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The Union jobs are less productive because of the ridiculous stifling work rules which increase costs.


May well be that way at Chrysler, At GM we've been evolving away from that for years now. We've eliminated production classifications down to one. In some plants skilled trades classifications have pared down to two, machine technicians and electricians. In my plant, welders, pipefitters, tinsmiths, hydralic repair, flask repair have all been combined into a millwright classification. Production wise, all employees in a given work group must be able to preform all task covered by that group. The days of being a "single purpose operator" are long gone. Problem is you never hear that in the news media. The only thing seniority is used for is determining shift preference, vacation time and layoff. All job assignments are made by management, seniority has no bearing. So again my friend, your information is flawed. Things have changed in the past ten years, where have you been <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />