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Surprise! GM Wants Even More Money!

Wednesday, 3 December 2008
By GRPundit

The Detroit Three (formerly the Big Three) groveled in front of Congress last month, asking for $25 billion to keep the doors open. Congress rebuffed them and sent them home with instructions to return with “a plan.” What do they come up with? A request that now clocks in at $34 billion. It has...
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Destroy Michigan Government Now!

Friday, 18 July 2008
By GRPundit
Destroy Michigan Government Now!

As our readers probably already know, a state ballot proposal has been submitted to “reform” Michigan government. It has the title of the “Reform Michigan Government Now” proposal. It may or make not make it to the ballot, depending on how many signatures are validated. The interesting thing about this proposal is that it crept up...
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Make Michigan Attractive to Business Again

Tuesday, 19 June 2007
By GRPundit

The stunning inability of Michigan’s politicians to talk about the 8,000 ton elephant in the room continues to amaze us here at GR Pundit. Michigan’s economy is suffering a “single-state” recession for one primary reason – the United Auto Workers union. Why? Michigan’s economy is/was so heavily dependent on the domestic auto industry that...
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Posted in Ford, General Motors, Labor Unions (General), Mackinac Center, Michigan Business, Michigan Economy, Michigan Government, Michigan Taxes, Right to Work, Toyota, UAW | 2 Comments »

UAW Kills More Jobs?

Thursday, 9 February 2006
By GRPundit

WOOD TV 8 is reporting that Toyota has decided not to build a new factory in West Michigan because of militant UAW members who participated in an unauthorized protest at the Detroit Auto show, where Toyota Executives were in attendance. From the article: The rally wasn’t an authorized union gathering. UAW member Greg Shotwell...
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Blue-Collar Workers Turn Backs on UAW

Monday, 19 December 2005
By GRPundit

An interesting article in today’s Detroit News points out an instance, in Michigan, where factory workers are actively fighting unionization: It speaks to a growing skepticism and sometimes outright distain of a union that historically inspired unflinching loyalty from members and fear from management. Does this really surprise anyone? Just what, exactly, does the...
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Posted in Michigan Business, Toyota, UAW | No Comments »

Michigan Ouch

Wednesday, 2 November 2005
By GRPundit

Over the last month we’ve seen several events which will permanently shift the economic reality of Michigan. 1) Northwest Airline’s mechanics strike, which flopped and ended up in a busted union, had no consequence for NWA. This marks a major turning point for unions in Michigan – they have lost the organizational power and...
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Posted in Delphi, General Motors, Michigan Business, Michigan Economy, Northwest Airlines, UAW | No Comments »

Labor Day Cancelled

Monday, 5 September 2005
By GRPundit

In what can only be described as a delicious irony, the labor day parade was cancelled in Grand Rapids. Local unions, which have the responsibility of financing the cost of putting on the parade, simply didn’t have the money this year. They couldn’t come up with the necessary $25,000. Union leaders, however, promise to...
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Posted in Grand Rapids Economy, UAW | No Comments »

‘SHOW ME THE JOBS’

Monday, 29 March 2004
By GRPundit

It’s the irony of the year that the AFL-CIO stopped in Greenville to hold a “Show us the Jobs” rally this weekend. It is organizations like the AFL-CIO that advocate such job-killing measures as forced unionization and living wage laws that end up increasing unemployment. It is a pretty well-established fact in the world...
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