Here in Ontario ... FORD is closing a assembly plant completely by the end of this month.
First one is here 10,000 jobs lost ---->
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Second one here 1,500 jobs lost ---->
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I know form people that worked at these plants that Ford Workers actually sabotaged the assembly line (just before a strike) and relief workers had to correct all these sabotage like actions.
There are always 2 sites to a story as far as I am concerned.
Yes economic times we are in right now at this moment stink and this I think is just the tip of the ice berg, there is mort to come.
As far as BMW is concerned I am not defending them at all, in fact I speak from personal experience that quality is been going down hill over the years. I blame it on the top management (not only at BMW) in organizations where the top management is replaced by Accountants and those people have only one thing in mind to reduce costs at all costs so braze yourself for more of the same to come.
Perhaps we soon have to go back to bicycles and horse and buggies ... who knows ... my $0.02 cents anyway