I don't know where you were, but I had a chance to be in a GM plant over a
period of years. What I saw was hardly a sweat shop. It was like my
concept of an assembly line, but in slow motion. On the engine line, you
could work ahead several jobs (taking all of about 2 minutes), and then sit
down and read the paper (for about 10 minutes) until those jobs passed you.
I never saw ANYTHING that looked even remotely rushed or even pressing. All
of this for money and benefits in the area of $100,000 per year, with no
educational investment. Of course, this plant is gone now. Those employees
are collecting the same money and benefits for sitting in a "job bank" and
doing cross word puzzles. Is it any wonder?

"Denny" wrote in message
ps.com...
Once I had fulfilled my
daily quota, I was told to go hide for the last couple hours of my
shift.
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Yeah, part of what killed GM, etc... AC Delco parts factory in Flint
was famous for that... A shirt tail relative worked there for 30 years
- she was TOLD by union reps what days she was not to show up, they
would punch her in and out...
OTOH, the final assembly lines were/are demanding... You have to be
there, every minute is monitored, have to have relief to go to the can,
etc...
Anyway, from what I see the package delivery folks are rode hard and
put away wet...

denny

denny