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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 1163619" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p>For feeder drivers, just that, driving. We had a safety notice one of the sups put up, (he also puts one on the IVIS daily), about arriving to work well rested, etc. and that it was the "tools of the trade" or something like that. </p><p>I would have to say a package drivers skills are safe driving, area knowledge, etc. </p><p></p><p>Not to put the OP's father down but most complicated machinist tasks are done by automatic milling machines. These can make a part in 20 min on one machine that used to take 5 machinists an 8 hour day. Most production stuff is like this, watch Ultimate Factories on the Discovery Channel and you will see what I mean. It's more assembly line type work. </p><p>Most jobs have been "dummied down", (sound familiar?), all in the name of numbers and costs. </p><p></p><p>I do wish the OP's father and fellow union workers good luck. I own Caterpillar stock, they recently bought Bucyrus-Erie a maker of the large shovels and draglines used in open pit mines. They settled a contract with the Steelworkers union, a 5 yr contract with NO increase in pay. They also struck, got some sort of larger weekly payment than what they originally walked for layoffs but that was it. </p><p>Caterpillar also closed a locomotive plant in Canada and moved the operation to Ohio or something because of union demands. It seems to be the trend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 1163619, member: 18471"] For feeder drivers, just that, driving. We had a safety notice one of the sups put up, (he also puts one on the IVIS daily), about arriving to work well rested, etc. and that it was the "tools of the trade" or something like that. I would have to say a package drivers skills are safe driving, area knowledge, etc. Not to put the OP's father down but most complicated machinist tasks are done by automatic milling machines. These can make a part in 20 min on one machine that used to take 5 machinists an 8 hour day. Most production stuff is like this, watch Ultimate Factories on the Discovery Channel and you will see what I mean. It's more assembly line type work. Most jobs have been "dummied down", (sound familiar?), all in the name of numbers and costs. I do wish the OP's father and fellow union workers good luck. I own Caterpillar stock, they recently bought Bucyrus-Erie a maker of the large shovels and draglines used in open pit mines. They settled a contract with the Steelworkers union, a 5 yr contract with NO increase in pay. They also struck, got some sort of larger weekly payment than what they originally walked for layoffs but that was it. Caterpillar also closed a locomotive plant in Canada and moved the operation to Ohio or something because of union demands. It seems to be the trend. [/QUOTE]
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