OAC Lineman

Although I won't pretend to be an expert on the situation, the 39 year old has 16 more years to work in their lifetime than the 55 year old. Thus, the buy out doesn't need to be as large. Although I don't necessarily agree with this process, I believe it is the intent of the corporation's buy out imbalance.

Show off! :P

Different body shops, same paint shop, and other than that, they run on the same line.

Is it better for the U.S. economy to buy a Fusion or Camry? Assuming that we all work for Ford, the answer is clearly the Fusion. Our friends and neighbors know where we work, and what we drive. If we drive a Camry, it shows that we don't even believe in our company. Therefor they won't be buying a Ford either. When we drive a Fusion, we encourage our friends and neighbors to buy our Ford products, made in America, or not. Some may buy Fusions, but others will buy Focus's, F150's, Explorer's etc. And the more Fords the public sees on the road, the more they will gain trust in the Company. Look outside the box. You driving an American based Ford can do a lot more for the American economy than you driving a Japanese based Camry, no matter where the actual plant is located.

I believe there are approx. 360 brothers & sisters still on lay-off. Three shifts are already operating in Paint & Body. Trim & Chassis were scheduled to start the 3rd shift in April, but rumours state it could be sooner. We are still building the Freestar, but I have no idea if there is a finish date for it's production. We were originally lead to believe that it may be around April, but once again, the rumour mill is always churning.

I was told by a few people, including my steward that A-shift is on lay-off the week of the 24th. The board said show up at noon, when I last saw it before shut down. Ford has failed to get in touch with me. Is A-shift off or not?

YES!, but make sure you are getting parts for the Edge put onto your job, or your job may end with the Freestar. Possibly causing a three month lay off outside of seniority.

Of course you can have a heterosexual pride parade. Just organize it, and get the proper permits. Caucasian heritage month, put forth a motion, and acquire some supporters, it's probably easier than you think. Who ever said you had to be a minority to have a special day, or celebration. The Toronto Pride Parade started out twenty some years ago with just a few people. Now it's the largest in the world. It takes a lot of time, energy and determination by a lot of people to make it successful. Although I sense a lot of sarcasm in your post, and don't believe you would be serious about the issue, you could definitely organize your own hetero event, if you wanted to dedicate your time and effort.

You stupid, ignorant hand gun advocates are about as dumb as a bag of rocks. You want to compare hand gun deaths to car accidents and medical malpractice. Nobody ever said hand guns are the leading cause of death. You mean people actually died before hand guns where invented? When someone pulls a gun, and purposefully shoots another human being, it is the most cowardly act one can bestow on another. No shit, a hand gun can't hurt someone until someone actually picks it up and uses it, I had no idea! "Non-factual stats"; OK genius, where is my non-factual stat. The only stat I came close to making was "hand guns were invented to kill people". Maybe I should have said shoot, instead of kill, my apologies. If there was another purpose, (for their invention, I know you can hunt with a hand gun, but that is not the reason they came to be) please fill us in, I can't wait!

I always love those who compare someone who pulls a gun, and fires it with the intent to kill with a car which blows a tire, and veers off the road. Yes, I will agree, ACCIDENTS happen more often than cold blooded murder, ya got me there!

Typical ignorant reply! You assume because I support equality for LGBT's, that I am gay myself. And I'm not sure what's wrong with your friend, but to get benefits for my wife, before we were married, all I had to do was to prove we lived together for at least 6 months. Maybe commom-law relationship language differs in the states?

Hand guns are made to kill people. That is the sole reason for their invention. To encourage legal ownership, is to encourage murder. We saw that young girl murdered on Younge st. in Toronto by crossfire from a "gang" shootout. Can you imagine the amount of casualties had there been, say 10 citizens who may have pulled their "legal" guns, and fired back at the "gang bangers". Two wrongs, don't make a right! I won't pretend to know the answer to get illegal hand guns off the street. But to have a Trimdingaling running ramped with a "legal" hand gun will not solve a thing! And, although a lot of criminals have hand guns, there are many more who want one, and can't get one. The more people with "legal" hand guns there is, the more hand guns there will be for criminals to steal.

If groups which have been discriminated against stopped "cramming" their views down the public's throats, we would still have slavery in the south, and women would not be allowed to vote! Wake up, and embrace equality!

I can't figure it out myself!

Dude, it has absolutely nothing to do with the walking distance, it's the principle of the whole thing. Secondly, if you would of shown up to the membership meeting on Sunday, you might have a clue as to what's going on, and how your leadership plans on dealing with the issue. Third, I think I just heard Management say "jump", it's your turn to say "how high"!