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Many thanks to those of you who responded on conditions at Saturn.
Although it is possible that more information will come in, at this
time there is nothing beyond some newspaper articles and a nice piece
in Labor Notes. That article suggests a possible explanation for the
dearth of info on
Dear Pen-lers,
Regarding my request yesterday for info on the Saturn plant, unless
you specify otherwise, I will assume it is okay to forward whatever
you send to others on Pen-l who are interested in Saturn (I will
not forward messages from today, since broadcasting was not mentioned).
If
Does anyone know about conditions at GM's Saturn plant?
I had a most disturbing conversation today with a business type who went
off like a rocket (no pun intended) when I mentioned Saturn. He believes
they have serious problems with quality/rework and accidents in the plant,
mainly due to
My grad seminar in worker participation was covering Levine and Tyson's
paper in Blinder's "Paying for Productivity," and we realized that
their key example of a successful workplace with participation is
the GM-Toyota Nummi plant. There's a little sleight of hand, however;
when they get to the
My grad seminar in worker participation was covering Levine and Tyson's
paper in Blinder's "Paying for Productivity," and we realized that
their key example of a successful workplace with participation is
the GM-Toyota Nummi plant. There's a little sleight of hand, however;
when they get to the
