From what I heard, old Henry used to make good (for him) use of the unions. If inventories got too high, he would go out to the assembly area and "offend" someone. The union would go on strike. Inventories were reduced, Ford got a tax break because of the strike and no unemployment was paid out.

As for HD, could it be that outside interests have infiltrated the union?

Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python