US Yaris to be imported from France ?

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by why?

right. What year did chevrolet's start exploding?h yea, that's right. 2011

And you are using the term American worker as if you are only talking about unions. Leave it to a union worker to think only unions matter...When in reality union membership is dropping like a rock. Because intelligent people can separate human beings from evil disgusting union leaders that only want money and power.

Unless you live in a bubble completely separated from all humanity it doesn't take much to see people in the US seem to just not give a damn. Whether you are looking at dealership mechanics damaging vehicles, quick oil change places forgetting to fill cars with oil, horrific customer service at many retail stores, etc. A good experience when shopping for anything now a days is becoming a rarity instead of a guarantee. You can't even be sure people will be polite anymore. Hearing someone say the words," your welcome," instead of, "yup,"sure," etc, is almost unheard of. Common courtesy is almost totally dead. It certainly extends to the workplace as well. People who are happy to be thought of as evil jerks instead of hard workers, or excitedly bragging about how they love being known as an "asshole" or a "total bitch" like that is somehow an honorable thing.

Our society is totally screwed up and is going in the wrong direction in every possible way.

So, some engineer on the Volt project didn't do all of his/her homework or some bean-counter decided that they could save 0.001 cents per car by making a wire a smaller gauge or the walls of the batteries thinner...who knows? But I guess to you it's all the hard working, blue collar guy's fault who assemble the pieces.

As for the union? You brought that up. I made a quick reference to it only after you made a comment about it. I never said or claimed to be a UAW supporter. It is, however, quite easy to place the blame on all that has been...is...and may be wrong in the future with the Big 3 on the UAW when you don't understand all of the facts.

With each one of your posts it becomes clearer that you have no concept of what it means to be a "blue collar" worker. It's one thing to be a realist...or even a bit negative. But you cross that line and come off as a cynic. And if there's one thing I've learned in my nearly 44 years in this world, it's the more cynical a person is the more people should take, with a grain of salt, what they say and think.

I am a proud, honest, hard-working, union-free, blue-collar, American worker who gives 100% in everything I do and have been with the same company for nearly 20 years. You can lump us into one not so flattering category all you want, but there are more of us out there than you realize. We are the middle class...the ones that fund the poor and protect the rich...we are glue that holds this nation together. Walk into my work place and tell these guys that they don't care about what they do and you'll probably find yourself missing some front teeth.