These Saturn workers have learned the harsh reality that building quality cars and cooperating with management are not enough to save their jobs.
Saturn workers are not the only ones getting this message.
Saturn workers took part in brainstorming sessions, sharing ideas with management that they might have never mentioned at a conventional plant.
Workers get higher base pay but forgo the chance to earn the big bonuses Saturn workers have received in past years.
Saturn workers are setting up 214 tents with 135,000 square feet of space to fend off rain or the Tennessee sun.
In the meantime, if profits are low, Saturn workers can earn the portion that was at risk by undergoing more job training.
The base pay of Saturn workers was calculated by averaging the pay at competing American car plants.
But Saturn workers have every right to be angry.
Saturn workers are quite familiar with the Honda transmission they are trying to best, for example.
So what reward do the Saturn workers get?