Fast Cycle Production

It is a common belief among union members that conservatives are the union member’s worst enemy. Conservatives are on the side of big business, and anyone on the side of big business is against unions.  Union leaders want every company to be unionized. They believe that only the unions can protect the workers from greedy companies that want to exploit them. That is what they believe and anyone that says anything different is misrepresenting the truth, which is a fancy way of saying that whoever says that is a liar.

The first time that I worked as a productivity consultant for a unionized company, I was told by management that there was a very good chance that my presence there would not be good news to the workers and that I might experience some “hostility”. As it turned out, that concern never manifested itself into reality and the workers that I dealt with were my strongest supporters.

What I have found by working for management and with union workers is that each of them can bring a company down if they go beyond what they are designed to do. It is the job of management to make decisions that accomplish two basic goals: Make money and create a productive work environment. The word, “Productive” is often misconstrued by management. They are quite often lazy when it comes to orders vs. headcount.