FORD Motor Company closing 14plants (30,000 workers)

[Karding]

most workers kse ng Ford eh yung tinatawag na legacy workers.

US Steel Corp was going to close their factory back then which will result in thousands of workers left with no job. The workers itself bought the company, sacrificed some of their benefits just to keep the jobs in the US and keep the factory open.

Nasanay na kse ang mga Ford workers where their benefits are more than what they make. Wake up fellas, wait...its too late.

[kuroy]

maraming nagrereklamo kasi sobra daw naman talaga ang mga unyon sa ford and GM. mantakin mo blue collar worker ay minimum $65 yata plus benefits pa. parang sobra naman yata with due respect.

iyan ngang mga skilled workers ay hirap bago maka $35 per hour. so baka nasa $100k+/year ang mga laborers nila plus marami pang full paid benefits.

hindi nga sila makaka compete pag ganyan. sa panahon ngayon halos lahat ng company ay naghihigpit ng sinturon. kahit nga sa Intel dati business class sa eroplano ngayon ay sa buntot na lang yata ng eroplano nakaupo.

pero nakareceive ako ng Time magazine this week marami raw plano si Bill Ford for a revamp. Ang tindi ng mga designs nila ngayon trucks/car parang pimp my ride ang dating...saka fuel efficient daw

[Karding]

ang hirap ng work ng bagong CEO para implement ang plano nya. Well I guess closing the plants could be the start.

[explorer]

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[Karding]

nice link explorer.

[Jun aka Pekto]

btw, why do you have to 'wait' for the Lumina coupe? isn't the current Pontiac GTO the exact same thing?

Well, I'm kinda torn between a RWD V-8 and a tuner Scion tC. Also, if we do buy a new car (again), we may have to scrap plans to retire to the Philippines. Lots of things up in the air to consider.........

[niky]

Dito ka nalang... Sure, your automotive choices are limited, but you can make your money stretch a looooong way.

Tuner cars? AFAIK, original turbo-kits don't cost any more here than they do in the US.

[chua_riwap]

Ford: "bye-bye philippines!"





http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/...-down-ph-plant

Ford to shut down PH plant

MANILA, Philippines - Ford Philippines, a unit of US automaker Ford Motor Company, is closing its only assembly plant in the country next year.

Ford ASEAN president Peter Fleet on Wednesday said the company decided to cease assembly operations at its plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna due to lack of economies of scale and small supply base.

Around 250 workers are expected to be affected by the plant closure.

Fleet said the Sta. Rosa facility would roll off the last of the Escape by the end of the year.

Last year, Ford stopped production of other models in the Philippines, in preparation for its shutdown.

This is the second time the US automaker has pulled out of the Philippine market. It pulled out of the Philippines in 1970 due to the peso depreciation.

[niky]

Awwww... crap. Hopefully a Chinese company can take over the plant. It's a shame, it's a good facility.

[111prez]

and the thai auto industry continues to gain ground ......

the philippines was manufacturing cars way before thailand and could have been the Detroit of SEA but sadly, the ball was dropped