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7 Reddit comments about Rivethead:

u/Cessnateur · 9 pointsr/MaliciousCompliance

If you enjoyed this story, I recommend the book “Rivethead”.

u/PanTardovski · 4 pointsr/fitnesscirclejerk

Dunno if it would be amusingly familiar to you or just rubbing salt in the wound but this amused the shit out of me. Good job getting out.

u/Euxine22 · 3 pointsr/RealTesla

https://www.amazon.com/Rivethead-Tales-Assembly-Ben-Hamper/dp/0446394009

A great read about what went on in the GM plants in the 70's and 80's.
This kind of stuff goes on everywhere, except for the horse. That seems to be Tesla specific.

u/CactusJ · 3 pointsr/cars

We always called it Gererous Motors as in, we can steal anything not bolted down, and the Union lets us sleep on shift.

For details on this crazy, read Rivithead.

https://www.amazon.com/Rivethead-Tales-Assembly-Ben-Hamper/dp/0446394009

u/mongo5mash · 1 pointr/Justrolledintotheshop

Hahaha...

I'm running a week behind, found this reddit about 3 weeks after it started, so went backwards reading through it, and now back forwards and catching up.

As to the Chrysler comment, I was about to correct you before I read the last line.

Speaking of which, this is a great book, if you're down with reading.

u/TheMotorShitty · 1 pointr/GrossePointe

I know because most people that have worked in a UAW plant will tell you what a screwed up work environment it is and that the UAW enables much of the behavior in question.

u/doctechnical · 0 pointsr/AskReddit

>Yeah, but it isn't in workers self interest to work with the drunk either, right?

Worker's interest, yes. Union's, no. Drunks pay dues, too.

BTW, my knowledge of unions comes mainly from my father, who was in the UAW literally from the day he graduated High School until he retired. Some of the stories he told me were so shocking I had a hard time believing them - and then I read Rivet Head - and that made it sound like my Dad had it easy.

And I don't say unions all are bad. They've done a lot of good (as has been documented in this thread), and my dad's go-to line was always "The union keeps the shop safe!". Which is pretty important when you're working in a building filled from end to end and top to bottom with machinery that can turn a man into a pile of ground meat in less time than it takes to read that sentence.

But - the union isn't the great panacea that many think it is. They have their downsides as well. The two things Dad hated about the union was the fact they did fight to keep management from firing drunks and druggies, and that they contributed part of his dues to politicians he wouldn't vote for if you put a gun to his head.

I realize that last isn't the case any more, that the members can "opt out" of the contributions, but frankly I wouldn't want to be "that guy" on the shop floor.

A union isn't for me, personally, but I have no problems with unions in private business. I do have a problem with government unions.

Probably more than you wanted to know :)