy of staying)
Really took advantage of an area of the state that was already hurting from lost steel jobs.
Folks were still lined up for those jobs.

Its getting to the point where theres a 3 tier system.....full time...contract...outside manpower. All working in the same setting. Talk about tension.

[Dmpsix]

Originally Posted by LStick

The one at the nearby Lordstown plant in 2007 was a gem. 14 bucks an hour to start as a temp.....with no benefits for months (if they decided you were worthy of staying)
Really took advantage of an area of the state that was already hurting from lost steel jobs.
Folks were still lined up for those jobs.

Sounds like the Toyota plant here in San Antonio, TX

[nosmr2]

Originally Posted by JGinLA

Does the other guy and your wife know about the lunch date?

It was a work thing. But funny.

My wife doesn't worry, she knows what I look like.

[LStick]

Originally Posted by rontammy0

Its getting to the point where theres a 3 tier system.....full time...contract...outside manpower. All working in the same setting. Talk about tension.

I interviewed for one of the skilled trades at one. It was a third party contractor that had replaced GM workers. Yeah, NO tension there LOL.
There were boundaries to what you could and could not do. Big time.
Money was so-so for what it should have paid.

[LStick]

Originally Posted by Dmpsix

Sounds like the Toyota plant here in San Antonio, TX

Welcome to the 'You're lucky you have a job" economy.

[JLSuperfly]

Originally Posted by nosmr2

It was a work thing. But funny.

My wife doesn't worry, she knows what I look like.

But how did your lunch date look like?

[imaSSnake]

Lmao^^