Comments on: GE Layoffs Loom

By: American Sellout

American Sellout — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:36:56 +0000

When the union and GE trans are snuffed from Eries existance, there will be $10-$12 per hour jobs to bring our standard of living more in line with the Chinese and Mexican counterparts that have assumed the previously held American jobs.
Maybe the medical field can support “all” the unemployed manufacturing workers…(joke).
Free Trade is not so “Free” any more is it?

By: moneypenny24

moneypenny24 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:33:30 +0000

Perhaps if more people were involved in the union in ways that matter, the union would be a better support.

By: inked

inked — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:22:19 +0000

I agree – the time that unions are needed to protect the workers is long gone.
Down here in Florida two years ago some of the space workers went on strike -

Now when I was a kid and you saw a picket line, it was manned 24/7 – rain/shine/snow/sleet…these guys left after a normal work shift –

then they all drove their Corvettes and Harleys to the picket line – HArd to feel sympathetic when the striking guy had better toys than most people – If times are hard, sell the 45k car.

By: Erietech

Erietech — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:50:52 +0000

The union is killing American manufacturing.

By: inked

inked — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:11:55 +0000

Did people miss the story about GE finishing the locomotives ordered by India, in India?

The biggest customers in the world for locomotives are India and China! not the US!

Building this factory in India to "Finish" the locomotives in India is the beginning of the complete out sourcing of the manufacturing to India.

GE has been tearing buildings down in Lawrence Park for 20 years. My prediction is in five years you won't be able to even tell they were there.

Then everyone can fight about what they don't want on the site.

By: Tom Port

Tom Port — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:06:31 +0000

great…this is all we need.