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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I suspect that warehouse would be considerably more efficient with a more ergonomic design and better management, though.
That's the thing though - with a limitless pool of cheap labor they don't have to do any of that shit. They can fire somebody on the spot and have a new body in there immediately. There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.
There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.
Which is why unions suffer during economic downturns, even though when times are bad is when workers benefit most from union activism. Think how bad things would be right now if we didn't have minimum wage, the eight-hour day, mandatory breaks, and so forth.
I would hope that the article might get some attention from the state labor practices board, though.
right. I saw the made for tv movie about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when I was in elementary school or junior high and that left a lasting impact on me.
No one can convince me otherwise that we do not need unions as a counterbalance for corporations.
I saw the made for tv movie about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory when I was in elementary school or junior high and that left a lasting impact on me.
Oh shit -- I must have seen that, too, and forgotten. When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)
There's absolutely no reason (economically) to make the design more ergonomic or better for the workers.
A well-designed workplace with workers who have some flexibility is usually cheaper to run, in the long run.
in the long run.
I think you found the problem.
I think you found the problem.
Yeah, the emphasis on quarterly results and managing stock prices so the rich get richer has played havoc with the long run.
When American Experience did a film about it a couple of years ago, I couldn't figure out why other people didn't know the story at all, but I was so into it. ("Into it" in a horrified way, I mean.)
It's part of NYU's campus now, since 1926 or so, and there was stuff up everywhere about it. I feel like I knew about it before that, though.
I definitely knew about it before I lived in NYC, so that's why I'm thinking it was the tv movie. I mean, not that I don't know random things from who knows where.