Ford and now Holden

In reply to pinchvalve: He wont care. He drives Subarus

aussiesmg wrote: No, they failed to continue with a course of action that lead to the Government stopping financial support causing Holden to bail out. If they had found a way to support them without paying stupid amounts of cash on an annual basis the result could have been different. 1. Promoting the product into other countries who do not have auto industries 2. Using Australian made cars for Federal Government departments and giving tax breaks to all local Governments who purchased locally built cars 3. Giving a tax break to citizens who purchase a new Australian built car 4. Promoting the product to other Governments 5. Supporting efforts to sell the product in other countries like the US. to name a few ideas Give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach him to fish.....

I am not arguing I am seriously asking, how is this not the government didn't interfer is why they left?

I may be having a case of the Mondays on Friday but everything you wrote says government must pay GM money for them to stay.

I am well aware that GM owns Holden but it isn't a precedent for a division to be shuttered and before they do the employees or 3rd party step up to buy it and keep it going. The only big change is GM would be going from a owner to a supplier.

Correct me if I am wrong but the Holden brand isn't built anywhere else? I know some Holden vehicles are sold elsewhere.

Ugh....

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/16/gm-holden-name-buick-commodore-china-report/

So now we see the truth.

GM to Australian Government: "Either pay us to stay or we are leaving, and people will blame you for interfering."

Aussie Government: "No and they won't believe you"

GM: "We are shutting our factories due to the governement not working with us. We will import Holden from China"

Aussies: "Damn you government and your interfering!!!"

Aussie Government: "Why did we not leave this to the Brits again?"

Wait, they wanted the Govt to pay them 30k AUD per employee???

yamaha wrote: Wait, they wanted the Govt to pay them 30k AUD per employee???

I feel bad for laughing at this, but DAMN that is funny.

and yes, GM wanted the Australian Government to pay for their labor.

In reply to Flight Service:

I still haven't gotten an answer to my page 1 query though......there has to be more to this that isn't known at this point.

Nothing constructive to add, but every time I've come across this thread title I think, "hey they're talking about tractors on GRM." then I'm let down a bit when I re-read the title.

Carry on.

In reply to bigdaddylee82:

Why are you drawn to subpar tractors?

yamaha wrote: In reply to bigdaddylee82: Why are you drawn to subpar tractors?

You're wrong

yamaha wrote: My question, were the unions there similar to the british unions of the 70's/80's?

Not from there but here is an Australian opinion page.

The Australian