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Originally Posted by ft1338
It's not UNIONS that are the problem, it's WHICH union. In Germany unions aren't the destructive entity that they are in France and to a lesser extent in the US. If you think UAW is bad come check out the CGT in France  Bring a gun with you. |
Your right that France's unions are worse than the US's, however we were talking about Germany vs. USA. BMW has a very innovative deal with its unions that essentially has their workers "on call' 24/7. They are called in when cars need to be built, and sent home when they don't. Another interesting thing about BMW's assembly lines are that they can handle multiple models. You can have a 1er the next car could be a 3er and the next could be a Z4. Its a beautifully complex system.
Don't ya'll basically have 3 hour work days over there?