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Model Citizen
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Voodoo Lounge
Posts: 19,491
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I just finished Savage Factory, the book about a Ford transmission plant in Ohio.
The story is set in the late '70s, and I'm sure that a lot has changed and improved between the UAW and the manufacturers in 40 years, but my spidey-sense tells me that a lot is still the same.
I'm all for unions, belonged when I had the chance, wish I belonged to one now, but I also believe in a measure of common sense. Common sense/common ground is difficult to achieve, though, when both sides' views and demands are worth billions.
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