Gibson: Feds Want Guitar Woodwork Done by Foreign Labor

[Will E Worm]

Gibson: Feds Want Guitar Woodwork Done by Foreign Labor

Gibson Guitar Corp. is claiming the Obama administration wants more of its woodwork done overseas, as a bizarre battle heats up between the government and one of the country's most renowned guitar makers.

The dispute started in 2009, when federal agents raided the company over suspect wood shipments from Madagascar. Gibson took that case to court but has denounced the administration with a vengeance after agents returned late last month to raid several Gibson factories -- this time out of concern that Indian export laws had been violated.

Though some reports on the dispute have cited environmental concerns, court documents suggest the latest battle boils down to a simple, non-environmental question -- which country is working on the wood?

Gibson's CEO has said repeatedly that the only reason his company is in trouble is because U.S. workers are completing work on guitar fingerboards in the United States. In an interview earlier this week, CEO Henry Juszkiewicz claimed that the U.S. government even suggested Gibson's troubles would disappear if the company used foreign labor.

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[L3ggy]

Will, you should know better.

 

[Will E Worm]

Will, you should know better.

This is a new one.

Your thread's article date: August 26, 2011 Federal raid
My thread's article date: September 02, 2011 Fed's want foreign workers to do the job.

 

[L3ggy]

Yes, but why not post in an existing thread which deals with the same topic?

 

[Will E Worm]

Yes, but why not post in an existing thread which deals with the same topic?

Reread my comment.

 

[L3ggy]

Hey, it ain't my thread!

 

[Will E Worm]

Hey, it ain't my thread!

I don't care. :tongue:

 

[L3ggy]

Then why did you go all the way to check the post date?

 

[Mayhem]

I'm on Wills' side on this.

Gooooooo Will!!!:stir:

 

[L3ggy]

Damn it!

 

[Mayhem]

Damn it!

There ya go buddy. I repped you just so you know it ain't personal. Because it is personal, but you don't think so anymore. But now that I've told you, you don't know what to think. Confused? Good. Feel it burn, feel it burn!

 

[Will E Worm]

I'm on Wills' side on this.

Gooooooo Will!!!:stir:

:elaugh: Now back to the topic.

 

[L3ggy]

Fine, I'll yield.

 

[Kingfisher]

So much for buy American huh...