Re: [FWDLK] Where is everyone?

[Mike Apfelbeck <moparmike72@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I heard the other day that the average Detroit(UAW member) assembly 
line worker costs the car company approximately $78 per hour in wages 
and benefits. Since I make about a fourth of that amount, in my job, 
I can't afford to buy one of their products. I spend my money on 
whatever I perceive to the best value, I don't feel obligated to pay 
extra just to support some bloated union scale. The " little guy" in 
Detroit should be worried about how his union is pricing him out of 
the job market.

Mike

At 08:18 AM 11/17/2008, Anthony C. Boatman wrote:
> For decades the Big Three dug in their heels and fought against any 
> type of change to make their cars better or safer.  They fought 
> against seat belts, stronger bumpers, collapse zones, better mpg, 
> you name it.  Now they are reaping the results.
>
> Best thing would be for them to go bankrupt and reorganize under 
> that protection with a commitment to start building better cars more 
> suitable to the realities of the 21st century.
>
> If government need has a role in this at all, it should be to prop 
> up the pension plans and benefits for retired workers, so they don't 
> get clobbered in the process.  But I'm something of a socialist at 
> heart, so I'm worried about the little guy, not the top execs.

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