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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:38 AM Original message |
How about an employee owned car company? Worthy of a bailout? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. I tried to get a discussion going on that very topic the other day. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I fully agree that unions help the working people |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. uh, it's already "pennies on the dollar" |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cause then the UAW wouldn't be a union...they would be management. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The Board of Directors should also be fired. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Why can't UAW be both? |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. For $1.8B they can buy one. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. thanks for the link and the info |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Here is a link to the whole discussion from last night |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't there a clothing company like this? |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Right on the money |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I would feel so sorry for the people of Paraguay. Really. - n/t |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Southwest Airlines is largely employee owned |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. There were many experiments with this in the 80s: Employee Stock Ownership Plans |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The overhaul of corporate law is key |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. i was part of an esop in the steel industry |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. If you are thinking 100% owned by the employees, it would be because they don't have enough money |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. If they want our money, then it should be nationalized..nt |
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justinaforjustice (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Workers Should Buy Out and Control the Company |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
20. I was called a socialist for suggesting something like this. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why not just nationalize, then create a government "Volkswagen" like project? |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Folks, again, let's look at this Honestly |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. why do you think that the UAW would be unable to adapt to changes? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Because he wants big auto to keep doing what big auto's been doing even if it doesn't work |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-16-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Bailing out the big 3 is like investing in 1840's Irish potato farming. |
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