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In dc.driving Stockman_Editorial <rabbitears@ag.net> wrote:
: First, let me say that unless you know the agreement, the media has 
: always been bias against unions.

All Media? From the Village Voice to the G. Gordon Liddy show? I find that
somewhat hard to believe.

: This is reasonable. Second, management 
: agreed to that as a strategy to find out what maximum production would 
: be, then make a change, as you have seen. The four hours were actually 
: working an eight hour workload in four hours which I believe the union 
: shouldn't allow for health reasons, such as strains and sprains, or 
: injuries through rushing. 

Or perhaps the workers were being paid by the task. "Build 200 brake rotor
subassemblies and you get $x. If you can do it in 10 minutes, more power
to you." Somehow I doubt that's how it works.

Hmm, I type 75 words a minute. I should only have to work six hours a day!

: Before I make any assumption, I'd talk personally with a worker there. I 
: have known GM to be ruthless, ask ther salary workers who have been 
: replaced by contract people, or eliminated all together.

Things which their competitiors have done as well. GM spends more per
vehicle than Ford or Chrysler. Their time to market is slowest of the big
three. They outsource the least. They're not in the business to employ
workers, and if they must cut costs, they cut costs, like any other
business.

: Do a search on the stock quote area and check out the bonuses the top 
: executives have been giving themselves at the expense of those under 
: them. How would you like to make $400000 in one day on options?

I'd love it. Not there, though (yet). Again, blame Ford and Chrysler and
Toyota. If GM doesn't offer incentives to its executives, their
competitors will.

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