[Land-speed] American Engineering

[DougOdom]

Bryan Savage wrote:

>Well Wes, who agreed to all of those benefits? Management or Engineering?
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>I remember back in the '40's and '50's, there were auto strikes that 
>lasted months.
>By the '70's, management was caving in at the threat of a strike.
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>A crazy way to run a business.
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>Bryan
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>In 1968 after Shelby American closed down I still had a friend that worked for Ford. High Up. That was the year of a strike when they only struck one car maker and the other companys would go along with what ever the settlement said. After the settlement my friend told me " the UAW has just killed the american car maker ". It would take years but there was no way a company could pay a growing number of people more and more money for not producing a product and survive. I know that every month GM sends checks to hundreds of retired workers that are over 100 years old. Very sad but true.
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Doug Odom in big ditch