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cstanleytech

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16. Is the freeze for all their plants?

Reply to cal04 (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 05:12 PM

Jul 2012

If its just this single plant then why? Are the products they make at that plant not selling well?
If however the plants products are selling well then is it an issue with slow production compared to other plants?
If not then the workers need to tell the company where to shove that idea.

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Corporation Pushes Six-Year Pay Freeze On Workers While Making Record Profits, Paying CEO $17 Mill [View all] cal04 Jul 2012 OP

Fuck no. Freeze all CEO pay and make it a maximum pay at 10% of their worker's maximum salary or Panasonic Jul 2012 #1

B-b-but how will they be able to compete for the most greedy CEO 'talent'? jp11 Jul 2012 #2

Bring in H1-B CEO's from India. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #8

Too much trouble typing "where" this is? xtraxritical Jul 2012 #15

We could always outsource them to China. intheflow Jul 2012 #21

What do you think this is? A CHINESE company like Lenovo? Thav Jul 2012 #9

Something simple like top paid person can't make more than 100 times comapny average. nt docgee Jul 2012 #12

At Costco the rule is top salary = 12X the lowest salary. That place has happy workers. robinlynne Jul 2012 #20

Caterpillar won't be happy until there are no more unions. Octafish Jul 2012 #3

They don't want slaves.... markbark Jul 2012 #14

The CEO made all those profits -- not the workers -- he deserves the pay nichomachus Jul 2012 #4

Welcome to neoAmerica. woo me with science Jul 2012 #5

kr HiPointDem Jul 2012 #6

We need to jack up the income taxes cbrer Jul 2012 #7

Corporations lust after profit the way Gollum lusts after his precious. Initech Jul 2012 #10

We all know they're bastards, but Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #11

the executives still "feel" poor--all that uncertainty about next quarter's profits, you know librechik Jul 2012 #13

Is the freeze for all their plants? cstanleytech Jul 2012 #16

If Catepillar's management cannot turn billions in profits into to wages and benefits to employees rocktivity Jul 2012 #17

This should be illegal. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #18

Caterpillar used to have a Big plant out here in San Leandro bayareaboy Jul 2012 #19