Ghost Dog

Well this is the Fifth of the Epsilons. And if its not the Best yet. How could that be?

I Think The Front end will be identical to the Vectra.

Me being contrary again, but I was excited by the thought that the 3 valve OHV was coming to market.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../604060387/1148

General Motors Corp. says it has no official policy requiring suppliers to outsource work to low-wage countries. But several suppliers got the opposite message when they recently opened a bid package.

The companies were told in clear language that if they wanted the GM contract they had to acquire more than 30 percent of the parts from approved nations ranging from China to Namibia, according to documents obtained by The Detroit News.

They are setting themselves up for an " If they U.S. is'nt good enough for GM, Then GM is'nt good enough for the U.S. campaign."

Right now America is Cheating on GM. The Question is will there be a Divorce?

I don't think the 60 minutes thing is going to help. Any talk of GM Bancruptcy is bound to hurt sales. They need to get things Tidied up. Then hope the people who heard the bancruptcy talk hear the opposite if it comes.

This is so GM can Flood the U.S. market with product from Ramos Arizpe. What capacity Ramos formerly used for the Mexican market goes to the U.S. now.

3 Frickin dollars an hour? Sorry Nafta has to go!!!!

I was really getting annoyed at the show myself. For the most part it was just more of the same propaganda.

That is exactly why Delphi hired him... to save the company, not bow to pressure from currupt unions or weakling GM management.

He's a destroyer.

And how is the Union corrupt? Where is the Deviancy? There is none. They are doing what they are supposed to do. Represent the workers and thier rights!!!!!

This whole exercise is about the $300 million Miller and his Cronies have targeted for themselves. This is GREED nothing more. This whole more viable crap is B.S.

Time seems to crawling. Either the NY show is usualy not interesting. Or the gap between Chicago and New York is longer this year.

I filled out the form.

we've got the plant here building GM's E85 V6's but the fuel is nowhere to be found.

Take a look at New York States flex fuel stations.

http://e85fuel.com/database/locations.php?state=nyNew%20York

the only way this works out is if Miller can be circumvented. Parties outside of Delphi have to get together with Gm and The U.A.W. They have to present an alternative to the judge.

This isn't going to be a GM or Dephi going under matter. The entity that is going to get bashed is the UAW. UAW Delphi workers go on strike, Delphi gets a court order that recognizes the strike as violation of current contract and conditions, new workers get hired. UAW looks like idiots, loses all leverage with any and all corporations they have contracts with.

If I were UAW member I would like the leadership to be in same boat as me. For all the noise they make about equality of sacrifice at plants, these bloated boobs don't lose much for leading the membership into oblivion.

For all the Talk that comes out of the S.O.S. I don't think the UAW will be the first to strike. For some reason I think there is a real bitternes in the IUE-CWA. They will go first.

Ford Called they want there 500 back.

i guess this is really decision time then? strike will happen by this friday if nothing changes?

Technically I guesse they can't strike till the Judge actually Voids the contract. (May?) I read GM might try to convince the Judge in May not to Void.

But Tempers will run high, and people are people. I think I read the S.O.S seem to be pushing for instant wildcating.

Newtons third law.

I highly doubt it.

At least as good as what Delphi is Offering.

And with what GM has done for Delphi, there was no reason for Miller to provoke this. Most Of the Employees who would have remained would likely have been at the Lower pay tier already.

Miller is simply holding GM hostage trying to get more out of them. When Gm Really with what they've already done has done enough for Miller.

There was no good reason for Miller to go after the second tier pay people. The Gm Buyout early retirement (as GM employee) deals. should have relieved Delphi enough to end this.

 

UAW says advised Delphi will file motions Friday

Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:11 PM ET

   

CHICAGO, March 29 (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers on Wednesday said elected public officials have told the union that bankrupt parts supplier Delphi Corp. (DPHIQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) will file motions Friday morning to reject its labor contracts and change retiree benefits.

Several elected officials told the union that Delphi Chief Executive Steve Miller on Wednesday had contacted them about plans for the filing, UAW Vice President Richard Shoemaker said in a note to UAW local unit presidents and chairpersons.

http://today.reuters.com/investing/finance...ABOR-URGENT.XML

Turn out the lights

The Party's over

It seems that all

Good things must end

This may be more about Miller getting as much from GM as Possible. And using the U.A.W. as the weapon.

Miller knows the Strike will hurt GM not him. So he can can continue to push the union, who are'nt going to back down.

The more Miller can get from GM to avoid a strike. The More that goes in his own personal pocket.

I said months ago the only way this gets settled peacfully is to remove Miller from the equation.

GM and The U.A.W should somehow push for outside bids. See what other parties would offer for the Assetts. And potential new Union Contracts.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6032801573.html

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Unions representing nearly all of Delphi Corp.'s <DPHIQ.PK> U.S. hourly workers on Tuesday rejected the bankrupt auto parts maker's latest proposed wage and benefit cuts, expressing doubts deals could be reached by the company's self-imposed deadline this week.

Delphi has said it must reach at least the framework of an agreement with its unions by Thursday, or it will file court papers the following day to start the process of rejecting its contracts and changing retiree benefits.

Such a filing would not immediately permit unions to strike Delphi, but could poison talks between Delphi and its two major unions, the United Auto Workers and the International Union of Electrical Workers-Communications Workers of America.

A bankruptcy court hearing would start May 8 if Delphi files those motions on Friday. A strike at Delphi could quickly disrupt production at General Motors Corp. <GM.N>, which spun Delphi off in 1999 and remains its largest customer.

Some are pretty harsh.

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Stor...google&keyword=

The local president said the only difference is the increases in wages and benefits that may be subsidized by GM, but there is no firm commitment to do that. "It wasn't very encouraging, he said. "It's not an improved offer. We're not taking it to the membership."

The UAW is not the only union ripping Delphi's offer. The IUE-CWA, representing about 25% of the supplier's work force, sent a letter to Delphi Tuesday calling its collective bargaining agreement proposal "ludicrous." The letter was provided to Dow Jones Newswires late Tuesday afternoon.

In a letter addressed to Kevin Butler, Delphi's human resources chief, IUE-CWA Chairman Henry Reichard said Delphi's proposal "is nothing more than lip service to the idea of negotiations while you prepare your motion to rip up (current) contracts - this is not good faith bargaining."

Reichard accused Delphi of ignoring the IUE-CWA, which represents 8,500 Delphi workers and 4,000 retirees. He said the company essentially left out its second-biggest union in labor negotiations that have been primarily held with the UAW. He said the IUE-CWA is willing to negotiate this week, but insisted the union will oppose any motions the company files. Members of the IUE-CWA have already authorized a strike in the case its labor agreement is scrapped.

abolish the union's right to strike, and take away restrictions against selling or closing factories and shipping work to outside suppliers.

Thats a real ugly bit there. we'll see what the people vote.

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=1...8R2A&refer=home

March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Delphi Corp., a bankrupt auto-parts supplier, has offered United Auto Workers union members a payment of $50,000 each in exchange for a 35 percent pay cut.

The offer is contingent on General Motors Corp., Delphi's former parent, helping pay the wages of Delphi workers, according to a March 24 contract proposal obtained by Bloomberg. Hourly pay for Delphi workers would drop initially to $22 and then to $16.50 on Sept. 3, 2007. If GM doesn't help out, wages for long-time Delphi employees would fall to as low as $12. Health-care benefits for retirees would be eliminated.

Delphi's UAW locals received the offer today, three days before Delphi Chief Executive Officer Steve Miller's deadline for an agreement. Miller has said he will ask a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge to cancel contracts on March 31 if there's no new accord. The UAW has pledged to strike if the court allows the contracts to be thrown out.

``If today's offer is what the International UAW gives the locals for ratification, my people are going to be standing out there with picket signs,'' said George Anthony, bargaining chairman of UAW Local 292 at a Delphi electrical components plant in Kokomo, Indiana.

GM, Delphi's biggest customer, hasn't yet agreed to subsidize the supplier's wages, the proposal said.

Paul Krell, a UAW spokesman, said the union has received Delphi's offer. He declined comment. Lindsey Williams, a spokesman for Troy, Michigan-based Delphi and Jerry Dubrowski, a spokesman for Detroit-based GM, had no comment.

Staggered

Under Delphi's proposal, wages would fall to $22 on July 3 at the plants it wants to keep. Pay would drop again to the $16.50 level 14 months later. Hourly wages would remain at $22 at the plants Delphi wants to sell or close by Dec. 31, 2007. The union would negotiate with new owners on wages.

Miller, who took the Troy, Michigan-based company into bankruptcy Oct. 8, originally sought wages as low as $9.50 an hour.

``Delphi's new offer is far from a settlement, but it is a move away from the company's initial rhetoric, which did little but inflame a tough situation,'' said Harley Shaiken, a labor professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

The proposal would require workers to pay up to $3,000 a year per family for health care and eliminate a ``Jobs Bank'' program that pays laid-off employees when they're not working.

It would also remove automatic wage increases to protect workers from inflation, abolish the union's right to strike, and take away restrictions against selling or closing factories and shipping work to outside suppliers.

Buyouts

Last week, Delphi, GM and the Detroit-based UAW agreed to incentives designed to eliminate tens of thousands of jobs at both companies. The incentives include a bonus payment of up to $35,000 for 13,000 Delphi workers who are already eligible to retire. Another 5,000 of the supplier's employees would be able to return to GM.

If GM agrees to help, Delphi would match the automaker's offer of buyout payments to workers who would quit, start receiving pensions, and relinquish their claim to health care and all other benefits. The buyouts would be $140,000 for workers with 10 or more years of experience, and $70,000 for workers with less than 10 years, the offer said.

All that is left is to Rain -X her windows. Hopefully we're finished with the road salt for the spring.

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic...UTO01/603270379

Bankrupt Delphi Corp.'s United Auto Workers locals today will receive a proposed contract that calls for a gradual reduction in wages and benefits for its blue-collar work force instead of the abrupt pay cuts spelled out in two previous proposals.

Under the new offer, Delphi's hourly workers -- now paid $27 per hour -- would see wages initially cut to roughly $22 per hour and then fall gradually to about $16 per hour, according to sources familiar with the proposal.

The offer, which is key to Delphi's plan to emerge from bankruptcy next year, likely would be contingent on General Motors Corp. agreeing to subsidize at least part of Delphi's wages until the hourly rate hits the lower level. The deal would require ratification by the union's rank and file and federal bankruptcy court.

The Majority(If not all) of the $27 an hour people are eligible for the buyout and Flowback plans.

The second tier people are at $14-$18 an hour now.

Whatever the people at the plants decide. Its thier lives and thier choice.

I could see it. I could see SAIC starting with a 49 % interest. they would then be a partner in most of the GMAP operations.

By the way

The Coroner said. When I saw one of your roses today. I knew it was you. At the Time of the Larkhill fire. The Roses would have been Valeries.

The T.P. Notes could'nt have survived the fire. V had to have wrote the Notes afterwards.

V had to have been Valerie. Voice changed by the Fire? Kinetically changed by the virus.

It might be a good Idea for the Delphi workers. But if I were the GM workers I'd be worried about not being there to vote in 07. I.E. retire now and in 07 have GM try to change the terms of retirement. With Retirees having no say. (Like last year)