Originally Posted By: dishdude
Unions benefit all working Americans. Look at the fall of the middle class, it parallels the fall in union membership. Also look to the south where unions were never strong, they always had poor economic environments.
don't say that -- the union/big 3 haters will rag on you now.
I love these hater threads, because it exposes the haters' ignorance, and their ignorance is comical.
when these good paying jobs disappear, the govn't will have lost massive amounts of tax revenue. the rest of those employed will have to make up for this lost revenue. the union haters will be first to cry foul, when their taxes increase.they will blame the unions for that, as well.
a lot of it is jealousy. if I don't make a good wage/have a pension/have good benefits, no one else should.
one poster cherry picked a wage number, which another said was wrong (paraphrase).this might be from the same article, in Saturday's local paper.in '19, gm's lobor cost will be $2,350/ vehicle.ford, 2,600, and fca, 2,500.not a lot of money, relative to the cost of the car.so, pick which numbers that will fortify the hatred argument.
the point is, that the labor cost will ALWAYS be too high -- even if it was half of the above numbers.the profit is NEVER high enough.yet, the co.'s will never pass on savings from low labor cost areas. hence, the term -- race to the bottom.
the companies love the union haters, and the controversy that they start. it draws away attention from their own screw-ups/problems.
a couple of years back, the Chinese companies were crying that labor costs were becoming too high, and would start making products in lower wage countries.i'm not aware of any unions to blame for that.
keep up the hating posts, as they are hilarious. have a good day/night, all.
to clarify, I'm not a union employee, or fanboy of any make of car.i just view things objectively, and without wearing blinders.
we need to hear from 'prone, and engineer20.i'm sure that their opinions would be welcome.