[Shotimes] Ford to cut 25,000-30,000 jobs

[G Kerby Haltom]

One of the reason I heard cited this morning for  the decreased market share was the pitiful excuse of a minivan that the  Freestar is.  The Windstar was behind the curve the day it came  out, and this poor thing was way behind when it arrived.  Maybe  they have figured out that fewer good products might be a good  idea.  Sad about Wixom(some great stuff was built there) and, of  course, Atlanta.  But time to get with the program.
  
  Kerby

Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:  Yep.

And, of course, Gettelfinger is being his usual a-hole socialist self. The
bottom line is that Ford wants the remaining jobs to be solid and
productive. The UAW just wants mass numbers to keep paying dues.

US car mfrs MUST deal with lower market share. Too many players in the
market. The also must increase productivity.

The 2007 UAW negotiations should be interesting the UAW Jobs bank has to be
abolished. I suspect that the Big 3 will take strikes rather than capitulate
to these whacky schemes.

Ron Porter

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Subject: [Shotimes] Ford to cut 25,000-30,000 jobs

This just in...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060123/bs_nm/autos_ford_restructuring_dc
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