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Old May 18, 2014 | 12:30 PM
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Old May 18, 2014 | 01:05 PM
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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.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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Pictures speak for themselves!
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Old May 18, 2014 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 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.
....if those tools don't stick out of one's pocket and scratch/mar the fresh paint on the cars they are working on.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by corradoMR2
Pictures speak for themselves!
Who are the ones in the picture actually WORKING?
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Old May 18, 2014 | 04:46 PM
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The Porsche picture, and to a lesser extent Toyota, look like photo ops.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 04:49 PM
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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.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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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.

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

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The funniest is the hospital scrubs..I do not know why most of them wear scrubs.
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The funniest is the hospital scrubs..I do not know why most of them wear scrubs.
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.
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^ 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)
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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.
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Old May 19, 2014 | 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoovey2411
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.
The Porsche pic looks like an old Abba album cover.
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Old May 19, 2014 | 03:33 PM
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Jeans have been a blue-collar mainstay for years. I miss wearing them now that I work in an office.
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Originally Posted by 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.
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.
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