Thought some of you would enjoy this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_YnaHNcISw&feature=related

Not that it is an election day or anything...

Holy crap I hope this is a hoax And given what they're doing it would be very simple to replace those people with machines..

Too bad about the guy in the white shirt; born a bit taller than most.

GameboyRMH wrote: Holy crap I hope this is a hoax And given what they're doing it would be very simple to replace those people with machines..

why? they have 3 billion other people waiting to work at sub-minimum wage to do that same job?

Not trolling.. that is just a simple fact of live in China and India.. when you have that many people barely able to make a living.. people become cheap and expendable. My Ex-fiancee's parents ran a factory on the mainland.. some of the stories I heard would curl your hair and make and entire OSHA office run for highground

Some time back I saw a video of people in India casting steel parts, they were wearing only loincloths and were handling ladles of molten steel.

Curmudgeon wrote: Some time back I saw a video of people in India casting steel parts, they were wearing only loincloths and were handling ladles of molten steel.

some lady on the history channel was saying similar things of the steel workers in the early industrial revolution in the US plants in Pittsburgh and such... not the traditional heavy "protective clothing" typically shown

That video has been around for a l-o-n-g time. You must be the last person on the planet to see it.

My boss has traveled China and India sourcing flanges and metal hose assemblies. He took pictures in China of the factories making these parts. He put his camera down in India as he couldn't bring himself to take pictures......a lot of work was women in sandle's welding on a dirt floor.

First comment back......."our welders are pampered"......

I've seen that before (here) but there were a bunch of links to trials videos next to it. Thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB6u_5I6Dy8&feature=watch-vrec

Seems like they could double the speed of that press with only minor problems.

God that was a terrible joke to make.

HiTempguy wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_YnaHNcISw&feature=related Not that it is an election day or anything...

Wait...Is this real??

I have seen two guys standing at a press feeding material in one side and out the other. Both were standing inside the photo-electric beams intended to shut the machine down if you walked through the beam accidently. I was being escorted by the plant manager and he didn't blink an eye when I pointed it out. China ? Nope. Ontario. Safety can't be treated as an option by the workers,or management.

Thank your local Union that your job isn't like this. An 8 hour work week, safe working conditions, and the ability to petition management are all Union won concessions from corporate and factory management.

I think it's sad that a lot of people are very naive.

Xceler8x wrote: Thank your local Union that your job isn't like this. An 8 hour work week, safe working conditions, and the ability to petition management are all Union won concessions from corporate and factory management.

What a flounder

The 8 hour work week: Here's your history lesson folks. This labor struggle started in 1842 and ended in 1915.

In the summer of 1915, amid increased labor demand for World War I, a series of strikes demanding the eight-hour day began in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They were so successful that they spread throughout the Northeast. The United States Adamson Act in 1916 established an eight-hour day, with additional pay for overtime, for railroad workers. This was the first federal law that regulated the hours of workers in private companies. The United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Act in Wilson v. New, 243 U.S. 332 (1917). The eight-hour day might have been realized for many working people in the U.S. in 1937, when what became the Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S. Code Chapter 8) was first proposed under the New Deal. As enacted, the act applied to industries whose combined employment represented about twenty percent of the U.S. labor force. In those industries, it set the maximum workweek at 40 hours,[12] but provided that employees working beyond 40 hours a week would receive additional overtime bonus salaries.

Work place safety struggle: Mo' history for your brains.

The Knights of Labor, organized in 1869, is considered to be the first industrial union, open to skilled and unskilled workers, women, and African-Americans. This inclusive policy contributed to its growth, and the union boasted more than 700,000 members by the mid-1880s. The program of the Knights of Labor was a combination of reform ideas and specific worker demands. Along with setting up cooperative workshops and calling for the regulation of the railroads, the union wanted an eight-hour workday, legislation protecting the health and safety of workers, and an end to child labor (for children under the age of 14).

Before calling a flounder you guys might want to read some books. I recommend:

and..

Just to be clear. I'm not advocating for Unions. I'm quoting history. To those with deeply held prejudices that may be offensive. It's not meant to be. Just stating facts as proven by the history texts anyone can read online or at the library.

Xceler8x wrote: The 8 hour work week: ...

I LOL'ed, but I suppose in a union shop, that's about right.

1988RedT2 wrote:

Xceler8x wrote: The 8 hour work week: ...

I LOL'ed, but I suppose in a union shop, that's about right.

No E36 M3. Seems we're back sliding a bit these days....