[Tr-gang] Re: Tr-gang digest, Vol 1 #42 - 3 msgs

[bob bownes]

It is incredibly sad to see and to watch. I was living in NI during the 
late 70's/early 80's when the unions brought down Triumph. Listening to 
Dad talk about negotiations with them was incredible. We were living in 
a country with a 35% unemployment rate, Dad was bringing in almost 1k 
jobs, and the union was still demanding incredibly silly things like "we 
must be paid in cash every Friday before noon". (which, as you might 
guess, does great things for Friday afternoon productivity/attendance)

How he managed the place for 4 years (79-82) without either killing 
someone or a strike is beyond me.

Chris Kantarjiev wrote:

>>still is losing over $600 million on their "Prestig
>>e Group"?
> 
> 
> It's the unions' fault, just as it has been for 30 years. They took
> the British motor industry down once, and they can do it again!
> 
> I was in Europe last week, and mostly got my news from the BBC.
> There's a huge hubbub because Jaguar want to shut down one
> of their three plants; unions on strike, sympathy stoppages,
> blah blah. Nothing has changed.
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