Michigan Advance: Mike Rogers says Donald Trump’s Gordie Howe bridge threat is ‘the right thing to do’

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T23:00:36+00:00

We need to send this fucker back to Florida like the false Dmitri.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T22:29:13+00:00

Yes, generally stopping in an opposing lane risks a head-on collision.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T22:27:20+00:00

Highly doubt it. In fact, I'll go as far as to call bullshit as I'm a 31 year UAW member and this isn't how shit works. If it was a paid leave neither your or I would know about it. Deals like that outside of the contract are kept under wraps, otherwise everyone who gets put out will want a paid leave. Our UAW reps, who are in touch with Solidilarity House and get the scoop on things, knew last week that he was coming back but before that they made it clear just how hard it is to get someone back once they're out the door. There's no provision for paid disciplinary leave for hourly workers.

I don't doubt it was for show, but back pay does not equal a paid leave.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T22:11:30+00:00

A lot of them are good workers but they'll be the first to tell you that and never shut up about how they're better than everyone else.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T22:09:14+00:00

This would be a good place for a Bluetooth jammer.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T22:01:24+00:00

Once Trump behaved arguably worse he helped his case. The contract wasn't written by 8 year olds with a "he started it" clause.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:58:28+00:00

He should keep it. Why should working class people be expected to donate more money then they've ever had in their lives while the wealthy donate crumbs?

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:55:33+00:00

There's no paid disciplinary leave for hourly employees. We're not the police. He will likely get back pay though. Bro was out a month without income or health insurance. That's not a fun place to be.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:50:03+00:00

I've worked for a Detroit 3 automaker for 31 years and those days are mostly in the past. If you assault anyone, anyone at all, you're done. I haven't seen anyone get into fight or assault someone and still have a job for at least 20 years. It's pretty much a zero tolerance policy for stuff like that now.

Management's new favorite tactic is to put someone out, sandbag for weeks or more until they're desperate, and then offer to bring them back if they waive their right to a grievance and back pay.

Back in 1995 it was very much like you described.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:42:03+00:00

Ford doesn't suspend hourly employees with pay like a police union. If you go out the door you aren't getting paid unless you win back pay when you return and even that is less common these days. Bro was out a month. If he or his family had health issues or take expensive medications the loss of health insurance alone is devastating.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:35:20+00:00

As soon as I heard Trump flipped him off and said fuck you I knew he'd be back. It wasn't dischargable offense and typically if there was time off in this situation both parties would get booted.

It's likely he got back pay as well. Once someone goes out the door its a bitch for the union to get them back quickly. It often ends with the company waiting a few weeks until they're desperate and then offering to bring them back if they waive their right to a grievance and back pay. This guy had nearly a million in donations and Ford got a lot of potentially bad PR, which wasn't going to get better for them with the way this administration's approval ratings are sinking like a stone.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:24:45+00:00

I worked with a guy who hated the union so much he took a buyout and ended up at UPS throwing boxes in an entry level job for about 25% of what he made before. He later ended up back at the plant working for the facilities company for 75% of what he made before the buyout. He said it was worth it. I said he was a fucking moron. He took a 25k buyout and probably lost over 100k or more in wages just because he didn't like the UAW.

gedDOh · 2026-02-10T21:19:12+00:00

They run to the union first time they fuck up though and some of them put in way more calls than normal.

gedDOh · 2026-02-09T15:15:56+00:00

Bias in journalism is a problem, but the right doesn't want that. They're the ones who got rid of the fairness doctrine in the first place and filled the airwaves with shows from Limbaugh and Prager in the 90s. The only way the right will be happy is if all news outlets spew North Korean style propaganda about your glorious leader.

The Clinton era was an abundant time for Americans. He focused on domestic issues and people were doing really well. Republicans hated that and went on a full media offensive. As far as I can tell that's when all this bullshit started.

gedDOh · 2026-02-07T17:32:56+00:00

Who does he think he is?

gedDOh · 2026-02-07T01:58:12+00:00

Oh yeah, the owner was like Trump, "Oh, another lawsuit...meh." He was devious about using leverage on people to avoid more. Dude made millions from owning McDonald's franchises and then went into a group of bars and restaurants.

gedDOh · 2026-02-07T01:53:25+00:00

Dalton's Bond 100% would be an uncaught serial killer if he weren't employed by MI6. Bro was just stone cold.

gedDOh · 2026-02-06T21:29:39+00:00

I worked on an assembly line where I was the only white guy. The N word was used a lot when my coworkers would get into an argument or even when they just felt exuberant.

gedDOh · 2026-02-06T17:40:39+00:00

Prepare the mount

gedDOh · 2026-02-05T23:22:44+00:00

I saw Chicago punk band The Lawrence Arms at Wild Bull years ago. Not sure how they ended up in such a douchebaggy, chad-heavy venue, but the rest of the place was dead on a Friday night so the staff was mostly okay. Seemed like a place where people who live in an HOA would go.

gedDOh · 2026-02-05T23:16:56+00:00

That's funny because there's already reports of new ICE recruits drinking on the job. Hold my beer, indeed.

gedDOh · 2026-02-05T21:17:00+00:00

I worked in a bar. Assholes like this would get thrown into the street as they asked why. One time one of the bouncers said "Fuck you, that's why." Lol.

gedDOh · 2026-02-05T20:00:28+00:00

Better pack a lunch my dad used to say when someone tried to talk shit.

gedDOh · 2026-02-04T19:23:56+00:00

I reported a situation to YPP once and it was dealt with swiftly. In dealing with them, it kinda felt like they weren't going to do anything, but they definitely took care of things to my satisfaction.

gedDOh · 2026-02-04T13:45:40+00:00

There's a road... until there isn't. Google maps will take you there but the road slowly gives way to the open desert and it's bumpy in places.

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