Industrial Relations Enthusiast Gifts

Time - Life Inc: 'Bad news, sir! Our operators standing-by are on sit-down strike!'

"My employees formed a union and told me where to go!"

"Goes to show ou can't please all of the people all of the time!"

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

Motivation to work

'That was when I closed five distribution centres, mothballed a factory and sacked 3,000 workers.'

"It's a mixed-use facility: retail space, low-rent housing, luxury apartments, and an area set aside for making steel."

"You know, it really wasn’t that bad."

Wildcats Strike.

U.S. Manufacturing - Good News & Bad News

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

"Our 'Invest in American' program is saving money by buying orange safety cones from China."

'Once we switch to information processing, just imagine how much data this baby will handle.'

"Between you and me he's not the easiest man in the world to work for."

'In grandfather's day, the government didn't coddle workers, and we got along just great.'

"To show you how committed the company is to ending this strike, we are moving operations to Mexico."

Conflict resolution.

'Someday, all of this liability exposure will be yours!'

'The robots have gone on strike...'

"Our carbon footprint has been very, very good to us."

"He likes to make clients feel important..."

Steel Works - 'How the devil did all this go down 7 3/8 today?'

'The meek will inherit coal mine safety violations, and the human health and the death toll.'

'Today the UN issued sanctions against Iran, and Iran issued a fatwa against the UN.'

"I paid the union dues for decades but my boss always treated me fair and with respect! I'm going to sue the company for damages!"

"Our carbon footprint has been very, very good to us."

Artist in industrial environment paints a butterfly.

'He's not finished his media training!'

"We're tolerably self sufficient. Alistair, for example, makes all our own petrol."

Surgical Appliance Factory

"I don't know why other countries won't buy our products...After all, they made them!"

Lightbulb Maker

'What did we do before China made everything?'

'Some of you were wondering, 'what, exactly, does Smedgwick, Refining and Smelting do'?'

"At the moment I'm waiting for the unions' wage demand...oh, there it is!"