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To: koan who wrote (96032)	7/5/2011 2:15:47 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

The 19 Most Hated Companies In America businessinsider.com

To: koan who wrote (96032)	7/5/2011 7:01:24 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

This is why unions are screwed.....at least for now. Americans better come up with a better way to keep corps in line or workers will be nothing more than indentured slaves. BMW layoffs exemplify the evisceration of the middle class Every working American should be dismayed by — and afraid of — what BMW is doing. By all accounts, BMW's parts distribution warehouse in Ontario was one of the jewels of the company's system. Supplying dealer service departments throughout Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, it received gold medals from BMW for its efficiency and employed several of the top-ranked workers in the country. In the roughly 40 years its workers had been represented by the Teamsters union, there had never been a labor stoppage. Times being what they are, when a Teamsters committee came to the plant in early June to open negotiations over a new contract to start Sept. 1, they thought they might be asked to accept minuscule wage increases and maybe some givebacks on health coverage. They were stunned by what they heard instead: As of Aug. 31, the plant would be outsourced to an unidentified third-party logistics company and all but three of its 71 employees laid off. The union contract will be terminated. Some of the employees might be offered jobs with the new operator, but there are no guarantees. And no one expects the new bosses will match the existing $25 hourly scale or the health benefits provided now. read more............ latimes.com