tadou said:
^^ They'd pay minimum wage.....the EXACT wage appropriate for someone with 0 job skills that simply places part 37a into socket 6b on the assembly line.
the assembly line, aka fordism, is the most effiecient way for work to get done.
there are 5 aspects,
1. Organize factory so work flows from job to job most efficiently
2. Replace people with machines wherever possible
3. Machines set the pace, not people
4. Work comes to the worker
5. Extreme sub-division of labor which increases productivity.
THis revolutionizes production. Allows for mass production of complex goods, and is still in use today.
you're assuming that just because you are on an assembly line, or in a union, that you have 0 job skills. Pipefitters Union, they obviously have skills, Welders Union, ditto, Teamsters, obvious skills.
don't talk on what you don't know