Bye Bye Delta

[Sawdust Dave]

It looks as though Delta has been sold which raises some interesting questions.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/34363/updated-stanley-sells-delta-tools-to-taiwanese-company

[cherie]

Imagine that.

[GrayBeard]

Well if they adhere to the views of the new CEO it should be an OK situation but only time will show us if they do.

Let's HOPE!!!

~~~GrayBeard~~~

[boxmaker]

It sounds like everything should be ok. I liked reading the jobs stay here in the U.S. It would be nice if they added some work here. Another concern, would be the quality. I hope that the quality doesn't slowly decline.

[Gabby]

It looks as though Delta has been sold which raises some interesting questions.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/34363/updated-stanley-sells-delta-tools-to-taiwanese-company

If you read the first readers comment after the article, he pretty well nails it. Our manufacturers can no longer afford the high wages and perks demanded by organized labor. It has been spiraling upward for many years until it can no longer support it's self. What goes up must come down, there must be a limit!
This is why we are no longer the biggest producer of goods in the world as we once were.
They are going off shore in order to stay afloat. Anyone see the latest most up to date Ford plant, built in Brazil? Google it for yourself. They have been assembling vehicles for years in Mexico. Look at the plate in your door jamb and see where it was built, not just Ford either. When I was an equipment operator years ago, my how time flies, the shop mechanics were complaining that the replacement part for our Caterpillar equipment came from Japan! Does anyone know if the plants built here in the US by Honda and other foreign makers, are in right to work states where workers aren't forced into the unions in order to get a job?
Start thinking people. Don't blast me out of the water until you have researched the facts please. I'm not your enemy, just another concerned citizen.
Gabby

[marmoh]

Gabby you are so correct...I'm not going to get political or I'll get kicked off, but I could rant for days !!!!!

[cameronj]

Same thing in Ontario.  The Ford plant in slated to close next year.
Jim

[Mainewoods]

Agreed here as well, Gabby!   I've seen how incompetent morons can keep right on working even after multiple problems just because the unions protect them.  Don't get me wrong, I agree that unions are necessary to protect workers rights from employers who would otherwise take advantage of them, but when the unions have so much power that you can't be fired for being an unreliable, incompetent idiot, things have gone too far!  MY2C 

[Muzzlemike]

I agree !

[Sawdust Dave]

I agree but thats only part of the problem. Too many small to mid-sized businesses have been squeezed out by large corporations. It's those smaller companies that put quality and pride in their products first over $$$ that made us strong. A good example of one of those companies is Lie Nielsen Tool Works here in Maine. (I want to keep this wood related lol) They are a world leader in quality hand tools. A few years ago they decided to let authorized dealers sell their products. They could hardly keep up with the orders. After weighing all their options they decided to go back to selling their products themselves like they did before because they were afraid that the quality of their tools could eventually suffer trying to keep up with the demand even though they would make alot more money. They are still going strong, selling world wide and will continue to. That business attitude has been lost in big corporations. It's the little guys that make us strong.