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The head of U.S. tire maker Titan launched a vitriolic attack on French productivity after the country's socialist government suggested he buy a tire factory in the north of France....How stupid do you think we are?" wrote Maurice Taylor, in a letter to French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg,..I have visited that factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets paid high wages, but works only three hours. They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for three and work for three hours," he wrote...
I told this to the French union workers to their faces. They told me that's the French way!"
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LOL wrote: Dang this was funny. Tire CEO tells it like it is to French Union workers. Sounds like VLs union!
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-exec-f ... 25z;_ylv=3
The head of U.S. tire maker Titan launched a vitriolic attack on French productivity after the country's socialist government suggested he buy a tire factory in the north of France....How stupid do you think we are?" wrote Maurice Taylor, in a letter to French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg,..I have visited that factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets paid high wages, but works only three hours. They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for three and work for three hours," he wrote...
I told this to the French union workers to their faces. They told me that's the French way!"
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I think those unions still work a torturous 8 hour day but I could be wrong.FredHayek wrote: Sure the exec wasn't visiting a Detroit union shop?
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