SURPRISE, SURPRISE, SURPRISE: UAW - WHICH OWNS GM - VOTES DOWN A "GM-LIKE" CONTRACT WITH FORD

(UPDATED BELOW)

GEEEEEE: WHOOOOOOODA THUNK THEY WOULDA EVER DONE THAT!?!?!? [/SARC]

NYTIMES:

Union workers at the Ford Motor Company have refused to help the company make more cuts to its labor costs.

Changes to the workers’ contract that would have allowed the cuts appeared headed for certain defeat Saturday after about 72 percent of workers voted to reject the deal, according to a tally compiled by The New York Times from results at separate plants.

Ford needed 9,000 more votes for passage, with fewer than 7,000 votes outstanding to be either cast or counted through Sunday.

Ford, which said it needed the changes to reduce some advantages the union gave to General Motors and Chrysler as those companies headed into bankruptcy in the spring, is not expected to seek a new deal.

REPEAT:

Ford, which said it needed the changes to reduce some advantages the union gave to General Motors and Chrysler as those companies headed into bankruptcy in the spring, is not expected to seek a new deal.

REPEAT:

Ford, which said it needed the changes to reduce some advantages the union gave to General Motors and Chrysler as those companies headed into bankruptcy in the spring, is not expected to seek a new deal.

THIS IS THE FRUIT OF SOCIALISM.

• IT WAS FREAKIN' RIDICULOUS TO THINK THAT FORD COULD EVER PROPERLY NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNION WHICH OWNS ONE OF THEIR MAIN COMPETITORS.

• THE UAW WOULD NEVER GIVE TO FORD WHAT THEY GAVE TO GM BECAUSE THEY CO-OWN GM.

• IT'S A CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE OBAMA "TAKEOVER" SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVER BEEN ALLOWED.

• IT'S SICKENING.

EVERY PATRIOT WHO OWNS A GM SHOULD TRADE IT IN FOR A FORD.

REPEAT: EVERY PATRIOT WHO OWNS A GM SHOULD TRADE IT IN FOR A FORD.

REPEAT: EVERY PATRIOT WHO OWNS A GM SHOULD TRADE IT IN FOR A FORD.

REPEAT: EVERY PATRIOT WHO OWNS A GM SHOULD TRADE IT IN FOR A FORD.

11/1/09 - Update: A DAY LATER AND HOT AIR NOTICES THE STORY:

UAW rank-and-file reject Ford contract

Nov 1, 2009 1:40 PM by Ed Morrissey

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