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Topic: Volt no jolt:
LG Chem employees idle |
Volt no jolt:
LG Chem employees idle
WOOD-TV.com, by Ken Kolker
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Posted By:pineledger, 10/20/2012 4:58:52 AM
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| Holland, Mich.--Workers at LG Chem, a $300 million lithium-ion battery plant heavily funded by taxpayers, tell Target 8 that they have so little work to do that they spend hours playing cards and board games, reading magazines or watching movies. They say it's been going on for months. "There would be up to 40 of us that would just sit in there during the day," said former LG Chem employee Nicole Merryman, who said she quit in May.
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Comments:
Yet to ship a single battery, this factory that makes nothing is Ms. Granholm's prize barrel of pork.
Another stellar "investment" by that financial genius, Zippy.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
hoosierblue, 10/20/2012 5:50:30 AM (No. 8947245)
So they sit around all day and the management doesn't lay off employees. I can't imagine why they would go broke.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
ocjim, 10/20/2012 6:02:43 AM (No. 8947251)
The miracle of the Command Economy. The Soviets used to have a million stories like this one. Arrogant Leftists like Obama firmly believe that they are wiser than the marketplace.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Robinsolana, 10/20/2012 6:05:08 AM (No. 8947256)
Must be nice to have one of those millions of Obama jobs.
Not so nice to pay for them.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/20/2012 7:29:55 AM (No. 8947383)
Gotta spend that stimulus money.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Nimby, 10/20/2012 8:20:40 AM (No. 8947477)
I have a question for Nicole Merryman? Is she going to vote the cheaters and losers back in?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 10/20/2012 8:37:18 AM (No. 8947505)
Sounds like most union jobs I've been around.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
sgtfox of the jarhead clan, 10/20/2012 8:57:56 AM (No. 8947557)
Someone is being paid not to lay them off. That would not be optimal.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Japanorama, 10/20/2012 1:46:20 PM (No. 8948255)
LG is Lucky Goldstar, a South Korean conglomerate.
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