“UAW protect their workers so well” Maybe it’s the UAW or maybe the auto manufactures that agreed to it, but in the 90s there was serious waste. Example 1 - if

“UAW protect their workers so well” Maybe it’s the UAW or maybe the auto manufactures that agreed to it, but in the 90s there was serious waste. Example 1 - if the Big Three laid off a worker, they were guaranteed to get paid 90% their pay. This is why there were so many rebates on American cars, because it didn’t make financial sense to cut production. Example 2 - the drafting workers that worked the CAD machines, their contract stipulated 54 hours of work per week (overtime of course for those 14 hours). There wasn’t 54 hours of work available, so these folks would come in (including Saturdays) and just sit there and read the newspaper.