Airbus plans to slice 10,000 jobs from its payroll. Rudiger Lutien, chairman of the Worker's Council, insists the company's troubles are management in nature, not too many workers on the payroll. The truth is usually somewhere in between in cases like these but I'll bet Airbus made the right decision. If Lutien was right, firing a bunch of management looks a lot better from a public relations standpoint than firing five digits of workers.
Some of you may still be upset that these workers are being let go, as if Airbus is going to shoot them behind a chemical shed. These people won't disappear, only move onto new things. It won't be easy, but they will ultimately add more to the economy. If you don't believe me, would you shout down farmers that moved to the cities in the Industrial Revolution or buggy manufacturers when Ford perfected the assembly line? For your own sake, I hope not.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
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