"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
11/25/2018 at 23:43 • Filed to: None
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that GM is shutting down operations in Oshawa, Ontario.
Confirmation expected tomorrow.
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Nibby
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:50 |
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that’s what happens when you make hideous 2019 silverados
CB
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:53 |
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Uh oh, that's not good. That plant is crucial to Shwa's economy.
PyramidHat
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:54 |
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Not knowing that town, is this one of those things where GM is the primary employer?
Rico
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:56 |
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Wow a month shy of Christmas for these folks.
Fan-fucking-tastic.
ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:57 |
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I had read that they were making a major “staffing announcement” tomorrow. This would be major.
Quadradeuce
> PyramidHat
11/25/2018 at 23:58 |
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2500 employees out of a population of 160k. So yeah...
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Quadradeuce
> Nibby
11/25/2018 at 23:58 |
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I think they make the last gen Silverados....
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ttyymmnn
> Rico
11/25/2018 at 23:59 |
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I don’t imagine it would be immediate. The only plus side is that the labor market is pretty good right now. But you’d be hard-pressed to find anything that paid that well.
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Just Jeepin'
> PyramidHat
11/25/2018 at 23:59 |
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The article indicates it’s more diverse than it used to be, and other than the article I’m entirely unfamiliar with the situation, but I imagine the direct and indirect impact would be huge.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> Just Jeepin'
11/25/2018 at 23:59 |
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Just Jeepin'
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/26/2018 at 00:00 |
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Translation for those of us south of the border?
Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
> Just Jeepin'
11/26/2018 at 00:04 |
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Woah. That is legitimately surprising. It’s not like Oshawa is producing Regals any more - it was retooled for Silverado/Sierra. And GM’s union contract in 2016 agreed to reopen the second assembly line to produce trucks, plus invest a shitton of cash - $554M to be exact - and that contract isn’t up until 2020.
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> Just Jeepin'
11/26/2018 at 00:04 |
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It’s Doug Ford. The idiotic leader of Ontario. Brother of Rob Ford.
He doesn’t give a shit about working class people.
bob and john
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/26/2018 at 00:06 |
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Scarey thing is the liberal option was even worse
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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> bob and john
11/26/2018 at 00:07 |
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yeah, I know. I probably would have voted Ford. I guess that the lesson there is to run better candidates
ranwhenparked
> Just Jeepin'
11/26/2018 at 00:42 |
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Surprising now. A few years ago, it would have been unfortunate, but understandable. But, didn’t they just make a substantial investment to convert to trucks? Seems like GM isn’t exactly overcapacity on pickup production.
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> Just Jeepin'
11/26/2018 at 01:10 |
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So now GM is unable to blame the Germans for making them unprofit ab le , they start blaming the Canadians? I have family in Oshawa, and some of them used to be employed by GM, luckily they weren’t working for them anymore.
Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
11/26/2018 at 08:57 |
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They had a better candidate in the form of Patrick Brown... and a hatchet job was orchestrated against him with accusations that were complete bullshit.
https://www.amazon.ca/Takedown-Attempted-Political-Assassination-Patrick/dp/0888902913
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Quadradeuce
> Just Jeepin'
11/26/2018 at 10:23 |
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Sounds like Canada is just following in the footsteps of Australia. At what point will no cars be produced north of the border?