Fatso Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 "NAFTA is the SHAFTA" former Michigan Governor {Canadian Born} Jennifer Granholm and now the CAW is finding that out the hard way.I have read all the "advantages" the CAW claims to posses such as; highly educated and skilled workforce;low crime/stable society;universal healthcare;quality awards and better infrastructure.Now here is what I imagine after living in Metro Detroit all my life and rubbing shoulders with Canadians all my life is being said by the CAW behind closed doors."Mr.Ford,Mr.GM.Mr.Chrysler may I ask you how many of your vehicles manufactured in Mexico do you sell in Mexico and how many of these same vehicles do you sell in Canada and the USA"?NAFTA began under the Clinton Administration but we all know that the politicians are just puppets and the people who run the show are the 'wealthy corporations' who pay them bribes.The Obama administration has its way and the TransPacificPartnership would become law and then Mexico would have to compete with the likes of Vietnam.,Global Capitalism and One World Government without borders,this is what I believe the wealthy desire as a way to obtain even more wealth and more control and more power.Good-Luck CAW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Jerry Dias already said yesterday that NAFTA is a fail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmooret Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Clinton passed NAFTA so that when he left office he could get donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster B Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Nafta began under the Bush administration. Clinton just signed it into law. If the TPP passes companies(such as FoMoCo) can legally bus in foreign workers into the U.S. to work and live. Just imagine what WILL happen if we were to go on strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldwizard Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Contract negotiation could be very interesting for Oakville ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axle72 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Does not matter when it began, Bill Clinton slick willy passed nafta with the stroke of his pen, no ifs &s or buts bout it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastmanstanding Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Nafta began under the Bush administration. Clinton just signed it into law. If the TPP passes companies(such as FoMoCo) can legally bus in foreign workers into the U.S. to work and live. Just imagine what WILL happen if we were to go on strike. Don't have to bus them in............ they are already here............... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatso Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 I think we all know the direction NAFTA is taking the Big Three,no more automobile manufacturing in the USA or Canada.I dont know what the working man can do?Work for less money?Strike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmooret Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 What politicians didn't take into account over the years every time they supported free trade, etc. was that when they loose the middle class union jobs they also lost the taxes these jobs pay. Add to that the tariffs that were lifted and uncle Sam has lost a lot of revenue, no wonder they are broke and in debt now. The only folks that came out ahead on these deals were the owners/shareholders of companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatso Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) I think the politicians attitude on taxes is "we can always get more".You are right about profits and share price.The CAW usually does very well {considering what they have to work with} in contract negotiations.Question is what leverage do they currently have?DTP just ran a production Sunday so maybe the CAW can interfere with the F-150 now that would give them some leverage.Hate to say it but maybe a reality check is in order and a deal can be struck for future product if the CAW grants some concessions.Darn it kills me to say that but it is probably true.There is one hope,its a longshot,its doubtful,but if the public ever got behind the unions and stopped buying Hecho en Mexico vehicles.However we all know how good the politicians and their mainstream media allies are at playing Divide and Conquer with the masses so as usual IF is the big word. Edited August 14, 2016 by Fatso Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkly Taurus Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 We are now Unifor and negotiations arent good, looking at oct31 11:59 pm deadline and sides are far apart. Hope we have the support of our American Brothers and Sisters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkly Taurus Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/27/cana-o27.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hee haw Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/10/27/cana-o27.html That rag is just a step up from The Onion. Very little fact but will say somethings that everyone believes. Not unlike reading Granma, the communist paper out of Cuba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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