Corvette Plant needs your help!

corvetteconti @ EVS · 2009-05-19 14:28:44

anyone have a damn mower?! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: http://www.corvetteconti.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/plant-mowing-copy.jpg

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May 19, 2009 | 10:28 AM

0corvetteconti @ EVS

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Corvette Plant needs your help!

anyone have a damn mower?!

May 19, 2009 | 10:32 AM

lavla

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Not a good sign...

May 19, 2009 | 10:44 AM

Ounce

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I guess cutbacks are happening everywhere at GM, except the grass.

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May 19, 2009 | 11:20 AM

Eritosthenes

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Maybe the new Corvette color for 2010 should be John Deere green!

May 19, 2009 | 11:27 AM

holdin5aces

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proud is proud to be

If I worked there, plant shutdown or not, I'd organize a couple of folks with riders and cut the grass as a team building project. Embarrassing for the UAW to let that happen.

May 19, 2009 | 11:28 AM

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The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind.....

May 19, 2009 | 11:31 AM

kdhand

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Originally Posted by holdin5aces

If I worked there, plant shutdown or not, I'd organize a couple of folks with riders and cut the grass as a team building project. Embarrassing for the UAW to let that happen.

UAW: "It's an management issue..."

I suppose something like that could have been said...

Teamwork in America - or lack thereof...

May 19, 2009 | 11:57 AM

MNVette

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Doesn't surprise me in the least - but shouldn't the federal government be out there mowing the lawn? With all the stimulus money sloshing around, you'd think some enterprising BG lawn care company would ask for a bailout to mow the plant's grass.

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May 19, 2009 | 12:01 PM

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The answer, my friends, is blowin' in the wind.....

Nice one Bob...er, I mean Bill.

May 19, 2009 | 12:19 PM

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Maybe they are going to let it grow so they can cut hay off of it and sell the hay to make a profit.

May 19, 2009 | 12:22 PM

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Heck . . I'll volunteer to cut it !

It just might take me awhile to ride my Sears 12 hp tractor to the plant.

Roadtrip?

May 19, 2009 | 12:37 PM

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They should get a bunch of sheep and let them loose on that!

May 19, 2009 | 12:40 PM

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Anyone else going to the CI this weekend? Maybe we could arrange to rent a couple mowers,weedeaters etc. and everyone pitch in and take care of this for them. Id be willing to donate a few bucks and some time.

May 19, 2009 | 12:40 PM

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I'll work for vettes.

May 19, 2009 | 12:41 PM

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If it's not in the UAW worker's job description, it ain't gettin' done.

May 19, 2009 | 12:53 PM

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Perhaps there was an INS crackdown in the BG area????

May 19, 2009 | 01:16 PM

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If it's not in the UAW worker's job description, it ain't gettin' done.

Mowing the lawn is done by outside contractors. The UAW has nothing to do with it. GM err Government Motors is just trying to save a little cash.

May 19, 2009 | 01:22 PM

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It's still probably a union job and the guy is waiting unitl Memorial Day so he can get double time.

May 19, 2009 | 02:00 PM

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It's still probably a union job and the guy is waiting unitl Memorial Day so he can get double time.

As one of Delphi's senior executives once said as Delphi went into bankruptsy. "We just can't affort to pay someone $68/hr wages and benefits to mow the lawn in front of our assembly plants anymore".