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	<title>Comments on: GM’s 100-Year Anniversary to Remember Pt. 2: Wiki-Pissa!</title>
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		<title>By: psarhjinian</title>
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		<dc:creator>psarhjinian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;How did recognizing the UAW “add stability” for GM? Oh, right. The company got back the ability to use its property. Like a corner market gets stability by making weekly payments to Tony Soprano’s wise guys.
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Well, let&#039;s be fair.  The need for unionization was clearly there.  Workplace safety and rights basically didn&#039;t exist, and your employer had you more or less at their mercy.  The Tony Soprano comparison was apt, but in the other direction.

Of course, now we do have those regulations, and the UAW, Steelworkers and Teamsters really aren&#039;t much different than their opposite number, and they really aren&#039;t trying very hard to defend workers who are being exploited in the modern workforce.  Of course, you don&#039;t make much union dues from people making minimum wage or less for not quite long enough to qualify for benefits and in environments that are very, very unsafe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><em>How did recognizing the UAW “add stability” for GM? Oh, right. The company got back the ability to use its property. Like a corner market gets stability by making weekly payments to Tony Soprano’s wise guys.<br />
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Well, let&#8217;s be fair.  The need for unionization was clearly there.  Workplace safety and rights basically didn&#8217;t exist, and your employer had you more or less at their mercy.  The Tony Soprano comparison was apt, but in the other direction.</p>
<p>Of course, now we do have those regulations, and the UAW, Steelworkers and Teamsters really aren&#8217;t much different than their opposite number, and they really aren&#8217;t trying very hard to defend workers who are being exploited in the modern workforce.  Of course, you don&#8217;t make much union dues from people making minimum wage or less for not quite long enough to qualify for benefits and in environments that are very, very unsafe.<!-- google_ad_section_end --></p>
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		<title>By: 50merc</title>
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		<dc:creator>50merc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The sign pictured says &quot;This settlement led to complete unionization of the auto industry in ensuing years and added stability for workers and company.&quot;

How did recognizing the UAW &quot;add stability&quot; for GM? Oh, right. The company got back the ability to use its property. Like a corner market gets stability by  making weekly payments to Tony Soprano&#039;s wise guys.

Also, the sign should add &quot;until competition broke the D3 oligopoly and made it impossible for them to sell their cars at prices that covered their costs.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!-- google_ad_section_start -->The sign pictured says &#8220;This settlement led to complete unionization of the auto industry in ensuing years and added stability for workers and company.&#8221;</p>
<p>How did recognizing the UAW &#8220;add stability&#8221; for GM? Oh, right. The company got back the ability to use its property. Like a corner market gets stability by  making weekly payments to Tony Soprano&#8217;s wise guys.</p>
<p>Also, the sign should add &#8220;until competition broke the D3 oligopoly and made it impossible for them to sell their cars at prices that covered their costs.&#8221;<!-- google_ad_section_end --></p>
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		<title>By: Domestic Hearse</title>
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		<dc:creator>Domestic Hearse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cicero shoots... HE SCORES! Best post this month.</description>
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		<title>By: Cicero</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cicero</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obfuscation (2005-2007)
Evisceration (2008)
Nationalization (2009)
Liquidation (??)</description>
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Evisceration (2008)<br />
Nationalization (2009)<br />
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		<title>By: thalter</title>
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		<dc:creator>thalter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about Citation (1980-1985)?</description>
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		<title>By: yankinwaoz</title>
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		<dc:creator>yankinwaoz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow... love those categories. Gotta wonder what the hell they are smoking there at GM. Can they please add &quot;crapification (1970-2005)&quot;?</description>
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		<title>By: Edward Niedermeyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Edward Niedermeyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>History is written by the bored.</description>
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		<title>By: Zarba</title>
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		<dc:creator>Zarba</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>History&#039;s easy to write if you ignore the facts...</description>
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