Hoovey689

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Toyota



Porsche



'Merica

RXSF

I remember seeing MB workers having overalls too in some of the assembly line videos. I think those would come in handy with tools and spare parts.

corradoMR2

Pictures speak for themselves!

mmarshall

....if those tools don't stick out of one's pocket and scratch/mar the fresh paint on the cars they are working on.

mmarshall

Who are the ones in the picture actually WORKING?

LexBob2

The Porsche picture, and to a lesser extent Toyota, look like photo ops.

Och

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American workers live and work in a free country, and will not wear slave-like uniforms like those oppressed workers in totalitarian European countries.

mmarshall

The one thing that those pictures DON'T tell you, even with the Ford and Jeep employees in the lower two shots hard at work on the assembly line, is just how much robots and automated-machines do in the plants nowadays. It is a major reason (though, of course, not the only one) for the unemployment and lower wages we see in the industry today.

How is wearing a uniform, which is bought, issued, and (probably) cleaned/laundered at company expense slavery? I see it as an employee benefit.

chikoo

The funniest is the hospital scrubs..I do not know why most of them wear scrubs.

mmarshall

You mean in the Porsche photo?

While not necessarily fact, my guess is because if that's their primary job at the plant (pushing new cars out the exit door all day long), it protects their hands, with constant pressure with the brand-new and perhaps still-curing paint, from absorbing toxic or harmful substances in the paint. The paint may FEEL dry, but, while curing, may (?) still have some things in it that could come off on or be absorbed by bare hands.

chikoo

^ I meant the real deal - hospital staff wearing hospital scrubs all around town, not just @ the hospital.
(not the white glove delivery. I love it btw)

Hoovey689

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I don't mind the uniforms but neither do I mind jeans for work either. They are durable and used in many industries. For me at least and reason for this thread is for the Victoria Secret Pink sweats which do not seem suitable. Comfy sure but they lack adequate protection from the factory.

LexBob2

The Porsche pic looks like an old Abba album cover.

FrankReynoldsCPA

Jeans have been a blue-collar mainstay for years. I miss wearing them now that I work in an office.

Big Andy

Please tell me you don't think there really are people employed by Porsche to push cars out of doorways all day long?

They're wearing gloves to stop fingerprints appearing on polished surfaces.