fschultz: Thanks for the update. Maybe their ship isn't sunk afterall.

Hopefully, just a cyclical thing and they'll be back to work soon!
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Stacy, I'm watching the John Adams mini-series and they didn't get along any better back then! I think they were forming parties in the episode for the election after George Washington. Division in US politics is as old as the country. The 13 colonies did not get along at all and eventually that led to the Civil War...not exactly the happy story of starting a new country that people like to think!

Here we go again, more lay offs, just what Wisconsin needs. Wake up Gov. Doyle and your cohorts, how are you pay for that new high speed train? It's time we have a recall on behave of Gov. Doyle.

I really hope that these layoffs are temporary. It's so sad to often read that companies are laying off people. Best wishes to all of the families involved!

Associated Press just sent out an update that includes this:
Lenny Gunderson, a spokesman for Boilermakers International, Local 449, says he expects the layoffs to be temporary.
He says no one is being advised to go look for another job. He predicts new repair work and overhaul jobs will develop once the shipping season ends.
In a notification letter to the state Department of Workforce Development, the company says it’s "aggressively seeking new business."

"GET OVER IT>>> WORK TOGETHER AS THEY DID OVER 3OO YRS AGO.. If I remember my History (thank you John Eyster) there were not any political parties," ???

Over 300 years ago there wasn't any United States of America. Just separate colonies that couldn't get along with each other.

General Motors? Politicians? I thought there was a recession on, which typically impacts transportation industries. You can change governors or whomever all you want and it doesn't change the demand for ships.

More disappointing news. Good posting, StaceyU2.

FSCHULTZ- MY HUSBAND WORKED THERE ALSO IN THE LATE 70'S. THEY WERE REALLY BOOMING AT THAT TIME. IN THE WINTER THE SHIPS WERE COLD AND SUMMER I REMEMBER THEM STARTING WORK AT 2-3-AM AS THE STEEL WAS TOO HOT DURING THE DAY. AS YOU SAID THERE WILL BE REPAIRS NOW. THEY WILL NEED TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY HAVE.

or GM

I bet Mercury Marine is behind this!!

The bad thing Stacy is that we elect all these people on their false promises. We need to start empowering people from "our own communities" and place them in these government positions instead of electing these lawyers who have money and have no idea about what it is to live like a common man. They continually lie and decieve the American people yet we keep falling for it year after year. Presidents, senators, congress men and women, state senators, etc. Although I hate to say this but this country is slowly headed towards a revolution becasue people below are getting tired.

To few people control the wealth in this country and the governemnt also.

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesameric...

Shipbuilding is a cyclical business. I was hired at Bay Ship in late '70s during one of the boom cycles, when they were making 1,000-foot ore freighters. I'm surprised they're keeping as many employees as they are. One thing those guys will be doing is ship repair, no doubt. In a slow economy, you fix up what you have rather than buying new boats. Nasty, cold, stinky business, fixing iron ships in the middle of winter. But spring comes.

Stacey - Very well said. Couldn't agree more. Yes, the different political parties have destroyed this Country right before our eyes. It has failed us in the past and it will continue to fail us in the future. It's failing us worse than ever as we speak.

Let' close all the bigger businesses, send 10's of thousands into un-employment, lets move all of our big businesses to the south (or out of the United States, Move them to Mexico, to Philippines, Europe where the labor cost are cheaper, then have all of what they produce back in to our economy, THEN HAVE TO FIX THEM ALL FOR THE SAME COST THAT IT WOULD HAVE TO MANUFACTURE IT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE....besides... most of the stuff built out side the US , needs to be revamped to work here anyways.... I am not blaming our state gov't it is much bigger than that,, I don't believe that it is all the Democrats fault either,, it' GOV't as a WHOLE.. Republican and Democrats the same.. they need to quit Bitching at each other over little things like... "This party is holding back progress" or "That party is unreasonable on this bill" ... GET OVER IT>>> WORK TOGETHER AS THEY DID OVER 3OO YRS AGO.. If I remember my History (thank you John Eyster) there were not any political parties, All one (and it was even listed as a gov't yet) and for the most part, they got a long ( for a little while).. This could go on and on but I think you get the point,, KEEP THEM HERE AND KEEP OUR JOBS HERE, No more Foreign trade,, Drill on our soil, Build here .. KEEP THIS COUNTY OURS AND KEEP IT GOING

Domino.........Like Tomato.........

General Motors has started the dominoe effect-