"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Bill Cole wrote:
JPS,
Harry explained to us that the problem with US manufacturing has nothing
to
do with labor unions, it is that management is poor. Is Harry one of
the
people that I should listen to in the NG or is he one of the radical
conservatives?

Bill



Dropped on your head too many times, fella?

Whatever problems a business has, they are a creation of management. Is
that too simple for you to understand?

Poor quality on the assembly line? Then you haven't trained or motivated
your workforce properly. Costs of manufacturing too high? Then you
haven't invested enough in plant modernization, training or even
cross-training. Workforce has a bad attitude? Then you have worse
managers.

Virtually everything adverse that takes place at work is the creation of
management, either because it handle its job badly or not at all.


Since pay should be commensurate with the level of responsibility you have,
then by your argument, management deserves the money they get...and the line
workers with "no responsibility" should get paid very little.







Sometimes I lecture on trade unionization and am asked by members of the
audience, "Well, what kind of unions will we have if we are unionized?"

My answer always is the same:

"Precisely the kinds of unions you deserve."

Recently, I rented an almost new Pontiac from AVIS. The car was
assembled properly, but from a design and engineering perspective, it
was third rate. Was that the fault of the unionized workforce. Hardly.
The car was the product of GM management.

The car was the product of GM management being squeezed by such high labor
rates, that they have to cut corners in order to put together a piece of
hardware at a competitive price.