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Article #382Re: GM Flint strike--4 hour days?
From: P. J. Remner
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:00
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In a previous article, forbis@accessone.com (Gary Forbis) says: >Bentley wrote in message <0tYp1.1384$wf.270532679@newsreader.digex.net>... > >>Hmm, I type 75 words a minute. I should only have to work six hours a day! > > >Hmm... I guess you should be paid the same for a six hour day as someone >who can only type 45 words per minute. No, you should be paid the same amount of money per word. Flat-rate. Auto mechanics do it all the time. Paid by the "job-hour", not the actual hour. The good will automatically be paid better, and the not-so-good either get better or get used to peanut butter sandwiches for dinner. >In the late sixties I worked with an ex UAW member. He complained about >how the union would tell him to slow down. I don't think he was a piece >worker >so he earned no more money by being twice as productive. Exactly the sort of behavior that flat-rating is meant to kill. -- "he wants to be me, and that scares him"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,64c071eb4fbc2156 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10d662,56c4e82164320eab X-Google-Attributes: gid10d662,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,64c071eb4fbc2156 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: f7ed3,64c071eb4fbc2156 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7ed3,public X-Google-Thread: 110f21,64c071eb4fbc2156 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f21,public From: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner) Subject: Re: GM Flint strike--4 hour days? Date: 1998/07/15 Message-ID: <6ogrsb$c4h$1@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu> X-Deja-AN: 371517132 References: <35A27FE4.6F6@pilot.msu.edu> <35A53DFD.4D88@erols.com> <35a60326.0@news.webt.com> <0tYp1.1384$wf.270532679@newsreader.digex.net> <6oaldp$o0t$1@supernews.com> Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA) Reply-To: aj923@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (P. J. Remner) Newsgroups: mi.misc,alt.politics.economics,rec.autos.driving,misc.invest.stocks,dc.driving