Study Says Union Workers 27 Percent More Productive

[Truthseeker420]

The United Auto Workers has borne much of the criticism for the U.S. automobile industry's financial woes, but a recent report suggests that some North American union-represented assembly plants are more productive than some of their nonunion competitors.

In fact, the most productive auto assembly plant in North America, according to The Harbour Report, is General Motors' Oshawa (Canada) No. 1 plant, in which workers take just 15.85 hours to assemble a vehicle. The plant assembles the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Impala, and is represented by the Canadian Auto Workers.

Six of the top 10 North American assembly plants are union shops, reports Roger Kerson, assistant director of public relations of United Auto Workers. Ford Motor Co.'s Atlanta assembly plant was ranked third on the list, at 16.58 assembly hours per vehicle; GM's Oshawa (Canada) No. 2 plant was fourth, at 17.47 hours; and GM's Lansing, Michigan, assembly plant was fifth, at 17.53. Nonetheless, Nissan's Altima plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, a nonunion shop, is the most productive U.S. plant, with an average of 16.10 hours per vehicle. (See chart at bottom right.)

"I think it's a good sign that union workers are as productive, and in many cases, more productive, than nonunion workers," Kerson says. "Union workers are more invested in their jobs. They know that they can speak up about how to do things better to management, and they won't get fired for it. It leads to a happier, more productive worker."

Quality Digest Magazine

 

[freedombecki]

If Union Workers are 27 percent more productive than other car workers, why aren't cars 27 percent cheaper with all that efficiency?

 

[rdean]

If Union Workers are 27 percent more productive than other car workers, why aren't cars 27 percent cheaper with all that efficiency?

The Board of Directors needed a "raise".

 

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[Luddly Neddite]

"Union workers are more invested in their jobs. They know that they can speak up about how to do things better to management, and they won't get fired for it. It leads to a happier, more productive worker."

rw's will never understand that.

 

[popeyecv64]

"Union workers are more invested in their jobs. They know that they can speak up about how to do things better to management, and they won't get fired for it. It leads to a happier, more productive worker."

rw's will never understand that.

what is rw's sir ??

 

[Mad Scientist]

OP Lies!

Nissan's Altima plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, a nonunion shop, is the most productive U.S. plant, with an average of 16.10 hours per vehicle

How can you tell when a Liberal is lying? When he's talking, writing or posting.