Automation, offshoring, and foreign competition have been happening for several decades. GM used to produce half the cars in the US. It’s 2019, not 1989!
Not to mention that they got beat into the dirt on price and quality.
If you want to be respected (as a “man” or whatever), you’ve got to earn it, and sometimes your ability to do so is a team effort.
The flip side of this story is the intense grind and self-sacrifice in places like Nagoya, Japan, where auto workers have something to be proud of, but are always aware of how tenuous their future is.
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Automation, offshoring, and foreign competition have been happening for several decades. GM used to produce half the cars in the US. It’s 2019, not 1989!
https://knoema.com/infographics/floslle/top-vehicle-manufact...
Not to mention that they got beat into the dirt on price and quality.
If you want to be respected (as a “man” or whatever), you’ve got to earn it, and sometimes your ability to do so is a team effort.
The flip side of this story is the intense grind and self-sacrifice in places like Nagoya, Japan, where auto workers have something to be proud of, but are always aware of how tenuous their future is.