Ford strikers: 'Give us same pay as Western workers'
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The Ford car plant near St. Petersburg in Russia is at a standstill, with workers on strike demanding pay increases of up to 30 per cent. The U.S. automaker says the workers' demands are excessive, and won't negotiate with them until 26 November.
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| ...life is just bad ... ( 1 year ago by KnightMare6853) |
| ...life is just bad to worse... |
| same pay? ... ( 1 year ago by glebonator) |
| same pay? ridiculous... that's the only reason ford has a plant in russia in the first place - cheaper wages! |
| russians do have a ... ( 1 year ago by RmanDC) |
| russians do have a discent card there, Ford has 3 options, Pay higher wages, higher new unexperienced staff, or have the plant sit dourmant. |
| Absolutely. Workers ... ( 1 year ago by PW140282) |
| Absolutely. Workers of a third world country will never be paid the same as a Western European. Don't be surprised if the plant is shut, and moved to the Ukraine, or Asia. |
| Russia might not be ... ( 1 year ago by glebonator) |
| Russia might not be as comfy as western euro, but it's quite quite far from being the "third world". Regardless, wages there are lower and that is what transnational corporations are exploiting. They'll slow rise (kinda like what happened in India with software, their wages used to be like 1/10 and now are 1/3). |
| Ford should move to ... ( 11 months ago by crazygrrl89) |
| Ford should move to Ukraine. The Kherson region is particularly nice and they won't have to worry about Putin's thugs. |
| WOrkers got a ... ( 11 months ago by MarkDouglasC) |
| WOrkers got a little greedy, it seems. Thats human nature. I know guys who were laid off, go 95% of their pay, and exercised all day and played ping pong all day -with ping pong robot -- at company state of the art health club. Greeeeeeeed is a deadly sin, boys. |
| Fire them all ... ( 1 month ago by shipboy08) |
| Fire them all without a blink. It's worth making an example out of them. No profits for a while until you reestablish your workforce. Do what Ronald Reagan did to the air traffic controllers union attempt. Give the workers the option to come back to work but behave themselves. You must keep your hand strong on these employees, that's what they are. |
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