Toyota plants are not unionized. My nephew works in one and says they are great employers.
Thatbearguy @Thatbearguy > > > > > > > > > > > > Modern Parable > > > > > *A Japanese company (Toyota ) and an American company (General Motors) > decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced > long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.* > > *On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile* > * . * > > > > > > > > > > > *The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the > reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior > management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate > action. Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people paddling and 1 > person steering, while the American team had 7 people steering and 2 people > paddling. Feeling a deeper study was in order, American management hired a > consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second > opinion. They advised, of course, that too many people were steering the > boat, while not enough people were paddling. Not sure of how to utilize > that information, but wanting to prevent another loss to the Japanese, the > paddling team's management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering > supervisors, 2 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent > steering manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would > give the 2 people paddling the boat greater incentive to work harder**.** > It was called the 'Rowing Team Quality First Program,' with meetings, > dinners and free pens for the paddlers. There was discussion of getting > new paddles, canoes and other equipment, extra vacation days for practices* > *,* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > * and bonuses. The pension program was trimmed to 'equal the competition' > and some of the resultant savings were channelled into morale boosting > programs and teamwork posters. The next year the Japanese won by two > miles. Humiliated, the American management laid off one paddler, halted > development of a new canoe, sold all the paddles, and cancelled all capital > investments for new equipment. The money saved was distributed to the > Senior Executives as bonuses. The next year, try as he might, the lone > designated paddler was unable to even finish the race (having no paddles), > so he was laid off for unacceptable performance, all canoe equipment was > sold and the next year's racing team was out-sourced to India. Sadly, the > End.l Here's something else to think about: GM has spent the last thirty > years moving all its factories out of the US , claiming they can't make > money paying American wages. TOYOTA has spent the last thirty years > building more than a dozen plants inside the US . The last quarter's > results: **TOYOTA makes 4 billion in profits while GM rack**s* > > > * up 9 billion in losses. GM folks are still scratching their heads, and > collecting bonuses... * > > *IF THIS WEREN'T SO TRUE IT MIGHT BE FUNNY.* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
