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Public radio had a neat story about lean manufacturing in the garment industry, the Transcript is on their site.

Some bits I liked ...


"[Before] it was just me doing a bundle. And I used to finish the bundle, tie it up and just put it aside," she says. "But now, I do a sleeve and I have to pass it on to the other operator. It's just, it's just a little nerve-wracking."

Workers like Almeida could have fought the changes. After all, they're members of a union, UNITE-HERE. But instead of resisting, union leaders actually helped management sell the new system to its members.

"Knowledge does not come suddenly," Pepicelli says. "It comes through years of experience � and sometimes, comes through knocking your head against a wall."

 
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