Al's Blog-o-Sphere

The Lockport City Council is investigating hiring a law firm to join in the bankruptcy proceedings with Delphi. Their stance is that since Delphi’s Lockport plant has received many tax concessions, state grants and other special treatment, if the comapny decides to close the plant, or move it elsewhere, they have a stake in the property and equipment. Continue Reading…

Delphi’s proposal is designed to hasten the dismantling of the middle class by importing Third World wages to the United States.

In short, the proposal faithfully reflects a vision of an America in which an elite few live in luxury while everyone else struggles to make ends meet.

Executive compensation is out of control in this country. I don’t know how much plainer I can be.

– UAW President Ron Gettelfinger

Well, the midnight shift is getting to be pretty routine. I won’t say I feel like I’m getting enough sleep, but then I wasn’t before either. But, it’s a lot easier to get up and go to work when your body says it’s time to, than when your body is saying “SLEEP – I want more SLEEP!
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While everyone is pretty mad about Delphi’s bankruptcy tactic, if you step back and take a good look at the situation and the history, they are really in a corner and are desperate. I’m not excusing them closing plants in the U.S. while opening them in third world countries where wages are dirt cheap, or for giving execs raises while trying to pick the pockets of the working man. But let’s not forget who some of the real villains are in this scenario: Continue Reading…