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Agreed-they are kitschy on the Jeeps and their thing. The IYKYK is a much better approach
A new article basically showing SC community wanting a contract from SM to ‘promise’ to take care of the community. Amazes me they want more with the items Scout is already pushing
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SC For All calls on Scout Motors to reach Community Benefits Agreement
A coalition of labor, faith and community organizations is asking Scout Motors to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement aimed at ensuring residents share in
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Good for Illinois but I still wouldn’t buy one. They are saying next gen Cherokee to be built here.
I just worry they start that and Stellantis drops them in some larger cut or merger. And agree-won’t ever buy a jeep
Stellantis is in talks to build vehicles in the USA for LJR under the Defender brand. There's a reasonable chance they will have Jeep DNA. Strange times (and bedfellows).
Wow-hadn’t heard that news. Very strange indeed. If past mega partnerships is any indications I worry for them. These large mergers/partnerships/buyouts never quite seem to go as planned
dealerships are already planning to add additional service bays so they can keep up
So interestingly enough I saw another article about this coalition and got me curious. Working for an east coast builder we’ve seen things at board meeting when zoning land where groups come together to try and fight things so I wondered what this group was about. Did some more digging and lo and behold the coalition is connected to the UAW. Couple screen shots I grabbed notes they are trying to force SM to allow unions and basically guarantee jobs. Should be interesting to see what comes about on that. First dealerships and now the unionsA new article basically showing SC community wanting a contract from SM to ‘promise’ to take care of the community. Amazes me they want more with the items Scout is already pushing
SC For All calls on Scout Motors to reach Community Benefits Agreement
A coalition of labor, faith and community organizations is asking Scout Motors to negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement aimed at ensuring residents share in
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Great part about SC is you don’t need to join the UAW. And I advise scout to not, look at how well BMWs and Volvo have done with little to zero UAW Workers. Then you have to give what the union says and that will run you into bankruptcy. Look at VW the Auto manufacturers not the Group
Also the UAW is what killed IH. Let’s not let history repeat.
Agree 100%. If SM is committed to paying top wages let that be enough. And you are right about the manufactures in SC.
Update on the county’s shortfall and funding debate
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Potential SC funding to cover cost overruns at Scout Motors plant on ice until state investigates
South Carolina lawmakers won’t put any money towards the state’s $150 million overrun at the Scout Motors plant site until investigators can look at the mishap.
Makes me wonder how much of the money owed was for actual work done, and how much was due to them owing Scout money for not meeting their contractually-obligated timeline.Update on the county’s shortfall and funding debate
Potential SC funding to cover cost overruns at Scout Motors plant on ice until state investigates
South Carolina lawmakers won’t put any money towards the state’s $150 million overrun at the Scout Motors plant site until investigators can look at the mishap.
It’s a big job but that kind of money is huge and I’m sure there were solid milestones and performance penalties as you implied. I get they goofed on DEP regs and seems like they short cut things to keep things moving but I’m still blown away the state went after the county in such a public way and those fines certainly contributed.
I'm sure politics are involved. Being a very red state with a blue county royally screwing up, investigations will be had. We're talking a full 1% of the entire state's annual budget here, so not exactly pocket change.
Well stated and had even considered the colors which now makes a lot more sense for the dog and pony show
Not entirely true: giving their new CEO a million-dollar bonus right before the UAW announced their intentions to strike during a decade with a huge oil crisis (that nearly put Chrysler in bankruptcy and definitely hit Ford and GM’s market share) when IH was making a lot of questionable decisions getting their hands into all kinds of business lines as the whim hit had a lot to do with it. The strike was fuel on fire, but not the cause. They had been making bad decisions for a while and did too little, too late.
I am a person who will not cross a picket line, but I can also think of more than a few people I know who didn’t get any protection from their unions when they were in labor disputes. What were the dues for?
UAW has been in the news for stuff like multi-year bribery and embezzlement investigations. I’d “meh” if it was like one person or one area, but it’s not. It’s several. That gives shitty ex boyfriend’s favorite awful podcast energy.Similar threads
