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elprogramer @ Oct 10th 2007 4:06PM
I've personally seen what you've just claimed does not exist. Several times.
A single McDonald's doesn't generate hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue in a single day. One assembly line does. Sometimes, depending on the product, it's per HOUR.
I agree, there is much fat to be trimmed, and as a recent hire for General Motors (of which, I thank the UAW), I've seen the elderly workers who hate to work. But what I've seen much more of is either managerial incompetence or management taking advantage of workers who don't know their rights (I'm talking legal rights, as established by state and federal labor laws).
I love General Motors, honestly. I love their products, I'm working on a degree to move up in the company. But I've seen the system firsthand, and I know that the only thing that matters to them is the bottom line. Not you, not your health, but how much product they can ship out.
Say what you want about the path the UAW has taken in negotiations over the past thirty years (I personally disagree with most of it, especially pricing themselves well beyond the market), but I know for damn sure that not a single benefit I have is from the good graces of management.