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"Usually a sensationalist local TV expose is easy to dismiss. However, we can even forgive Detroit TV station WJBK's use of rock songs as the Fox2 station showed Chrysler factory workers taking their half-hour shift break at a park, drinking beer and smoking marijuana before finishing their work day. The Jefferson North Plant in Detroit is one of Chrysler's flagships, manufacturing the new Jeep Grand Cherokee. It's also the factory President Obama visited a few weeks ago to praise American manufacturing."

"It's the same plant where President Obama stood in July, praising Chrysler auto workers and saying "I would bet on the American worker any day of the week." The local TV station said it began following the workers just five days after Obama's visit. Chrysler went through a government-led bankruptcy in 2009 and took $10.8 billion from the federal government. "The fact that we're standing in this magnificent factory today is a testament to the decision we made," said Obama in July."

"The video really does speak for itself, but the reporter summarizes why this is so egregious: The metro Detroit economy is on the path back from the abyss, and part of that recovery is to overcome the stereotypes of union workers that are reinforced in this video."

"The Fox2 news crew went to the park for 10 days, and there were autoworkers drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana every day. Chrysler representatives said that many of the employees in the video have already been suspended indefinitely without pay and each vehicle built at the factory is checked multiple times to make sure there are no quality issues before they go on sale. We doubt, however, that those words will make any Jeep Grand Cherokee owners feel any better after watching this video."

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2010/09/detroit-tv-station-uncovers-chrysl...

http://www.insideline.com/chrysler/workers-at-2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-plant-...

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This was not a single time, but EVERYDAY occurrence! And these guys have free health insurance AND on average $73.00 / hour jobs! Those caught have been suspended until the Union works it out. (You and I know what that means, when the shit dies down, they'll be back at work.) FIRE THEIR ASSES!

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  • Toyota and Honda do perfectly fine without unions. Their workers get payed around 43 bucks an hour. They also offer cheaper cars that are made in the USA with MORE AMERICAN PARTS. I can't believe anyone defends this union scum, especially the UAW. You guarantee a man's pay and he'll never work hard again.

  • At least they are punctual.

    

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  • 20 people disliked this because they were the ones drinking on their lunch break.

  • Yeah these are the type of losers that I want assembling my car. I'll take a Honda over any American brand car anyday.

  • @EffSafteyMode NO FUCK BAILOUTS! that must have been you in the yellow hat getting high.

  • Fuck Fox News.

  • I can't believe there are people that think dangling a job over a man's head like a carrot on a stick is conducive to good work environments.

    Wonder what hidden cameras would find if they went after whoever was producing this story?

    Hearing that "reporter" run around asking if auto plant workers felt guilty for sneaking away to smoke and drink after THEIR BOSSES accepted a bailout? What a crock.

    This is anti-union propaganda.

  • A few people drink on the job. Therefore, unions are bad.*

    *Only true if you are an absolute fucking moron like this "reporter"

  • So are these people drinking and smoking because they're union members? Because that's what seems to be the message being pushed here.

    You people act like non-union people never smoke pot or drink on breaks.

  • This is why you pay more for a "american" car, so these fucks can drink on break...

  • Loosers

  • if i worked there id do the same

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