Monday, July 10, 2006
TITS , Another Way To Screw Tennesseans
NISSAN , Tennessee - I wonder how many people , who call themselves Tennesseans , know the meaning of TITS ? It stands for Tennessee Industrial Training Service. And like it's acronym , TITS , it's all about the milk money. TITS first came to light with it's training program for NISSAN ass it began building the industrial complex at Smyrna. At that time , a typical Tennessean was considered to be an uneducated , back in them thar hills , Redneck of a Hillbilly , and therefore needed special manufacturing skills , like welding , and simple language skills like ass kissing.
Tennessee built a training center to cater specifically to NISSAN 's wishes. The building housed the Co-ordinator offices , several classrooms , the latest manufacturing equipment , the newest machines , the best welders money could buy , and the latest in teaching technology. Well , so much for using the state of the art , State of Tennessee 's educational system. The instructors were paid 25.oo/hr. plus car mileage roundtrip , and they got a certificate for every different class they taught. Those certificates were better than high school credits. ( why did the instructor need a certificate for a class they taught ? ) To get one of those instructor jobs was simple politics. Knowledge of particular training and/or the ability to teach was not required. One of the training co-ordinators was a dump truck driver from Florida. Does this tell you anything about credentials ? When NISSAN first hired for Smyrna , Tennesseans were not in the group , because no one in Tennessee had car manufacturing experience. NISSAN took from the big three , to fill their higher level ranks , saving the hard work on the lines for Tennesseans and such. Then , to keep those lower level mindless people from thinking they were learning anything so they could be promoted , NISSAN had them attend training classes that were deliberately designed to be over their heads. When the TIT money ran out , NISSAN took over the job training , and did it better. Hmm.
So , with NISSAN invading Franklin , the question has been asked , will there be any TITS ?
Tennessee built a training center to cater specifically to NISSAN 's wishes. The building housed the Co-ordinator offices , several classrooms , the latest manufacturing equipment , the newest machines , the best welders money could buy , and the latest in teaching technology. Well , so much for using the state of the art , State of Tennessee 's educational system. The instructors were paid 25.oo/hr. plus car mileage roundtrip , and they got a certificate for every different class they taught. Those certificates were better than high school credits. ( why did the instructor need a certificate for a class they taught ? ) To get one of those instructor jobs was simple politics. Knowledge of particular training and/or the ability to teach was not required. One of the training co-ordinators was a dump truck driver from Florida. Does this tell you anything about credentials ? When NISSAN first hired for Smyrna , Tennesseans were not in the group , because no one in Tennessee had car manufacturing experience. NISSAN took from the big three , to fill their higher level ranks , saving the hard work on the lines for Tennesseans and such. Then , to keep those lower level mindless people from thinking they were learning anything so they could be promoted , NISSAN had them attend training classes that were deliberately designed to be over their heads. When the TIT money ran out , NISSAN took over the job training , and did it better. Hmm.
So , with NISSAN invading Franklin , the question has been asked , will there be any TITS ?
