I think I have to put more of the blame on management rather than labor on this one.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Vivec wrote: >> >> "It is with sad irony that the company which invented "planned >> obsolescence" -- the decision to build cars that would fall apart >> after a few years so that the customer would then have to buy a new >> > > Yes and no. He's got the business strategy right, but he screws up > the labor piece. > > Organized labor was essentially the mafia and extorted money from both > its members and GM. > > The executives, for their part, allowed the extortion because they > were on the gravy train too. > > The government should take over, but like they do with banks: eject > the board and management, auction off the assets, and close down the > rest. > > But the bottom line is that labor and management failed as a team. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
