Nice Job Chrysler

Is this a new one? Didn't they have some union dude smoking up a while back?
 
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Yes, this is new. It's a second offense with various people
 
myFOXdetroit.com - FOX 2 investigative reporter Rob Wolchek got a call from two different workers inside Chrysler's Trenton Engine Plant telling him they don't want to work with people who have been partying.

"It's dangerous," says one worker. Ten months ago, Wolchek revealed how some workers at the Chrysler Jefferson North Plant in Detroit spent their lunch hour drinking beer. The video showing them going to the park to catch a buzz before heading back to work to finish their shifts gained worldwide attention. Subsequent disciplinary action of the workers was taken by Chrysler. The company does not condone this kind of behavior.
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I heard that last Tues Chrysler Financial announced that it had paid back its United States Government TARP loan in full. The last transaction comes six years prior to it being expected. The business was once the financial institution of automaker Chrysler LLC. The company owed $1.5 billion to the United States government. If you wanna know more I found this here: Chrysler pays off TARP loan 6 years early.:sinking:
 
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I heard that last Tues Chrysler Financial announced that it had paid back its United States Government TARP loan in full. The last transaction comes six years prior to it being expected. The business was once the financial institution of automaker Chrysler LLC. The company owed $1.5 billion to the United States government. If you wanna know more I found this here: Chrysler pays off TARP loan 6 years early.:sinking:
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that is true, but it's not like they actually had the money to pay it off quicker. They took out other loans from other sources to pay off the government loans.

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"So why did Chrysler pay the money back six years ahead of schedule? Part of the reason is the high interest rates being charged by the government. Chrysler raised just over 3 billion through a bond sale and took out 3 billion in lower interest loans to come up with the money to pay back the loans, a move that will save 300 million a year.
The automaker still owes taxpayers about 2 billion, and the government could get some of that back by selling its 8.6 percent stake in the company which it was given in exchange for the loans.
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nothing wrong with reducing interest, but it's not like they actually paid off loans. They just took another loan to pay the gov loans.
 
Fired Chrysler Workers Now Back On The Job

As much as Chrysler would like to "move on," it seems that the story of employees who drink on the job just refuses to die. The latest? According to Fox 2 News in Detroit, the 13 workers who were fired in 2010 after its cameras caught them drinking alcohol and smoking what looks to be marijuana in a park during work hours have been reinstated following arbitration.

Chrysler released the following statement:
"Chrysler Group LLC acknowledges the reinstatement of a number of employees from the Jefferson North assembly plant who were discharged from the company in September 2010 after appearing in a local TV station's story about their off-duty conduct."

While the company does not agree with the ultimate decision of the arbitrator, we respect the grievance procedure process as outlined in the collective bargaining agreement and our relationship with the UAW. Unfortunately, the company was put in a very difficult position because of the way the story was investigated and ultimately revealed to the public. These employees from Jefferson North have been off work for more than two years. The time has come to put this situation behind us and resume our focus on building quality products that will firmly establish Chrysler Group's position in the marketplace."

Clearly, Chrysler isn't pleased with this outcome, and we don't blame them one bit. The automaker declined to comment when Fox asked if the workers received compensation for the two years they were suspended without pay and ultimately fired.

How could an arbitrator possibly side with the fired workers? Much like the automaker itself, we're at a loss for words. A video report from Fox can be seen below.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/2...ter-wolchek-investigation-are-back-on-the-job
 
Yea tell me they didn't receive compensation those 2 years they were "fired" (vacation). I worked in a union environment for 8 years, and know you really have to work hard to get fired. All you do is file a grievance against anything the company holds against you. You want to drink and smoke weed? File a grievance. Wanna set the place on fire? File a grievance. In my opinion union shops are only put into place due to the management not willing to manage. I'll never work in a union environment again.
 
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BTW, President Obama is a huge union supporter... and vice versa.

President Obama told employees at Daimler's Detroit Diesel in Redford, Mich., today that lawmakers shouldn't be trying "to take away your right to bargain for better wages."

The comment prompted sustained applause from the largely supportive audience, and came just one day before Michigan's Republican governor, Rick Snyder, is likely to sign so-called right-to-work legislation in the face of union protest.



"These so-called right-to-work laws, they don't have anything to do with economics, they have to do with politics," continued Mr. Obama, who assailed the laws as being about the "right to work for less money."

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Obama takes on union fight in Michigan
Right-to-work is the name that proponents have given to legislation that prevents agreements in which employees are required to pay union dues.
 
:pat: This doesn't make sense and it's also coming from the President.
 
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