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Mitsubishi Motors plan to end European production a blow to Netherlands

Business Feb. 07, 2012 - 06:50AM JST ( 9 )

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Dennis BauerFeb. 07, 2012 - 08:55AM JST

That s*cks, some of my fiends work there
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badmigraineFeb. 07, 2012 - 09:05AM JST

Under these circumstances it's normal to expect disgruntled union workers to sabotage cars and production equipment in order to get "revenge".
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presto345Feb. 07, 2012 - 10:33AM JST

Unions said they would hold a protest meeting Tuesday which could grow into a full-blown strike at the plant.

This can only be harmful to any negotiations.
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namabiru4meFeb. 07, 2012 - 11:16AM JST

The company I work for has a factory in the EU also...and are cutting hundreds off the payroll. Very sad!!

I agree with presto345...the union and workers should show solidarity in trying to find a way to keep Mitsubishi there.
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MaboDofuIsSpicyFeb. 07, 2012 - 11:31AM JST

Unions have good and bad points.

Mitsubishi owns the company. No union can force it to stay there and keep losing money.

Take a wage cut and offer other ideas. A strike will push them into a corner and make them leave sooner. I would.
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BurakuminDesFeb. 07, 2012 - 12:14PM JST

I really feel for the workers. But the writing was on the wall. Mitsubishi pulled up stumps in Australia a couple of years ago for the same reason: it is waaay to expensive to build non-luxury cars in super expensive nations like Aus and Holland. I mean, they could pay workers in SE Asia probably 10 percent of the wage to do the same work.
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arrestpaulFeb. 07, 2012 - 12:17PM JST

Unions said they would hold a protest meeting Tuesday which could grow into a full-blown strike at the plant. Output at NedCar, which was established in 1991, has remained sharply below its production capacity of 200,000 units a year, contributing to Mitsubishi Motors’ operating loss in Europe, reports said. Fewer than 50,000 cars were assembled in 2010.

A strike only means that Mitsubishi can close the plant sooner. There are only 50K vehicles are being built there. Global retail sales volume in fiscal year 2010 totaled 1,105,000 vehicles with only 218,000 vehicles in Europe.

Sounds like a goodwill gesture would come in handy right about now. Maybe this would be a good time to stop the Dutch vessel, SSCS Steve Irwin from harrassing/attacking Japanese vessels? Just a thought.
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gyouzaFeb. 07, 2012 - 12:47PM JST

DAF -> Volvo -> Mitsubishi

Looks like no one could make money there, and also looks like a long history of bad union/management relations. Sad, but keeping it open would only seem to drain resource.
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Sarcasm321Feb. 07, 2012 - 01:24PM JST

This is what happens when you rely on foreigners to be your main source of employment. I predict economic nationalism will make a strong comeback in the 21st century!