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Among blue-collar youths, support for draft registration seems to be even higher. In Boston, for instance, Carpenter Daniel Avenell, 20, declared: "I would be glad to go and be in the front lines-and I do mean the front." Said Bartender Aengus O'Leary, 20: "Registration is a good idea. People are panicking about a draft, but I think they should serve their country." The blue-collar youths, however, voice one all-important reservation: this time there should be no exemptions-if anybody goes, everybody should...
This system causes blue collar blues...
...blue collar blues is not good for productivity. So companies started to look for ways to avoid blue collar blues. Autonomous groups became one solution. Job rotation was another. Group assembly was hailed as the revolution that did away with the boredom of assembly lines...
Just a couple of weeks ago a rumor started among the white collar workers that one of the autonomous groups didn't work, that production had virtually stopped. This was quite untrue. But it shows that the autonomous groups are not so firmly established that they cannot be challenged by the opponents...
...this, the key requirement imposed by Congress is the contribution from Chrysler's workers. Although its blue-collar employees have already agreed to forgo expected wage increases amounting to $203 million in the next three years, Congress insists that an extra $259.5 million be cut. This will force Chrysler and the United Auto Workers to renegotiate the contract that they concluded in November. Said Senator William Roth, the Delaware Republican: "Our proposal would have to be ratified by the workers. Ultimately, it is up to them." White collar employees will also be hit; their wage packages...