Except for the people that are employed by an industry that OSHA has no control over. Railroad workers for instance.
You will notice that I only said UAW
Except for the people that are employed by an industry that OSHA has no control over. Railroad workers for instance.
If you pay line workers $8.00, it will be reflected in the final product. No offense, but you folks sound like jealous people without a clue. Do they deserve $27 an hour? Some jobs no, some jobs yes. Do they deserve $8? No. Asinine comment.
They have caught up to Toyota and Honda in several quality segments. Not closer. Caught up.
Also, every product Ford makes is superior to the Galant. Dumbest post I've ever seen.
assembly line workers have very little to do with the overall quality of the vehicle. their job is no more difficult than the "assembly line" at mcdonalds. hmmm lets see, put patty on bun, put speaker in door. wow what a tough day. sorry but if your job takes no skill and you can be replaced by any homeless person off the street, you dont deserve benefits and above average pay.
I realize what you said. Some people think that since the UAW union is worthless and, or employer black mail, that is the case for all Union.
For one where I work my union is an absolute necessity.
I will leave safety out of this for now here is another angle:
For the non union people, do you think it would piss you off for instance where you work. Let's say you have 10 years on the job doing the same position. You are an excellent employee, you do not even know the term " calling in sick ". Every thing is running great for you. Then one day your manager sits you down and tells you that his nephew just moved to town and needs a job, and he wants you to train him on your position. The position you have worked your ass of for 10 years. Now he wants you to train his nephew, that is fresh out of highschool, and when he is all trained up he takes your job.
Where is your protection? Employers have every right to do this, and they do it all the time. Non agreement employers have no consideration for seniority. At my job this cannot happen. No way, not ever, not possible can an employee junior to me take my job. No matter what kind of education he/she had or who they knew.
assembly line workers have very little to do with the overall quality of the vehicle. their job is no more difficult than the "assembly line" at mcdonalds. hmmm lets see, put patty on bun, put speaker in door. wow what a tough day. sorry but if your job takes no skill and you can be replaced by any homeless person off the street, you dont deserve benefits and above average pay.
How many UAW assembly lines have you worked on?
no experience with mcdonalds, but i know there is no difference between putting lug nuts on the wheels and putting tomato on a burger. they both require no skill level ans zero thought process. i have toured a plant and have seen training videos from chrysler at my work about these lines.
no joke, i read an article about some woman who was going through a lay off at a uaw plant. her job was to put the door speakers in the front and rear doors of an suv. her pay was 45k, to put ****ing speakers in a door. any pimple faced, high school drop out, druged up teenager that works at circuit city can do that job.
i'm not saying they dont deserve their jobs, but only a union will pay stupid money for unskilled labor and it has driven the prices through the roof. i dont blame any company for sending jobs over seas instead of dealing with the unions retarded demands.
Boohoo it's their own fault..
They will want a bail out and should be denied.
Lowering pay throughout the entire company would be a great start.. not just firing random people.
I agree they want a bailout from the Gov't. But will the CEO's or anyone in there upper Management take a pay cut. Hell NO they will not. They say lets lay union people off and close the plants.
But they CEO's or any upper Management will never take a pay cut. They will still get their bonuses every year as well
Maybe in those 10 years you should have advanced to a higher position than entry-level. :shrug: