{"id":466457,"date":"2010-03-24T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/03\/24\/is-toyotas-brakes-disaster-tied-to-how-it-treats-workers-like-profit-oriented-robots\/"},"modified":"2010-03-24T07:40:52","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T11:40:52","slug":"is-toyota%e2%80%99s-brakes-disaster-tied-to-how-it-treats-workers-like-profit-oriented-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/466457","title":{"rendered":"Is Toyota\u2019s Brakes Disaster Tied to How It Treats Workers Like Profit-Oriented Robots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/9032655\/17n7x1\/alternet~Is-Toyotas-Brakes-Disaster-Tied-to-How-It-Treats-Workers-Like-ProfitOriented-Robots\" >Is Toyota&#8217;s Brakes Disaster Tied to How It Treats Workers Like Profit-Oriented Robots?                      <\/a><br \/>Toyota&#8217;s boasts about having a workplace democracy, but its production model seems more interested in worker control.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/9032655\/17n7x1\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Toyota&#039;s boasts about having a workplace democracy, but its production model seems more interested in worker control.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buzz Up\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/submit\/?submitUrl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.alternet.org%2feconomy%2f146126%2fis_toyota%27s_brakes_disaster_tied_to_how_it_treats_workers_like_profit-oriented_robots_&#038;submitHeadline=Is+Toyota%26%23039%3bs+Brakes+Disaster+Tied+to+How+It+Treats+Workers+Like+Profit-Oriented+Robots%3f+\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/images\/icons\/buzz.jpg\"><\/a>  <a  rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Add to Delicious\" 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They&#8217;re way off base.<Img align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border:0;float:left;margin:0;\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/9032653\/17n7x1\/alternet\"><\/p>\n<p>Right-wingers craft the angry, white, male addict in remission as the embodiment of a new American conservative ideal. 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