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German auto workers are higher paid than Australians are anyway. |
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At the Mercedes Factory. the workers are allowed 2 free beers on their lunch break. How good is that! ![]() |
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Anyone who thinks unions killed local manufacturing needs to turn off the TV and throw their newspaper in the bin.
Wages didn't kill anything. You've got CEO's and all the top office staff on several hundred K, or more, per year that continually get bonuses and this and that while the workers wages drop and the price of living still climbs. Yes unions have been and can be greedy, but don't ask don't get, right? Do you really think that a company is going to give the workers more reasonable hours, holidays, sick pay, overtime rates out of the goodness of their hearts? **** no. A lot of people spend up to 12 hours or more a day at their job (I know I do), 12 hours! That is a long time to spend at a place so that you can afford to live. Without unions who would put pressure on the employer to rightfully reward their workforce with a reasonable compensation for their precious time spent helping that company make its profits? Think. There is plenty of money going around in the world, and if you think that a lowly workers wage would bring a company to their knees then you are off your head.
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We all know the wages of the guys building the cars are the highest cost in building a car.
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Some of the highest wage places on the planet have successful car industries: Germany, Japan, France, Italy, Sweden, South Korea, UK... etc. These are countries with much stronger unions and drastically better conditions than Australian production workers. Australia is even cheaper than the US due to no mammoth legacy pension and healthcare obligations. The big determinate is really economies of scale, government support and access to markets. Last edited by Brazen; 08-08-2016 at 10:55 PM. |
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The topic might be broader than the hourly wages alone.
Productivity is key - and when parties make things difficult, the obligations are significant, and the volume low - well there's a few parties that need to consider how they impact things in this country. |
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