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william · 01-04-2009, 06:33 PM

I'm sorry - I've been out of the loop for awhile. I have to ask - is this really about the UAW or the big three? Seriously? I'm just a simple man from SoFla, so I have no vested interest in this. But my homework tells me the average starting rate for UAW is $14/hr compared to imports (non-union) @ $12/hr. What is wrong w/the union? Someone watching out for your back? So you work for more than minnimum wage and have some benefits? Concessions? Like the UAW paying medical? Matching pension funds? Why should the UAW pay DOWN, and the imports not pay up? In Alabama, the average cost per worker to build a plant was over $250,000 an employee - why not invest that in "Made in the U.S.A."?
The real question should be why do banks NOT have to answer where the money is going (or not - for the bonuses[Thank you Mr. Bush for that provision]), but why Congress is so set on union busting!

01-04-2009, 06:33 PM	#88 (permalink)
william Psycho	I'm sorry - I've been out of the loop for awhile. I have to ask - is this really about the UAW or the big three? Seriously? I'm just a simple man from SoFla, so I have no vested interest in this. But my homework tells me the average starting rate for UAW is $14/hr compared to imports (non-union) @ $12/hr. What is wrong w/the union? Someone watching out for your back? So you work for more than minnimum wage and have some benefits? Concessions? Like the UAW paying medical? Matching pension funds? Why should the UAW pay DOWN, and the imports not pay up? In Alabama, the average cost per worker to build a plant was over $250,000 an employee - why not invest that in "Made in the U.S.A."? The real question should be why do banks NOT have to answer where the money is going (or not - for the bonuses[Thank you Mr. Bush for that provision]), but why Congress is so set on union busting!