Hey Mark Bernard...........

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

They gonna be accepting apps at Chrysler pretty soon?

[Mark Bernard]

Well, the contract is settled, they will announce the new platform in the next week or two. Once they get there crap together, i think I heard that production of the new models is going to start sometime in Sep. 05.

I know that we will run at least 2 shifts of production with talks of a 3rd shift also.

So I am thinking that yes, we will be hiring. When...?
I dont know.


It's just a guess... but I would think that the hiring will begin sometime in the spring of 05.

The company will have to hire about a thousand people... (give or take a few) before production in Sep. 05.

When they start hiring, I would imagine it will be similar to when they did it in 88.

Employees will get a chance to refer some freinds and family. The rest will be hired through IDES Job Service.

IDES stands for Illinois Dep. Of Employment Services. Just in case some of you where wondering.
I will let you know more as I get more info about the hiring process and and approximate time frame as to when this will happen.

But with the new contract settled, it looks like I will be able to retire in 09 after all!

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  ;D Mark!

(But pickin on me isnt gonna help your cause!!) But cash helps ease the pain a little!  :o  ;)

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Rob 940
Followed a certain Buell respectfully.... ;D

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Figured theres more of a future at teh Chysler plant there than the GM plant here. Then again, if I ever did get hired at GM Janesville I probably be fired within a week since my luck is they'd put me next to the child molestor there and I would probably tie him to teh underside of the chassis.

Plus I'd rather be at a Mopar place than a Generic Motors place anyday. ;D Even when I was at Geneva Vans, we got the GM suppliers discount on new vehicles. No one did it. I'll pay more for a Dodge or Ford before I'd buy another GM vehicle.

[Mark Bernard]

"I'm making a list... checking it twice..."  :o

[Mark Bernard]

Rob 940
Followed a certain Buell respectfully.... ;D

Man... Is this gonna be a long year!  ;)

[larryg]

Figured theres more of a future at teh Chysler plant there than the GM plant here. Then again, if I ever did get hired at GM Janesville I probably be fired within a week since my luck is they'd put me next to the child molestor there and I would probably tie him to teh underside of the chassis.

Plus I'd rather be at a Mopar place than a Generic Motors place anyday. ;D Even when I was at Geneva Vans, we got the GM suppliers discount on new vehicles. No one did it. I'll pay more for a Dodge or Ford before I'd buy another GM vehicle.

So how do you really feel?

:D

[cornercamping]

Figured theres more of a future at teh Chysler plant there than the GM plant here. Then again, if I ever did get hired at GM Janesville I probably be fired within a week since my luck is they'd put me next to the child molestor there and I would probably tie him to teh underside of the chassis.

Plus I'd rather be at a Mopar place than a Generic Motors place anyday. ;D Even when I was at Geneva Vans, we got the GM suppliers discount on new vehicles. No one did it. I'll pay more for a Dodge or Ford before I'd buy another GM vehicle.

http://www.clickondetroit.com/automotive/4012438/detail.html

All of them are crap. Buy foreign.  ;) But, if you have to buy an american car, stay away from General Malfunction for sure.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

So how do you really feel?

:D

Could give a list of probelsm we had with suburbans when we got them drop shipped from GM.

1 notable ones that should had never happened was 2 of them came in with the rear brake lines not even hooked up. Still had the red cap on the axle assembly's line.

*Many came through missing wheel trim.
*GMC airbag cover on a chevy
*mis matched logos
*lug nuts loose and I dont mean slightly either
*driver doors hitting the front fender when you open them
*found bottles of JD and other liquor behind the 3rd seat
*1 joint
*missing parts in teh dealers box (floor mats, hub caps, trim rimgs, etc...
*One I got a laugh out of was when I went to replace the steering wheel with a leather and walnut one. Removed the airbag and there was no steering wheel nut!!!!!!!!


Oh and Dan, bring you littel import truck to Blackhawk and I'll drag it around the paddock with my Dakota. ;D Hell better yet, Mark wanna see if our Dakotas can tear his truck in two by just pulling from each end of it at the same time? ;D

[cornercamping]

Could give a list of probelsm we had with suburbans when we got them drop shipped from GM.

1 notable ones that should had never happened was 2 of them came in with the rear brake lines not even hooked up. Still had the red cap on the axle assembly's line.

*Many came through missing wheel trim.
*GMC airbag cover on a chevy
*mis matched logos
*lug nuts loose and I dont mean slightly either
*driver doors hitting the front fender when you open them
*found bottles of JD and other liquor behind the 3rd seat
*1 joint
*missing parts in teh dealers box (floor mats, hub caps, trim rimgs, etc...
*One I got a laugh out of was when I went to replace the steering wheel with a leather and walnut one. Removed the airbag and there was no steering wheel nut!!!!!!!!


Oh and Dan, bring you littel import truck to Blackhawk and I'll drag it around the paddock with my Dakota. ;D Hell better yet, Mark wanna see if our Dakotas can tear his truck in two by just pulling from each end of it at the same time? ;D

I drive a Ram Quad Cab... until my lease is up.  Then, Nissan here I come.  Either that or a MB G55 AMG if I hit the lotto.  If I get either, we'll have a pulling contest and we'll see who's who.  :D
 So... hey Rob.... what'cha do with the bottle of JD and the joint   ::) ;D :P

[Mark Bernard]

One thing I have learned over the years is not to bash on someones ride. I do work for an American car manufacturer. What a person drives is his business, BUT.....

Buying a foreign car takes away American jobs! Bottom line!

NAFTA was the single worse thing that could have happened to the American automotive indistry. The American automotive manufacturers have been working damn hard to keep the quality up and the costs down just to be competitive.

So... Because of NAFTA, jobs have been dramaticly cut, parts are being outsoursed, plants are being closed at breakneck speeds, un-employment has skyrocketed, healtcare has dwindeled, and our pension funds are being depleated.

Our plant was lucky. We didnt shut down. But we did loose an entire shift of workers. 2nd shift was eliminated 2 years ago and we lost approximatly 1500 jobs just in our plant alone.Why you say?

Because that is the price we pay for trying to be compettive and profitable in a industry that is very volitile.

So as you drive your foreign car thinking that it is the best thing since sliced bread, I want you to think of all the American autoworkers that lost there jobs in the last 5 years alone. Tell the family that is now on welfare and state aid how wonderful your foreign car is. See what kind of reaction you get!

Tell the single mom that now has to struggle just to feed her children...

Tell the family that just lost there house....

Tell the auto worker standing in that un-employment line...

I'm sorry.... but the foreign car jab just hit a bad nerve in me. Just realize that by buying that foreign car, jobs, familys and lives are destroyed in this country.

Sorry for the rant... but this is a subject I take very seriousley. After all, this is my LIFE! I have put in 25 years of my life at this company and i would really like the opprotunity to retire when my 30 are up!
Mark!

[larryg]

Could give a list of probelsm we had with suburbans when we got them drop shipped from GM.

1 notable ones that should had never happened was 2 of them came in with the rear brake lines not even hooked up. Still had the red cap on the axle assembly's line.

*Many came through missing wheel trim.
*GMC airbag cover on a chevy
*mis matched logos
*lug nuts loose and I dont mean slightly either
*driver doors hitting the front fender when you open them
*found bottles of JD and other liquor behind the 3rd seat
*1 joint
*missing parts in teh dealers box (floor mats, hub caps, trim rimgs, etc...
*One I got a laugh out of was when I went to replace the steering wheel with a leather and walnut one. Removed the airbag and there was no steering wheel nut!!!!!!!!

I guess it's time for me to stop complaining about the Italians...:D