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Willie Pep

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5. Yeah that is true.

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 5, 2017, 03:10 PM

Sep 2017

I am always shocked by how much people degrade blue-collar trades, even the ones that are well-paying. I met some German relatives of a friend of mine and they talked about how well they live working at an auto factory (I can't recall which company) and they were surprised by how weak unions are here and how few rights Americans have in the workplace compared to Germany.

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The Problem with American Management Explained [View all] IronLionZion Sep 2017 OP

Knowledge of Rowing zipplewrath Sep 2017 #1

H-1b visas are going to get Trumped eventually IronLionZion Sep 2017 #3

Starting in the '70s American management took the "low road" when it came to running workplaces. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #2

American management has a much more hostile relationship with their workers IronLionZion Sep 2017 #4

Yeah that is true. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #5

Yet when Big 3 tried to bring some of those high road practices, workers revolted. politicat Sep 2017 #13

And American companies are surviving and thriving taught_me_patience Sep 2017 #15

Europe is an odd case because of the way the eurozone is set up. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #16

Complete and utter claptrap taught_me_patience Sep 2017 #6

Is that trickling down to the workers? IronLionZion Sep 2017 #7

Of course not. Efilroft Sul Sep 2017 #11

Exactly! There's your problem (Yeah, right, so far). maddiemom Sep 2017 #14

The automation meme is used to divert attention away from outsourcing. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #17

Companies outsource their cost centers to focus on their revenue generators IronLionZion Sep 2017 #19

Much easier explanation: Initech Sep 2017 #8

K&R smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #9

A Union could have prevented this. Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #10

We just don't have excess layers of white collar workers anymore bucolic_frolic Sep 2017 #12

The japanese have enormous layers of bureaucracy Steven Maurer Sep 2017 #18