Comments for New River Valley Volvo Strike Enters Sixth Week at http://www.everythingnrv.com , comment 1 to 22 out of 20 comments http://www.everythingnrv.com Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-367 Richard, You are right anyone can run my business, seriously anyone can own a business. Anyone can do your job, 2600 already do. Nothing special... I am glad that you're going to the race you need to lighten up. All of you UAW types need to. Which is why I wrote the response I did to your post. It's a joke! Richie, take some pills or something. Chill out! I don't care for the union because I have seen plenty of companies close because of it. It has gone from corporate greed to personal greed. Every company knows there is a bottom line yet not everyone in a union understands this. Have fun in Bristol...I'll be there somewhere! - Dan again Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:28:20 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-359 LITTLE DANNY BOY, I havent had much of a chance to get on the computer myself, Im getting ready to go to the race this weekend, I have enough money to do that though. DANNY BOY, if ur such the MAN like u say u r, y havent I or anybody else seen u on the picket line calling everybody idiots, I dont know u at all, but I dont think ur that much of an IDIOT. DANNY BOY, u just need to stay in ur simple world behind ur computer, golf clubs, and last but not least ur beloved (BUSINESS), u dont work with any of the Union members at Volvo and u dont have a clue what goes on inside the plant. DANNY BOY, all Im saying is that I dont tell u about ur BUSINESS and how to run it, only GOD knows if u can run it anybody can. DANNY BOY, I havent got a clue who u r and really dont care to, but honestly what do u have against our Union, we havent asked u to join, so y do u have to say things, Im just wondering, honestly??? - Richard Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:27:28 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-358 Richard, Hey there I see you still haven't had a chance to correct your post I thought you find some time between standing out in the cold like an idiot and sitting at home on the internet you could fix it. But that's okay, I'll give you an "F" and it does not matter if you can write it faster or not because in life there's no short cut little Richie. Now I see you might be going back to work and it said you will be meeting at the NRCC (New River Community College) why don't you check into getting some classes in? :) Your level of maturity represents your union well! Good job! Oh, by the way, I would've responded sooner but I have been busy with "work" and running a business takes a lot of time. Then I went golfing, didn't see you out there, that's right you don't have any money to golf because you've been out of work! Great job Richie! ;D - Dan the man! Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:07:31 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-337 Dan, you are so simple you can't even spell simple. It onlt takes one "p". Don't try teaching English unless you actually passed the subject. - Eric Reeves Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:07:41 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-331 Dan, r u an English Major, it was just quicker to type it that way, u would understand that if u would get ur head out of ur a__ about the Union. Dan, hope that was good enough for u, hope u really do well teaching people how to stick there heads up there a____, u seem to b really good at it. Fill n the blanks, ur the Professor and GOOD LUCK!!! - Richard Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:54:36 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-325 Mr. Mullins if you are educated then you should proofread your statement to Lori. Let's take a look at your statement: Well, Ms. Lori i guess i am n that club called the Union and im glad to b apart of it, i guess for saying i knew sumbody there to get a job, i didnt, but i know 2,600 people who will stand behind me n my work place, can u say that, didnt think so, just wandering, do u work n the Volvo Plant, if u did u wouldnt b saying half the things u r, every work place has its fair share of problems, but u dont see me sticking my nose n to the other plants business, and talking about there click, as ours is a club, thanks for ur comment, im educated now, u really helped To begin with you have a run-on sentence. In the first part you have put: Well, Ms. Lori i(capital I) guess i(capital I) am n(sp, should be "in") that club called the Union and im(I'm) glad to b(e) apart of it,(try to use an exclamation point or even a simpple period.) So let's look at the new version: Well, Ms. Lori I guess I am in that club called the Union and I'm glad to be apart of it! Doesn't that sound better? Now you try! Correct all of your mistakes and repost it. Good luck! - Dan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:32:55 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-321 Well, Ms. Lori i guess i am n that club called the Union and im glad to b apart of it, i guess for saying i knew sumbody there to get a job, i didnt, but i know 2,600 people who will stand behind me n my work place, can u say that, didnt think so, just wandering, do u work n the Volvo Plant, if u did u wouldnt b saying half the things u r, every work place has its fair share of problems, but u dont see me sticking my nose n to the other plants business, and talking about there click, as ours is a club, thanks for ur comment, im educated now, u really helped - Richard Mullins Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:20:33 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-320 Well where to begin Mr Mullins I don't know Bulldog but I guess when he filled out his application atleast he could spell the words and if everyone reading your comment hasn't thought this I will say it with the extensive vocabulary you have let us know that you must have known someone to even get in the door which also tells us you are a follower and just a member of the club UAW (asleast you can spell that)jelously I would think not as he is still getting paid obviously, still has a job and isnt standing in the cold holding a sign because his friend is as we know todays UAW is a club and the only reason people join in this day and time because every relative before joined on not because they are lacking anything except knowledge of todays economy and business world. Vacation you would know since your only concerns is being overpaid for doing little. Yeah I guess working in the place that actually bends the metals, works with the chemicals that gives you an almost finished product already is so much easier than taking an air wrench to attach the parts they send you with a few nuts and bolts - Lori Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:53:43 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-319 U can call it what u want to and call us what u want to, u probably applied to go to work for Volvo and they turned u down as well, jealousy will get u nowhere, h___ u probably couldnt get out of ur recliner anyways, all of ur companys r sum of the main reason we were behind on orders to begin with, ya couldnt keep up, i dont know how long uve worked for whatever company u for, but i promise u ur company probably thinks uve been on vacation the whole time uve worked there, so get ur a__ out of ur recliner when we do go back to work and at least try to keep up, i know for u, it will b tough, but at least try and dont b a TAX RIGHT OFF for ur company - Richard Mullins Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:57:57 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-318 I want to keep this plain and simple. You uaw overpaid under worked people are on strike,causing my plant to close for a week (only a week)is that the best you can do. Well anyway while your out there freezing your butt's off for this usless "UAW" i'm sitting at home in my recliner watching the tube,getting PAID! THANKS FOR THE WEEK OF VACATION....I'm lovin it. Please try to get me two weeks PAID VACATION. GO UAW!!!!!(SUCKERS - bulldog Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:59:35 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-316 Well said Lori, or why weren't the issues brought years ago? To Mr. Reeves, you do not need to talk down to anyone here, I am well educated I'll have you know and to be honest with you I disagree with you. I know of many people including relative of mine from south philly who are no longer in union because they do worse than good. Just look at your illustrious history! In fact ask yourself these questions: Has membership gone up or down the past 50 years? Have more companies stayed open or shut down because of the union? If you say yes to any of these questions you are dead wrong, Eric get the facts and learn something about business! - jerry Sat, 08 Mar 2008 21:44:12 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-314 The thing is your plant is assembly and you say there is a hazard but if there were hazards dont you think it would be in the plants that actually make the parts that you assemble. Which are non-union plants and they function safely and are very well taken care of by the company and management and none of them have died nor their family members from manufacturing the parts that you claim are a hazard. Maybe Volvo should pull a Freightliner, the last time there greedy union went on strike they flat out told them they would deem themselves un-profitable close the plants and move them south of the border...guess what they went back work. I am sure there are plenty of Mexicans that can manage to put nuts and bolts together without harm to themselves or their families and hey so can most. Move the plant to an area that people would appreciate the income and the investment to their community. Let their greed put food on the table because we all no it is about more that a nut and bolt. - Lori Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:57:47 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-313 Dan, I'll try to tell you the difference in union and non union so even you could understand. When I posted my comment to Mr. Horton I was talking about 17 non union scabs and roughly 300 suit and tie people trying to build trucks that the 2600 people on strike built everyday. I have worked half of my work career in non union jobs and the other half at Volvo, and I can tell you that the union brothers and sisters have better working conditions,better wages,better benefits, and have a lot more pride in the job they do. This pride is mainly because of better working conditions and better wages which in turn result in a better quality product. If there were two identical plants side by side that made the same product and one was union and the other not I would want the product that was union built, of course that is just me. There are a lot of good hard working people that are non union and that take alot of pride in what they do, but having been on both sides of the issue I have seen that at Volvo there is a lot more pride and dedication to build a better product than anywhere else I have ever worked. United We Stand !!! - Eric Reeves Sat, 08 Mar 2008 20:50:14 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-311 The Toyota plant in Torrence California is a unionized plant. - tommy lee Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:31:11 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-310 Eric, touchy aren't we? For no reason either...to begin with reread your post to Mr. Horton and then re-read your post and then read my question. I want to know what's the difference between union made and non union made? That's it. I know that toyota is non-union and thought that I may ask but I see that you are uneducated and very defensive about your little union tag. which is a dying breed anyhow. So Eric get back to the question, what's the difference? - Dan Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:04:03 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-309 Dan, If you would pay attention to what the subject matter that is being discussed is about your opinion might be worth something. First of all we are talking about the heavy truck industry which are class 8 trucks such as Volvo,Mack,Freightliner,Peterbilt,Kenworth.We are not talking about passenger vehicles because everyone knows that Toyota and Nissan and probably some others are non-union. These comments are about the strike at Volvo not about the quality of a Toyota truck. Is your last name Clinton, because you might be able to run for president in 2012 as long as you keep avoiding the subject and know nothing about what you are talking about? - E. Reeves Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:40:04 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-308 First off, people who work with all of us are not going to b spending there time around a trash can, r u jealous that u didnt get a job with Volvo when u applied, everybody who has read ur comment knows u applied and wasnt good enough to work with us, not our fault, huh, now what. The comment that was made about not knowing if there going to buy another Volvo, dont, and for real dont waste any of our time telling everybody, u dont have any idea about anything except what u think is right, and ill b the first to tell u that ur (WRONG), until u know whats going on u really have no right to say nothing, so dont. - Richard Mullins Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:36:03 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-307 Eric, what's the difference between union made and non-union made? Aren't toyota's non-union? - Dan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:13:41 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-305 Wow, it is still unbelievable to me that after six weeks there are people who still have no clue about why the International UAW declared a strike. You are right there are about 2600 people on strike but we have shifts that we pull our strike time so we can picket 24/7 and there are also three entrances that we picket. As for you saying you would reconsider ever buying a Volvo again that is really brilliant considering in your uneducated opinion you state we need to support our local people. I have a better idea, if you do not agree with the International UAW taking us out on strike then do not buy a union made truck, but wait a minute there isn't any non union built trucks produced in the U.S. You could call the plant and have the 17 or so scabs and all the suit and tie guys build you one, I'm sure you would realize just what the difference is between union and non union. - Eric Reeves Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:36:58 +0100 http://www.everythingnrv.com/content/view/93799/355/#comment-303 From the look of the pictures on the internet, only 6 or 7 of you can picket at one time. Don't you have 2,600 people on strike? Where are they? Like the pictures of you guys standing around the burning trash cans, get use to it, cause once you are laid off that will be your life. Don't you people know that in this economy with you striking, it's just bad news for all the locals and your customers. I am a customer but I will reconsider if I ever buy a new Volvo ever again. Bottome line, with you failing to even make an effort at talking, you are hurting yourself, and the United States of America. Be the better person, go back to work! - Roger Horton Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:05:02 +0100