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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 12:55 AM
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:12 AM
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I guess the price of new and used Harleys will be up for the short term.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 01:46 AM
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When the strike ends and the York plant resumes production, management will be under pressure to get more production out of the workers. The workers will probably be working overtime in an effort to satisfy management andfill dealer quotas. With all that stress andfatigueI wonder if quality will suffer in the weeks or months that follow...................BG
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 05:47 AM
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Ultimately one of the parties in this dispute is going to be responsible for killing the goose that laid the golden egg... boy are stockholders gonna be pissed, huh? Then what?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 08:20 AM
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Just a quick note here to tell y'all that I'm tired of the bashing that seems to follow whenever a York thread comes up. As soon as the first post shows up that bashes ANYONE, a warning will go the the author, and the post will be deleted. I've been locking them before, but will take a different approach this time so those who wish to discuss it in a civil manner may continue to do so. If you have ANYTHING to say about the stances of the union or management, go to the PROD forum with it.

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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:14 AM
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Wheres the PROD link?
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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the union and Harley are going to a federal meteator today !!! hopefully they can work things out
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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I don't get it...I have been checking in with the "York-Dispatch", every 1-2 days to get a feel locally with what's goin on at the plant and yeterday's "Dispatch" said that the 2 sides were going to meet with a negotiator this week in a positive sign....hard to know what's real right now....Joe Mac
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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This is like any other form of negotiation - if you can get the other side to blink first, you win. Consequently, they'll try just about anything to shake up the other side - and don't be surprised to find out later that something one side said was patently false, said only to either a) garner public support or b)to confound the other side.

When it comes to something like this, it's not really about "labor" and "management" - it's business. Whoever can hold out the longest or come up with the smallest fine print in an agreement can win. I've seen it work both ways - sometimes the company wins, sometimes the union wins, but either way *normally* the consumer AND employee are the ones that lose.
 
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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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thank you for keeping it civil
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Just a quick note here to tell y'all that I'm tired of the bashing that seems to follow whenever a York thread comes up. As soon as the first post shows up that bashes ANYONE, a warning will go the the author, and the post will be deleted. I've been locking them before, but will take a different approach this time so those who wish to discuss it in a civil manner may continue to do so. If you have ANYTHING to say about the stances of the union or management, go to the PROD forum with it.

Thanks.
 
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