My apologies to all of the Case New Holland readers of this blog. David Olive posts a story about your boss, Sergio Marchionne getting outsmarted which I have posted below. ….so Berlin ultimately favoured the bid by a consortium led by Magna. Opel-Vauxhall becomes the first Canadian-controlled automaker since 1918. when the Oshawa, Ont.-based McLaughlin [...]
General Motors
Working less, making less
From MSNBC There were about 7.8 million part-time workers who would rather be working full-time as of January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a whopping 65 percent increase over a year earlier and about the same as the previous month. The sharpest increase in the number of so-called “involuntary” part-time workers has come [...]
Rebuilding after a layoff
The New York Times has a good story on how hard it is for people laid of from General Motors to go on with their lives. He still has not decided whether to try to transfer to another G.M. plant, change occupations or return to school. Visiting the local United Automobile Workers hall recently, Mr. [...]
Mechanics
A couple of months ago Wendy and I got some shocking news that our trusted mechanics had retired and sold out to someone else who planned to open a used car lot. Now our mechanics were grease monkeys in the best possible way. They were always honest, never overcharged us, and always came in below [...]
Counterpoint
General Motors has released a video showing how important they are to the North American economy. Of course the question isn’t that the automakers need help, the question is what steps make the most sense and I am not convinced that a bailout will do anything than prolong the inevitable. The video above came embedded [...]
Should General Motors go bankrupt
The New York Times is saying what many of us have been saying for a while. It may be better for everyone if General Motors was forced to reorganize under bankruptcy protection rather than get a bailout from the government. But not everyone agrees that a Chapter 11 filing by G.M. would be the disaster [...]
Bailout II
I don’t know about you but for some reason bailing out the automakers bugs me worse than bailing out the banks. The automakers have been getting their butts kicked by Japanese automakers for years and then gambled on SUVs to bring them back. The gamble failed and now they want the Canadian and American governments [...]
