Ford to stand down 1,250 workers

Ford to stand down 1,250 workers : "Venture Industries provides the car manufacturer with dashboards and other parts."

Nobody will deny workers the right to ask for and receive their entitlements because if you hear the details then the workers have to take definitive action. Ford is currently trying to negotiate the whole thing and that is actually beyond their call of duty but it is common sense at the moment. This is why we had such good workplaces. The changes and reforms were negotiated in the round with workers and employers before one of our tribunals before these sorts of things occurred.When they did occur, again they could go before one of our workplace tribunals and could be resolved because people had knowledge and experience to troubleshoot quickly and effectively. Somewhere along the line we decided this was not effective! What we have is a different way of doing things and there is nothing wrong with that...except the consequences of things going wrong do not appear to have been clarified. The dashboards are not prepared in advance. They are prepared as Ford needs them. This is a logical idea. Why stockpile and why not get a company to provide a specific service at the time you need it? The trouble is , Ford has built cars, the independent company has run into a big problem and now Ford has cars without dashboards. It will affect other car companies to a lesser extent. It all sounded like a really good idea and an efficient use of time and energy. It is not efficient if everyone's interests are not looked after in the process, so the contingency plans are not in place. All part of the learning curve when you put something new in place but it could probably have been avoided if people had sat down and looked at the what ifs and then got people to negotiate those processes and strategies.