Andy Gilder wrote:Yes Dally, Unite's agenda is to close down BMW in Oxford and for all its employees there to be made redundant, thereby losing themselves revenue from their subscriptions.
McLaren_Field wrote:The company I work for has clients at sites in the Midlands which are involved in motor production (I'm saying no more) and we have experienced workforce problems reminiscent of the 1970s on these sites in direct contrast to the three vehicle manufacturing sites in other regions which are generally recognised as being Japanese owned.
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You getting the picture yet? Honda, BMW and Nissan can build cars in this country, using the existing workforce and do it without workers striking all the time, losing money or producing poor cars.
And people still think it is the unions that caused the UK car industry to go under...
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sanjunien wrote:and good luck to him - quite a character in his heyday
could such a figure survive in todays industrial world ?
Yes, the legislation in place now preventing unofficial disputes would mean he had more time to concentrate on his real role rather than having to firefight problems caused by individual shop-stewards.
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Big Graeme wrote:Yes, the legislation in place now preventing unofficial disputes would mean he had more time to concentrate on his real role rather than having to firefight problems caused by individual shop-stewards.
maybe that's what the uk needs,a few Derek Robinsons to shake things up a bit ?
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