March 2, 2007
SO MUST JACKALS FIGHT OVER THE LAST ROTTING BONE:
German Airbus unions prepare to challenge Power8 restructuring plans (Victoria Moores, 3/02/07, Flightglobal.com)
Unions at Airbus Deutschland are preparing to challenge the manufacturer's Power8 restructuring plan, following spontaneous walkouts at three German sites yesterday. [...]Posted by Orrin Judd at March 2, 2007 6:00 PMGerman union IG Metall, which claims to represent all of Airbus's German workers, has responded angrily to the plans saying: "The fight for Airbus has only just begun." [...]
IG Metall district representative Jutta Blankau says: "Airbus should not be completely reorganised. The positive decisions on the A320 family should not cover up the prospect of uncertainty for thousands of employees."
She adds that spontaneous walkouts staged at Varel, Nordenham and Laupheim are unsurprising and says that these will increase in frequency if the company does not become more conciliatory.
This reminds me of the scene in Blazing Saddles where Cleavon Little points the gun to his own head and tells the townfolks, "Hold it! Next man makes a move, the n*** gets it!"
I'll bet the unions would back down if the government started putting up billboards that said "Welcome, Boeing!". Especially if said billboards were in the East.
Of course, the workers would probably go on an all-day vandalism bender first, but.....
Posted by: ratbert at March 2, 2007 11:50 PMWhen Airbus opens, it loses billions, when it closes it saves billions. Thus Airbus should close down and dish out the saved billions of tax payers' money to the workers.
Posted by: ic at March 3, 2007 3:00 AMReturn the money to the tax payers.
Posted by: erp at March 3, 2007 8:38 AM