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Factory workers: a manufacturing plant
Employees of a 1,400-person parts plant, by department: role, shift, years at the plant, union membership, views on the new robots and how safe they feel. For testing shifts, overtime, automation, safety and contract priorities.
5 places, by department
What each person has
- Role
- Production worker57%
- Skilled trades17%
- Team lead or supervisor13%
- Engineer or office staff12%
- Shift
- Day48%
- Afternoon26%
- Night17%
- Rotating9%
- Years at the plant
- Under 2 years22%
- 2 to 9 years38%
- 10 to 19 years24%
- 20 years or more16%
- Union
- Union member70%
- Not in the union30%
- On the robots
- Fears for their job34%
- Unsure35%
- Expects it to help32%
- Feels safe at work
- Not safe18%
- Mostly safe47%
- Safe35%