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Ford is telling their employees: "You can make a choice, but if you choose one that doesn't make us money, you need to suffer."



Since Ford employees buy cars at what amounts to actual cost, they aren't making any money anyways.

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What about the handicap spots? That's a legal thing, isn't it? What if a handicapped person drives a non-Ford?



Obviously federal law supercedes a company policy. But I imagine the number of handicap spots at an automobile factory is rather small.

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Plus, what are the odds that a UAW worker will go out and buy a Ford based on this policy, just so they don't have to walk as far?



Not very. That's kinda the point. This isn't a "You didn't buy a Ford you can't work here" policy. It's a "We recognize we haven't made the greatest decisions as of late, we'd like to reward those that have continued to support the company you work for".

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