"Gosi" <gosinn@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 20 Dec, 19:07, <mecha...@telusplanet.net> wrote:
>> Stupid.... interesting term that could be applied to many different
>> groups
>> of people...
>>
>> Stupid... as in customers continuing to pay prices that have been driven
>> high by over-priced wage packages for union workers? Come on... this is
>> assembly line work... put tab A in slot B... what rolls off the end of
>> the
>> line could be a toaster, a car or Mattels latest toy... It ain't rocket
>> science.
>>
>> Someone is signing the cheque for this, doofus.... and that would be the
>> consumer...
>>
>> Where I live, we have a labour shortage.... our local McDonalds is
>> offering
>> $13 per hour.... I wonder how many 99 cent burgers you need to sell to
>> make
>> that idea profitable?
>>
>> I'm sure that all of your fellow Americans will love the hell out of you
>> calling them "ignorant".
>>
>> "Rock Hardson" <RH...@yahooo.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:494d1243$0$1509$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers .com...
>>
>> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/12/19/AR200...
>>
>> > The article states that the southern japanese factory worker was
>> > offered
>> > to join the union bringing wages on par to its northern American worker
>> > but they opted to stay bare foot and po' for japanese pennies. How
>> > STUPID
>> > can people be! If they had simply joined the union they would be
>> > getting
>> > the same exact pay and benefits as the northern worker living a higher
>> > standard of life and there would have been an even playing field for
>> > all
>> > manufactures from the start. For years it has been said that the
>> > Japanese
>> > choose the southern worker simply to take advantage of there ignorance.
>> > I
>> > guess the article proves they were right about that one. Now the
>> > northern
>> > worker will be forced to be dragged down to the level of pay of the
>> > southern worker. Its a simple question of is everyone on board to make
>> > a
>> > lot of money or will a segment of the community just drag others down
>> > to
>> > make a lesser amount of money???
>
> The quality control of Toyota is done by each worker.
> If someone notices that something is missing from a former step they
> pull the chain and stop the line.
> In the beginning the line was stopping all the time.
> Then the quality improved and the line hardly ever needs to be
> stopped.
>
> In GM they did not dare to do it so inspection is done after the car
> has been sold and the customer finds something wrong.
> First they deny the problem and then the customer gets angry and
> stoppes buying GM cars.
>
> That is a major difference and I have been waiting to see how long
> this could go on like this.
>
> It is very exciting to see that GM is finally dead and the prolonged
> funeral is taking place over the next months.
>
> RIP

Again your Glee in American job loss is showing. I just wonder what type of
work you do and long you could sustain a job loss.