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The Japanese auto industry is heavily unionized.In fact article 28 of the Japanese constitution recognizes union organizing as a given right. The German auto industry is heavily unionized. The Taiwanese auto industry at like 40% unionized.Management of the business and production are what sets our auto industry back not so much the workers. Toyota and it's a production system (TPS) have been around for decades. It's what everyone calls LEAN MANUFACTURING nowdays here in the US. It, in part, enpowers the worker and helps them make decisions for quality and efficency. What is killing our manufacturing is politicians, of both parties, signing unfair trade aggreements and giving tax-breaks for off-shoring. The unions may be a small piece of the puzzle but are made out to be the scapegoat. The story of hostess is a story of mismanagement but was blamed on the bakers union.Hostess was in brankruptcy for 5 straight years during which conessions were made and its workforce went from 32,00 people to 22,000 people. Heres a quick list of other issues 1.First Bankruptcy With $648.5 Million In Debt, And Came Out With More Than $800 Million 2.Spent More Than $170 Million On Professional Fees In Its First Bankruptcy 3.Hostess Had Stopped Contributing To Pensions And Wanted To Cut Worker Pay Further 4.Hostess Raised Executive Salary By 35% To 80% 5.Sales Declined And Attempts To Roll-Out New Products More In Line With Changing Consumer Tastes Flopped. 6. Promised investments to plants and equipment as negiotated in concessions with the Baker's Union DID NOT happen. So when the unions said we're not signing. It was more than just wages,benefits, and concessions. Managaement did them in, not the unions. Fox news won't report that. They say blah blah blah BANKRUPTCY BECAUSE OF THE UNIONS blah blah. Thats what they want you to hear. Don't listen to what they want you to hear. When you started your trucking company that was on the tails of DEREGULATION right? Deregulation ruined the trucking industry for the drivers, plain and simple. The driver rates for general freight hauling advertised today are the same rates advertised 10-12 years ago. Sure it created a ton of competition, but it created a race to the bottom. It undercut every company hauling freight and goods. An entire industry of companies that had been around since horse and buggy died from it. Then came the period of the wildwest,where Joe Shit the Rag man, is gonna start hauling freight for peanuts with junk equipment. He undercuts everyone else then he wrecks and kills people. This leads to the CSA compliance period of safety regulation. It was a race to the bottom. The same race like Right-to-work, Scott Walker, Koch brothers, and fox news wants to create. Didn't the canceling of a huge order of Brockways going to the middle east in the 1970's cause some of their woes as well?I know the concrete company my dad worked at got new two 1977 Brockway mixers that were all mismashed with parts. They both had this goofy air cleaner setups on them. He had to convert them to donaldson and farr setups. The salesman told the story of a huge number of trucks that were go to the Saudis and the deal was cancelled after the a good number of trucks were built.

That I am not sure of who owns it. It might be him. I know I've driven past there a few times. Each time there were a few cabovers. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/ctd/3462234972.html

Because right to work creates a system of moochers. The union still has to represent you and negotiate your benefits even if you don't pay dues. It creates an ENTITLEMENT System that you don't pay for. The freeloaders bleed the unions dry, the union dies, you lose representation, you lose your wages, and possibly your job. You should give up a portion of you check because the current workers were smart enough and strong enough to vote and maintain a union at the company. That dues go to a multitude of funds. Not everyone agrees with the funding of the funds but that's what it was voted on and negotiated in the contract. The dues to benefits ratio is smaller compared the non-existant. Chances are with a choice being between a union job and a non-union job, the union job is going to be a higher rate even with the portion taken out for dues. You're still ahead. Why should law firms require a lawyer have belong to state bar associations? Why should police be required to belong to the FOP or PBA? It's because they are a professionals who belong to an association and deal with issues that affect work, trade, and livelihood. They pay some form of dues for this association. I am profession in my trade and I didn't get there by not paying my dues. The training that I have gone through, certifications that I have, my college degree (construction project management) and licenses I obtained; make me a professional. They would not have been possible to obtain in the amount of time or for the cost-free to me if I didn't pay union dues. That's right my dues pay for all other Union carpenters the right to obtain everything I named and some. I am fine with that. Take the dues away, funding for those things go away and so do the professionals. Why was there 15k plus member of unions demonstrating the right-to-work laws in Michigan? They are professionals getting their livelihood taken away from them. Their is way more to the story than Fox news wants you to hear. It's funny how the tea-party right wing wackos label everyone who doesn't agree with them or shed light on a topic as being a left-wing liberal nut job. There more than just liberals in this country. Their are moderates who see both sides. The problem is there aren't enough elected to office. And btw I am a proud and skilled union carpenter for the last 11 years, a officer and trustee of our local, and class 3 Pennsylvania state licensed truck inspector. Why a state truck inspector? Because in my trade layoffs and downturns occur. When they do I go to work in my buddies truck garage working on trucks and inspecting them. I have a newborn baby girl, new house, and a better half to support. I'm not the type who sits around collecting a check.

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The thing is,Christie, had numerous calls in to the speaker with no word or sign back. That is until he went public with his speech last week.

JumperandSon! Seen this ad in for Detriot-Diesel on an old overdive on the web. That looks like oil dripping off the road he is tearing up. http://public.fotki.com/modeltrucks25thscale/truck_magazines/truck-and-trucking-/1976-overdrive-magazine/02-overdrive-magazi/january-1976-detroi.html

I doubt you would ever watch anything but fox news. I don't watch either. The delay was caused by the House GOP not Obama nor the senate. Gov. Christie stated that last week when he called Speaker Boehner out on it. That is the NJ GOP Governor calling out the GOP SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE! The wasn't a political move that was a politician serving his public regardless of party.

There is a guy in just outside libson, oh on rt. 30 that has a bunch of older cabovers for sale. Time to time he posts on the pittsburgh craigslist. I believe its called tucker or trucker equipment.

The tea party backers and wackos were/are behind the push for right to work in the rust belt states. Oh you mean "Americans for propensity"-tea party endorsed were't at the protest in Michigan? The didn't stage getting their tent torn down by "union thugs"? Then didn't go on faux news and whine and cry about getting their tent and getting punch by a union member after they instigated it? Check out the video interview with a witness naming "guy in the NRA jacket" who was earlier in the Americans For Prospersity tent; knocking down the tent to make it look like the union guys did. Tea party wackos are behind it. They include the Koch brothers, fox news (Rupert Murdoch), and anyone who takes what they (fox) report as the good as the word of god. Please post where the red tape is in the proposed $60 billion bill. When a hurricane hits a southern state every year there is no question that the rest of the nation doesn't bat an eye for sending relief. The red tape is being created by the house GOP not anybody else.

Best bet and easiest is to take a sample to the paint store and get a custom match. Eastwood has a reusable spray can. http://www.eastwood.com/ew-billet-rechargeable-aerosol-can.html I've never used one but they've been around for a few years so I guess they work. A little expensive for me, but I use a small gravity feed touchup gun for small parts.

Must have been a mock ceremony thing? I certainly hope a vp wasnt doing that for the real ceremony.

Like I said I can only speak for my union and not others. I have to disagree with you when you say fuck the unions. Clearly you got the short end of the stick for whatever reason and that's not right. It's like anything else there are good things and there are bad things but you can't lump everyone group. That would be like calling everyone democrat a liberal or every republican a tea party wacko. This last week (sandy relief bill) showed you can't call every republican a tea party conservative. You can't call everyone democrat a liberal (Joe Manchin). My union isn't about money and power it's about the members. The members dues are given back to them with state of the art training and facilities along with the unions reps doing what they're paid to do, represent the members and procure work.

I can't speak for the teamsters but my union and local are different. They put the members concernsneeds first as long as its common sense and feasible for the signatory contractors especially in this economy.Its a balacing act but at the end of the day its the members first. Not doubting that many on here are union but there are a few who are ex-union or non-union and always have been, that consistently bash unions.

You're not missing much. It has to be all staged cause that crap with the mirror missing and riding in the bed wouldn't last too long around here. That truck should be red tagged.

Watching some tv with the miss' and came across this new MTV show that shows the hillbilly version of jersey shore... Pure trash really. They feature a RD triaxle dump that they use for a swimming pool. But these clowns hang a ride in the loaded bed and then ride it up when he as he dumps. The driver should lose his CDL if he even has one. They then show the cast driving various vehicles including the Mack like assholes. TV has reached a new low, maybe this is why I don't watch much of it. I hope this is somehow staged cause it really west virginians a bad name.

I've mounted a few license plates on piano hinges especially on straight jobs where the plate light is under the lift gate and the plate hanges down. The plate gets ripped up or torn off in a mud, snow piled at dock bays, or going up steep hills. They've worked out nice.

Obama did ask for the $60 billion in relief as he was asked by the representatives both dems and repubs of the affected areas. Where is the pork? Let me guess 150 million for Alaskan Fisheries, ok I agree, that is pork. Other big-ticket items that are labeled "pork" by the tea partiers and Faux news in the bill include $207 million for the VA Manhattan Medical Center; $41 million to fix up eight military bases along the storm’s path, including Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; $4 million for repairs at Kennedy Space Center in Florida; $3.3 million for the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and $1.1 million to repair national cemeteries were all created by the storm. $9 billion for the national flood insurance program beacuse it was storm. $3.9 billion is for the Housing and Urban Development Department'sdevelopment fund to repair hospitals, utilities and small businesses. Some $5.4 billion is for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund. $13 billion would go to mitigation projects to prepare for future storms, that makes sense. $11.7 billion to repair and replace subway, public transport, and infrastructures that makes sense. Tell a homeowner who's house is in pieces or a small business owner that is without business that the $17 billion plus marked for Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), its pork. Christie-"Worked with Mckinsey & Company, state, and local officials to provide damage claims" this was enough "to satisfy the white house and the senate" but we (American people) "can't get over the toxic politics of the house majority". There in lies the problem, a civil war is happening in the GOP. A civil war that is going to create a third party, the whacked out don't tread on me forget everyone else tea party.

The point is the "silence", not the detail of the quote. I agree with the "silence" but I disagree that the details don't matter. The picture and the quote are meant to hit home with individuals, That's why what is important to some isn't for others. My point is the original quote (from the rev's foundation) included some "points" that weren't included in your post. Given the anti-union ramblings on here I thought it should be noted instead of remaining "silent".

Per the Rev Martin Niemoller Foundation- Article of 22 9th 2005 "When the Nazis came for the communists ....." The quote Widely quoted, often modified, sometimes abused, still relevant: the famous quote Martin Niemoller "When the Nazis, the Communists brought, I kept silent, I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I kept silent, I was not a social democrat. Then they came for the trade unionists, I kept silent, I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no more, to speak out. " The above quote left out "trade unionist" and added some other items most likely it was intentional but never the less left out. Just remember that all you anti union guys and gals out there.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/02/opinion/avlon-christie-sandy-aid/index.html Christie calls it like he sees them.The tea party is the wedge in this split. CNN was all over covering this. Faux news (fox) not so much. This isnt a liberal media bias of being liberal at all. It's being a moderate American politician who is representing the American people in a time of need. This is not representing a lobbying group (Americans for prosperity) or billionaire contributors (koch brothers/Dick DeVos), this representing the American people, Americans who are both dems or repubs in need after a disaster. True bipartisanship and moderate. We need more people like this in office. Not wack jobs like from the far right or far left. We need level headed moderate LEADERS.

This is a gray area. Cargo is a commercial term. "items transported for commercial gain" Like it's been discussed in other topics for licensing and registering of antique trucks in Pennsylvania it's a gray area but drive and maintain the truck as you would a commercial vehicle. That means also having a CDL and if you're hauling a trailer to have a class A. I say this because if you were to be stopped by DOT or PUC at least you could argue in your behalf as being operated as a professional and property licensed driver. As far as the location of the of the license plate per PA CODE "§ 47.2. Location. (a) Single plate. A single registration plate shall be located on the rear of the vehicle so as to be illuminated by the license plate light required by 75 Pa.C.S. § 4303( (relating to general lighting requirements), except that the registration plate of a truck-tractor shall be located on the front of the vehicle. ( Two plates. If two registration plates are issued for a single vehicle, one registration plate shall be located on the rear of the vehicle as prescribed in subsection (a), and the other on the front of the vehicle. Source The provisions of this § 47.2 adopted August 19, 1977, effective August 20, 1977, 7 Pa.B. 2361; amended April 17, 1981, effective April 18, 1981, 11 Pa.B. 1327; readopted September 8, 1989, effective September 9, 1989, 19 Pa.B. 3828. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (95331). § 47.3. Manner of attachment. Every registration plate shall be securely fastened to the vehicle: (1) So as to be clearly visible. (2) In a horizontal position. (3) At a height of not less than 12 inches from the ground, measuring from the bottom of the registration plate. (4) So as to prevent the registration plate from swinging." When I got my inspection license for trucks and trailers this was one of the questions that the instructor pointed out for us guys getting the class 3 heavy truck inspection license.

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