The Roanoke Slant

Roanoke Times, 1/28/2009, Pg 1: Volvo to lay off at lest 650 workers
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A large multipage article about the layoffs at the Volvo Dublin Va truck plant.
Not mentioned was the UAW 2008 strike supported with vigor by Jim Webb who eagerly walked the picket lines as part of his campaign game.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-uaw-strikers.html
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Also not mentioned was the 2006 national “clean-air” regulations driving up the cost of engines by 10 thousand dollars.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2006/10/hoping-for-payback.html
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Perhaps the UAW union leaders and members who work at Volvo, GM, Ford and Chrysler may someday get the message that we are in a new world-wide economic system that will not support the UAW’s insatiable appetite for never-ending major increases in wages, benefits and work-rules.
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The drop in Volvo Dublin employment from 3170 in Nov 2006 to a projected 1000 by May 2008 should be a wake-up call for all who don’t give a hoot about productivity and business competition and the constraints of worldwide markets.
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Prior Items:
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2008/11/deunionize-gm-ford.html
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