Word: plant
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...tiny mixtape-making, cough-syrup-swilling stream-of-consciousness New Orleans rapper whose Tha Carter III truly was one of the best albums of the year. His competition in Grammys' glamour category comes from Coldplay's slightly overhyped Viva La Vida, Ne-Yo's Year of the Gentleman, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss's elegant Raising Sand and Radiohead's record-industry death knell In Rainbows...
...Detroit Three, they don't have a choice this week. The weenies at Ford announced they were selling two jets (meaning, of course, that lower-ranking execs will be flying Northwest to the plant in Valencia) and driving a Ford Escape hybrid to Washington. GM has caved completely and shut down its air force, throwing 50 people out of work. (Thanks, Congressman Ackerman!) Maybe the President should send his helicopter for the GM honchos. He doesn't really have use for it now. And when some truly desperate Americans need a dramatic rescue, sending in Marine...
...However, another contract the union signed with Mitsubishi back in September could become the template for the union's next contract with Detroit automakers. The UAW-Mitsubishi contract, which covers roughly 1,100 workers at the Japanese automaker's plant in Normal, Ill., called for workers to take a 14% pay cut, rolling back wages to $24 per hour from $28 per hour...
...Vice President Jimmy Settles, who negotiated a $4 per hour wage cut in return for new investment at a Mitsubishi plant in Normal, Ill. said he wasn't sure the modifications to the Big Three contract should include major wage cuts. "Mitsubishi represents less than 1% of the U.S. market," he said. Gettelfinger, however, made it plain that the situation was dire. "Even if all of our members were willing to work for nothing, it wouldn't help the automakers out of the situation they are in," Gettelfinger told reporters after a union meeting in Detroit, also noting that...
...Doughnut Plant, 379 Grand Street...