{"product_id":"career-reflections-from-inside-a-jim-sarafin-9781481722322","title":"Career Reflections from Inside a Corporate Giant 1964-1981: Experiences in an American Automobile Plant","description":"This book is about my experiences at a, now closed, General Motors metal casting plant in the Buffalo, New York area. It follows my journey from apprenticeship training in a skilled trade, to becoming a journeyman in the trade, to going back to school for my college degree, and finally being promoted to supervisor of a critical department in the plant. \u003cp\u003e When most people key the ignition switch or push the start button, they really do not have any idea what is involved in the engineering, technology, equipment, and human labor required to produce a motor vehicle. Heavy manufacturing, especially casting facilities, were and are dangerous places to work. I reluctantly have given the reader examples of several instances of human suffering which took place during my eighteen years of employment as well as many stories from within that GM plant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For the better part of three decades I carried the material for this book with me and did nothing until our Government decided to bailout GM and Chrysler. At that point I dusted off the attach  case and began this journey. You see, GM was not going to go out of business but going into bankruptcy would mean revamping retiree pay and medical benefits for the UAW and that was not going to happen. Six decades of questionable management and union relations at the corporate and plant levels had finally caught up with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Sarafin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481722328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481722322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Sarafin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44245272002815,"sku":"9781481722322","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98a9cbc2-85e2-4e09-bded-b4bd39649930.jpg?v=1693927091","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/career-reflections-from-inside-a-jim-sarafin-9781481722322","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}