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In reply to the discussion: Why is there a crusade against Apple products but not foreign cars? [View all]coldmountain
(802 posts)The quality of all cars have improved drastically for all manufacturers especially for American makes.
Meanwhile about those better highly paid Japanese workers:
Disgruntled Mazda contract worker drives car into factory, killing one
A 42-year old former employee of Mazda drove his car into a bunch of people at a Mazda plant in Hiroshima, killing 1 and injuring 10. He was arrested on attempted murder charges however, nobody really knows why the guy was so disgruntled. He only worked at Mazda for 8 days in April, and he quit on his own accord. One expert predicts that this could be a side effect of the discrepancy between the overly protective lifetime employment system and the half-assed contract worker agreements:
Koetsu Aizawa, professor of economics at Saitama University, said the discriminatory dual system of employment was common at major Japanese companies because regular workers, hired under a lifetime employment system, cant be fired.
okyomango.com/2010/06/disgruntled-mazda-contract-worker-drives-car-into-factory-killing-one/