"The production line has been squeezed into half the space of a traditional plant. Welding robots are concentrated in efficient clusters, instead of being spaced along the line, while many of the workers earn half the typical union wage. Even the first coat of rust-proofing has been reformulated so that it is one-hundredth as thick as — and thereby cheaper than — the coating on other cars."
Cute how slashed wages appear in a subordinate clause in the middle of a list of technical innovations. On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:07 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > NY Times July 12, 2011 > With Sonic, G.M. Stands Automaking on Its Head > By BILL VLASIC > ... _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
