|
|
Post by etownking21 on Jul 30, 2016 18:31:29 GMT -5
Im hearing we will be off first week of October? Union has already been notified so why wouldn't they tell us? Why the big secret?
|
|
|
|
Post by rockyt on Jul 30, 2016 21:32:33 GMT -5
Last week on Monday, I heard we might have a down week in October, then on Tuesday I heard we had some Super Saturdays and Super Sundays scheduled in October, November and December, then the next day I heard that one of our vendors said we would have a down week in September. You just can't ever tell with this place.
|
|
|
|
Post by toddstang on Jul 30, 2016 23:43:37 GMT -5
Sad thing is, the cashier at Kroger will know before any of us.
Ultra big secret
|
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Jul 31, 2016 1:26:47 GMT -5
Sad thing is, the cashier at Kroger will know before any of us. Ultra big secret Certainly looks like 1st week of October is a down week. No idea why we haven't been advised that we have a tentative down week. |
|
w84me
Amateur
Ford has the best union our money can buy
Posts: 134
|
Post by w84me on Jul 31, 2016 9:02:13 GMT -5
Im hearing we will be off first week of October? Union has already been notified so why wouldn't they tell us? Why the big secret? Herd that and the loss of C crew by the end of the year. |
|
|
|
Post by pmooret on Jul 31, 2016 11:19:50 GMT -5
Asked a committeperson about this and he said looks like the first week of Oct we'll be down althought the plant manager is going to try to avoid it by shorting our hours each day, which has already started. I told him I'd rather have the week off or just let C crew work (some don't get sub-pay) and let the rest of us have the time off.
Here's another thought: How is it that just three weeks ago we needed the vehicles so bad that they could only shut down one week for vacation and now we're in dire straits? Seems the last time there was a huge absentee problem all of the sudden the plant manager said "No more overtime"; eventually that rule faded into the sunset. Now that it has happen again he's saying "One week down"; maybe, maybe not.
|
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Jul 31, 2016 11:55:03 GMT -5
Asked a committeperson about this and he said looks like the first week of Oct we'll be down althought the plant manager is going to try to avoid it by shorting our hours each day, which has already started. I told him I'd rather have the week off or just let C crew work (some don't get sub-pay) and let the rest of us have the time off. Here's another thought: How is it that just three weeks ago we needed the vehicles so bad that they could only shut down one week for vacation and now we're in dire straits? Seems the last time there was a huge absentee problem all of the sudden the plant manager said "No more overtime"; eventually that rule faded into the sunset. Now that it has happen again he's saying "One week down"; maybe, maybe not. This is strange. Our order bank is solid right now, days supply on lots is still low as well. Ford must really be expecting slow sales the rest of the year. |
|
|
|
Post by toddstang on Jul 31, 2016 14:16:29 GMT -5
Im hearing we will be off first week of October? Union has already been notified so why wouldn't they tell us? Why the big secret? Herd that and the loss of C crew by the end of the year. LMAO. It never ends. |
|
|
|
Post by Bcrew4life on Jul 31, 2016 14:58:32 GMT -5
Could it be that the Lincoln is leaving LAP very soon & we're gonna have to retool to run a different style Escape or a new product? We have been running a shit load of Lincoln's lately.
|
|
|
|
Post by pmooret on Jul 31, 2016 17:58:36 GMT -5
Was talking with an engineer about two months ago and I said something to him about loosing the Lincoln in Feb (had heard Feb) and he said it had not been decided yet when it was leaving. Who knows, although when you hear rumors I heard another person too say they heard we were going to be down for a retool. For what I don't know.
|
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Aug 1, 2016 0:08:10 GMT -5
I've heard extended downtime for a retool in 2018.
|
|
|
|
Post by pmooret on Aug 1, 2016 2:19:13 GMT -5
I've heard extended downtime for a retool in 2018. You're probably right. The same engineer said that we have a major model change to the Escape for 2019 so launch would probably be in 2018. |
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Aug 2, 2016 11:23:50 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by Bcrew4life on Aug 2, 2016 14:38:17 GMT -5
I would think Ford would want to move the Lincoln before the 2018's are launched. But who know's if we're really losing the Lincoln?
|
|
|
|
Post by toddstang on Aug 7, 2016 20:03:54 GMT -5
Bump for any new info.  ? |
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Aug 8, 2016 7:30:13 GMT -5
Bump for any new info. ? lol, no. and aint that crazy?? you remember in the past, when a down week was scheduled months in advance we got a written notification from the company. now we hear nothing. its interesting. |
|
|
|
Post by justaworker on Aug 8, 2016 7:33:34 GMT -5
I've heard extended downtime for a retool in 2018. You're probably right. The same engineer said that we have a major model change to the Escape for 2019 so launch would probably be in 2018. did that engineer mention a hybrid model? |
|
|
|
Post by toddstang on Aug 8, 2016 13:26:44 GMT -5
You're probably right. The same engineer said that we have a major model change to the Escape for 2019 so launch would probably be in 2018. did that engineer mention a hybrid model? Interesting, I talked to one of the engineers on the 2017 launch, who was in charge of the 1.5L, and I asked him about a hybrid. He said the Ecoboost gets almost as good mileage as a hybrid so there were no plans for any at our plant. This was back in late March. |
|
?