Comments on: Freep’s Phelan Blasts Chrysler Vacation Plan

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:37:35 +0000

The summer shutdown is standard Detroit fare. Ford and GM do the exact same thing. Salaried workers have to take 1 week off (paid) around the 4th of July.

By: George Labrador

George Labrador — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:44:43 +0000

This shut down may spur Chrysler-Cerberus to keep shutting down a little longer with the intent to reduce in stock vehicles!

By: ihatetrees

ihatetrees — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:51:42 +0000

Call me cynical also, but these are UAW plants. I doubt any vacation plans will be interrupted. Those with no vacation time left will get a week (or is it two?) without pay.
I feel for the front line supervisor who has to plan production around this soup-sandwich scheduling from the Lords Above.

Of course, there may be no production after this ‘vacation’.

By: JK43123

JK43123 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:20:20 +0000

My deceased parents were UAW workers when I was a kid, and they had summer shutdowns for vacation. Seems like a fairly normal thing.

John

By: bunkie

bunkie — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:24:30 +0000

Call me cynical, but I suspect that this wasn’t an oversight, but the actual purpose.

By: Banned User

Banned User — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:03:16 +0000

The way things are going unpaid vacation time will soon be plentiful for Chrysler workers. Sometimes you need to sacrifice in life and this seems very minor.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:00:41 +0000

“Forgetting that other folks have family obligations and less vacation time than you is what Type A executives do,”

Actually “Type A Executives” do not take vacations, except in-between careers. This isn’t France.