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Unions helped Detroit autoworkers so much. I'm not totally opposed to unions but if people don't want to buy the company's product at the price it's offered for
by ghaff 1y ago
Unions helped Detroit autoworkers so much. I'm not totally opposed to unions but if people don't want to buy the company's product at the price it's offered for (and costs), they can't sustainably force the company to pay workers more.
- wahnfrieden 1y agoWorkers were not the cause of Detroit's downfall
- ghaff 1y agoNo (primarily--although, at the time there were a lot of rigid work rules that surely didn't help). But they also weren't a solution.
- bdangubic 1y ago“ It is not good management to take profits out of the workers or the buyers; make management produce the profits. Don’t cheapen the product. Don’t cheapen the wage. don’t overcharge the public. Well-managed business pays high wages and sells at low prices. Its workmen have the leisure to enjoy life and the wherewithal with which to finance that enjoyment.” – Henry Ford, Ford Motor Company
- sigwinch 1y agoWho is today’s Henry Ford?
- ghaff 1y agoYou mean the Henry Ford who brought in often violent internal company police to prevent unionization? I imagine there are many modern examples if not to the same degree.
- sigwinch 1y agoOr, the one awarded a cross by Hitler. I can’t tell when someone quotes Ford today, who might they think is today’s Henry Ford.