French workers also have an old tradition for manufacturing, produce quality products and have one of the best productivity per hour of all the developed countries (mostly due to the fact that they work slightly LESS than other workers in developed economies).
But what are you gonna do, it's become trendy to take swings at the French for being cowardly, lazy, corrupted union-loving socialist epicurian bastards with no engineering and manufacturing skills whatsoever even though rankings, statistics and facts paint another picture.
Your assuming things that are not necessarily the case. GM had some terrible factory's in the 80's where you could buy alcohol, hard drugs, and visit a prostitute all inside the factory. That has little to due with the US work force and a lot to due with the history of Union activity at GM.
I do not doubt that some executive in the American auto industry JUST TODAY used hard drugs and alcohol in the office. The prostitution probably happened in a hotel somewhere, the accommodations paid with frequent flyer miles.
But what are you gonna do, it's become trendy to take swings at the French for being cowardly, lazy, corrupted union-loving socialist epicurian bastards with no engineering and manufacturing skills whatsoever even though rankings, statistics and facts paint another picture.