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"It was a stinking hot afternoon down at Fords Lower Hutt assembly plant when one of us deliberately smashed a new truck windscreen. The truck trim line was a small non-automated section where four or five painted cab shells got fitted out each day, their windows fixed in place by skilled use of a big rubber hammer. "A worker would tap around the edges of the glass, on this occasion whacking it hard in the middle so it shattered. This meant work in the area had to stop until a cleaner’s union guy was located, had made his dignified way across to us and methodically swept up all the pieces. That process took a good twenty minutes, during which we were able to enjoy a break. "Of course we. . ." This is a reflection on the class struggle in the 1970s and today in NZ, but it has relevance in a lot of other places, I think. . . full at: https://rdln.wordpress.com/2018/01/26/one-stinking-hot-afternoon-down-at-the-fords-factory-some-reflections-on-the-class-struggle-in-the-70s-and-now/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
