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Post by dave1800 on Feb 7, 2016 9:10:06 GMT
With apologies to Indianajones; another view of the demise of the British car industry with some nice footage, no crabs though. RoverDavid |
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Post by peppib on Feb 7, 2016 16:59:13 GMT
Interesting viewing. For all of the 1970's I was in Personnel Management (HR in modern speak) Final straw for me came in 1979 when I was woken at 3.00 am to be told the dyehouse had gone on strike (thus endangering the rest of the production units) Why had the dyehouse gone on strike? Because the toilets in there had been painted during the day and no one had consulted with the trade union. A total farce. I became self emplyed on the day Mrs Thatcher moved into Downing Street (5th May 1979)
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Post by Penguin45 on Feb 7, 2016 23:50:29 GMT
A most enjoyable watch, but sad at the same time. Death by a thousand cuts springs to mind.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on Feb 8, 2016 0:26:17 GMT
Or death by a thousand rust spots maybe?
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Post by dave1800 on Feb 8, 2016 0:32:29 GMT
That must have been one of the most challenging and difficult jobs in the 70s in the UK. Logic and common sense didn't seem to apply. I worked for Chrysler for a couple of years in the early 70s and some of the stories I could relate just wouldn't be believed as credible. David Interesting viewing. For all of the 1970's I was in Personnel Management (HR in modern speak) Final straw for me came in 1979 when I was woken at 3.00 am to be told the dyehouse had gone on strike (thus endangering the rest of the production units) Why had the dyehouse gone on strike? Because the toilets in there had been painted during the day and no one had consulted with the trade union. A total farce. I became self emplyed on the day Mrs Thatcher moved into Downing Street (5th May 1979)
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Post by indianajones on Feb 8, 2016 8:47:34 GMT
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Post by peppib on Feb 8, 2016 11:43:20 GMT
Dave - it seemed to build to a crescendo as the 70's passed, Red Robbo, Miners strikes, power cuts, 3 day weeks, culminating in the 'winter of discontent' 78 into 79 when nothing happened without union approval. We had to take our liveried vans off the road and replace them with a fleet of white vans with 'URGENT MEDICAL SUPPLIES' stickers on the windscreen otherwise pickets wouldn't let them past. Can't see German or Japanese managed companies tolerating the things we used to put up with.
Dave
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Post by Nick RS on Feb 8, 2016 12:35:35 GMT
I was there all through the 90s and remained with the firm until BMW left the party. The industrial relations were pretty much sorted by then but were replaced by an attitude that thought the cars were better than they actually were and they ended up being priced alongside the prestige stuff rather than against Ford plus a few hundred quid which had proved so successful with the R8 shape Rover 200. The R600 was a classic case in point; Rover compared it against the 3 series BMW which though the car was good, it was way too premature to take that line. The customer would either take the German car or look at what Ford had at the same price and see that it was so much better equipped. Pity really, I loved the 600 and had one after another, about six in total
Nick
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