Government Fine Print is like a box of chocolates! Bailout agreement prevents Union’s from striking General Motors or Chrysler. What? UAW to vote Sept. 2 on Strike against Ford Motor Co.

Brilliant!Try to destoy the only healthy US auto maker.

Very true.

"box of chocolates" I like that comparison, so very true.
Thousands of pages in the bills. As Pelosi said " we just need to pass the health care bill to find out whats in it"

This is stupid How many people would be more that willing to hop into that job ..oh ansd they'd probably get to keep it too. Ford might be have screwy business practices ( some of their parts go out on purpose so we have to go back to get them fixed ...its always been like that) They keep people in jobs so im not saying a thing. Those recalls and quick fix repairs usually fall under the warranty anyway form what i understand since they recall them they pay for it or most of it from what i understand.

It is where we have been going for over 100 years...

Government is like a box of chocolate....You never know what you're going to get from government whether it be sweet, bitter, or sour, and harsh. Sometimes the filling is not what you expect.

Exactly why I hate unions.

The NEW GM recently said it will not honor warranties on vehicles bought under the OLD GM. What a way to run a business.

When GM is no longer able to sell the vehicles they produce, production will either have to be slimmed down or stopped. Putting UAW workers on reduced schedules OR being laid off.

It is apparent that the creatures that staff the executive levels of (G)overnment (M)otors are so close to the forest that they cannot, or will not, see the trees.

All the more reason I will never buy another GM car.

I love the Impala I have, but it will be the last GM.

My first car was an Impala it lasted for years. I loved the Olds but they stopped making them. My daughter has a ford and loves it. I will buy a ford. I have a chevy right now. Found out when I took it in for repairs that it was build at a factory in Korea that went bankrupt. Damn GM put their name on it. The last car I had lost a timing chain and it fried the engine because it was made in another country. The car had a sticker on it saying it was made in the USA. I do not trust GM anymore

Oh, wow! It's unreal that they can get away with that sticker thing. After I retired from McDonnell Douglas and moved back to IL, I worked in a little plant (as a temp.) that made weed eaters. That's been several years ago. They're closed now. A friend of mine, who also worked there, told me just the other day that the Manager of the plant had a weed-eater in there that was made overseas and had our name on it.

If I were to buy a new car today, it would definitely be a Ford - because they can manage themselves and didn't take the bail-out money. And, some of their cars are very pretty now. It's funny. With all the president's urging us to drive hybrid's and crap like that, there are very few cars on the lots at the 3 dealers here in town. Almost all pickups and vans - because that's what people want. (Not me, but lots of people drive trucks here because of the bad winter weather. I don't have to go out in it.)

I have a little car because I drive for my job and need something that saves on gas. The dealer wants to buy my car

I easily get 30 mpg with my Impala on a trip. Sometimes up to 37 mpg if I use the cruise control all the way. What is your little Chevy?

Aveo. It gets 35 miles per gallon. I don't have cruise

"box of chocolates"?

How about a bottle of Hydrochloric acid.

Ford should replace them all if they strike. There are more than enough non-union workers to replace the strikers.

They really should. I hope the unions don't force them to leave the country.

This won`t end well

I Knew the union got something besides money! A guaranteed work force ! Now, if the company decides to cut wages and benefits, they can't do a darned thing but quit!

So what is the purported reason for this strike?

That's a darn good question?

Guess we'll find out Sept. 2. That's going to be a really full month! Labor Day, UAW strike, jobs package announcement from Obama, tenth anniversary of 911 and the trade center mosque grand opening, the Day of Rage on the seventeenth...

Have I missed anything?

Gosh I hope not, couldn't take any more.

Don't forget comet Elenin coming in and possible earthquakes and other disasters being caused by it:

WOW! I sure did miss that one!

Can't watch the whole video--'puter problems.

Maybe the earth will split; liberals on one side, consevatives the other. A real Independence Day.

ON Sept.11 this year. The best part is that after the publicity had died away some, they asked one of the governments (city, state or fed) for "contributions" and I think they got some money. I mean, after all it IS a community center, isn't it?

Unions destroy companys, thinking you can work for much more than your worth only bankrupts the company.

They are responsible for a lot of jobs going overseas.

That may be, but they have destroyed hundreds of company's economics.

I agree with you. I worked for McDonnell Douglas (as Free Enterprise) and the unions were always wanting higher wages, more time off, better benefits, etc. And strikes. We were sending jobs overseas - and the company ended up being purchased by Boeing.

Unions then must be a contributing factor of companies moving overseas to nearly enslave hundreds or thousands of asians.

The unions won't be making the trip when the companies move. Other countries don't put up with such nonsense.

I know that.

I have thought for a long time that they are a contributing factor. I'm not sure if they're still needed for safety and wage bargaining or not. I know the Marathon Oil Refinery here in town is not union and they pay the best wages of anyone in town and have better benefits.

These guys are just too dumb for words. Striking in this economy with the jobless rate hovering over 9%? Excellent idea!