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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4988616.stm
The announcement was made after Vauxhall management and officials from its parent company General Motors met with union leaders at the factory.
Chancellor Gordon Brown was also present at the plant for the decision.
Vauxhall said it was switching from three to two shifts at the factory which makes its Astra model.
The company said the move reflected the "ongoing pressure" in the car industry to increase productivity and reduce costs.
GM, the biggest US car company, is also cutting 30,000 jobs in the US on the back of falling sales and profits.
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mwg
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It was on the news this morning.
Sad times
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Angus
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It's not good for car manufacturer's at all....and that britain's industry more/less finished too.
The thing though........with ppl every week somewhere being paid off, just how the hell do companie's expect to still make money and (far to greedy) profit's, the bubble's gona burst.
[Edited on 17-05-2006 by Angus]
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http://corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=283806
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Adam-D
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time to bugger off to a different country
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Probably more of this to come with other manufacturers reporting losses!!
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time to bugger off to a different country
I was thinking that today listening to the news on way into work, Main Story - Tony Blair is backing a drive to introduce Nuke power stations into the UK so we dont have to buy Gas from abroad in years to come!!  Fuck that this countries been blead dry & now they want to turn us into chernobyl - time to migrate!!
[Edited on 17-05-2006 by JadeM]
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Angus
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Probably more of this to come with other manufacturers reporting losses!!
I feel theyv'e only themselve's to blame, theyv'e had it to good for to long...............
I mean take my mate last week with his cally he phone Vx for a rocker gasket....£25 in vat......factor's....£9.50....he said he asked Vx why they are more than double the guy said...."I really dont know, because there made at the same place as far as I know, and one just has a GM stamp on it".....so does justify them more than doubling thier price!!....nope!
[Edited on 17-05-2006 by Angus]
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mwg
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but how do you know that any other country that you move to is going to be any better?
I wouldn't have a clue if the way that France, Spain or anywhere else in the world is run is any better than this country?
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Im going to Pakistan.....there all over here anyway!!
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mwg
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PMSL
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quote:
Originally posted by Angus
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Originally posted by JadeM
Probably more of this to come with other manufacturers reporting losses!!
I feel theyv'e only themselve's to blame, theyv'e had it to good for to long...............
I mean take my mate last week with his cally he phone Vx for a rocker gasket....£25 in vat......factor's....£9.50....he said he asked Vx why they are more than double the guy said...."I really dont know, because there made at the same place as far as I know, and one just has a GM stamp on it".....so does justify them more than doubling thier price!!....nope!
[Edited on 17-05-2006 by Angus]
VX has more overheads, spent money designing the part..............still no excuse to charge double I guess
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Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy sources available though Jade; agreed the risk of it is huge but with todays technology .etc it's very rare that something like chernobyl will happen again... but yes i appreciate the risk.
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but how do you know that any other country that you move to is going to be any better?
I wouldn't have a clue if the way that France, Spain or anywhere else in the world is run is any better than this country?
Thing is though if you went to certain parts of spain or france or Italy you could probably get a nice cushy wee job in a vinyard squashing grapes, it will be cheap living & you wont want for much...nice easy lifestyle. Over here everythings going at 100mph & you have to go with it to survive. I would swap lifes luxuries for the quiet life in a second!!
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Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy sources available though Jade; agreed the risk of it is huge but with todays technology .etc it's very rare that something like chernobyl will happen again... but yes i appreciate the risk.
Erm the waste is clean.......
With the next generation of school yard fuckwitts in charge of the main reactor I dont fancy my chances!!
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mwg
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Come to think of it I'd quite happily do a nice little job like that in Spain or Southern France
Just too attached to family and friends to be able to ever do something like that even if it were only for 6 months for the experience of living in another country.
Bit off topic but hey
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but how do you know that any other country that you move to is going to be any better?
I wouldn't have a clue if the way that France, Spain or anywhere else in the world is run is any better than this country?
go to Singapore  or somewhere which hasn't been corrupet by the west Cambodia with jolie would be lovely...
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Originally posted by dna23
Nuclear power is one of the cleanest energy sources available though Jade; agreed the risk of it is huge but with todays technology .etc it's very rare that something like chernobyl will happen again... but yes i appreciate the risk.
Erm the waste is clean.......
With the next generation of school yard fuckwitts in charge of the main reactor I dont fancy my chances!!
It's clean because it can be dealt with accordingly:
"Once the fission process has slowed, the fuel rods are replaced. The spent fuel rods contain highly radioactive fission products and must be stored safely. These used fuel rods are considered high level nuclear waste. Currently all high level nuclear waste is stored in large pools of water at the power plants where it was generated. Seven to ten feet of water is enough to stop all radioactivity (Keeny, 1998). Since the late 1950's, high level nuclear waste has been stored in this form, and there has never been any release of radioactivity. There is actually a relatively small amount of high level nuclear waste. All of the waste ever produced in the history of commercial nuclear power production in the United States would cover the area of a football field four yards high (NEI: High-level waste, 1998). "
[Edited on 17-05-2006 by dna23]
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Hmmm its still a major concern imo!! Im off to pick grapes in a few years!! Enjoy sipping your chateau la schpunk will hiding in your nucular bunkers....it may be your last!! 
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