Laying off factory workers could produce some savings.
The film shows how financial incompetence helped kill off Factory records.
That would set off a downward spiral, causing manufacturers to lose money and lay off factory workers or force them to take time off without pay.
If you allow for the automotive equivalent of nips 'n' tucks — the digital trickery that makes even the dreariest vehicle look great in photographs — and for the sad fact that the concept cars shown off at motor shows bear so little relation to the glum reality of the ones rolling off factory production lines, you'll see what I mean.
The HP folks also showed a maniacal obsession with tracking every detail of the thousands of products moving off factory lines each day.
The HP folks also showed an obsession with tracking every detail of the thousands of products moving off factory lines each day.
GM says it has protected investments in green technologies and important vehicles like the Volt and Cruze, while putting off factory expansions that didn't make sense in a downturn anyway.
Such is the life of a gadget manufacturer and if you think all of these Kindles, Blackberries, iPods, and even Nixie tubes are made by robots in some far off factory, you're wrong.
That made it even harder for the laid off factory worker to find a job as a hairdresser or bartender no matter what kind of "retraining" he or she had.
For every William Eaton, there is the laid off factory worker, the no longer relevant middle manager, the woman -- or man -- burdened by a crippled by punishing divorce, the educated freelance artist who falls ill without health insurance.
Since at least the 1880s, the holiday has served as a worldwide time of appreciation for workers' rights and everything connected to that cause the 40-hour workweek, Social Security, basic safety protections like keeping children off factory floors.
