Topic: Ford Manufacturing Pulling Out Of Australia

[Northernridge]

Ford to maintain Canadian factory footprint despite high labor costs
Investment plan in works for Oakville plant
May 21, 2013 - 12:49 pm ET
TORONTO (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co., Canada's top-selling automaker, is confident it can preserve its manufacturing profile in the nation despite unfavorable operating costs tied to the high Canadian dollar, the company's lead executive for the country said.

"We are optimistic despite the Canadian dollar where it is," Dianne Craig, chief executive officer of Ford Canada, said Tuesday during the Bloomberg Canada Economic Summit in Toronto. "So it's between the business partners that we have, certainly the government, that will enable us to at least keep the footprint that we have today."

Ford says it pays its richest wages and benefits in the world to workers in Canada, where it has retrenched to just one assembly plant.

The U.S. automaker is working on an investment plan for its Oakville plant, outside Toronto, though it's "not ready for prime time yet," she said



Read more: http://www.autonews.com/article/20130521/OEM01/305219935#ixzz2U8mhYT5u

That is among the most non-commital commitments I've ever read.

On second thought scratch that, Ford is breaking up with us if we refuse buttsex.   

[johngenx]

What company doesn't whine and complain about wage costs in the G20 nations?  Blah, blah, blah.

[northsparrow]

Were the Australian workers offered the same generous 50% wage reduction that the
UAW accepted so gleefully in the USA?


China, Brazil, Russian and India fiercely protect their growing auto sectors to maintain and increase employment
within their own borders . The global auto companies adapt to the demands of these countries.


Naive boyscout nations with previously high standards of living will watch their manufacturing base disappear
if they don't act as selfishly.

[Danno001]

Were the Australian workers offered the same generous 50% wage reduction that the
UAW accepted so gleefully in the USA?


China, Brazil, Russian and India fiercely protect their growing auto sectors to maintain and increase employment
within their own borders . The global auto companies adapt to the demands of these countries.


Naive boyscout nations with previously high standards of living will watch their manufacturing base disappear
if they don't act as selfishly.

China, Brazil, Russia and India have the population base to support local auto manufacturing at a reasonable output price that is affordable by most workers.

Australia and Canada do not.