khicks
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i have worked for gm for over thirty years, the last ten has been the scary-est. my wages have been cut, and frozen.my pension may not be there when i retire. my health care has had cuts, larger co pays.
all i hear is that us union workers killed this nation. the union got started due to the fact of unfair labor practices of the auto industry, i even had a plant manager, say in a class that i had to sit in, that if it was not for the unions the big three would not exist to day, that there was no way the auto industry could have survived, because it was so corrupt.
now if next monday, us auto workers only made $15 an hour, no benefits, do you think you would still be making the same wage you do now, no most other wages are some what based on the union auto workers wage on. do you really think the price of a new car will come down? that is not how the price of a new car is set at, it is the age and wage of the market of the car that it is marketed for, and how much the marketing firms in the big three believe that market will spend for a car. the auto industry spends more money to advertise its products (30% to 40 % of the cost of a car)then then it pays its workers (10 to 15 %)of the cost of a car), this info came from the Wall Street Journal, where did all that money come from that paid tiger woods to promote gm, Buick open and other things gm spends its money on.
are unions all ways a good thing no! but i would hate to see how things would be in this rat hole of a plant i work in with out a union. unions have there problems there is noquestion about that
i have worked for gm for over thirty years, the last ten has been the scary-est. my wages have been cut, and frozen.my pension may not be there when i retire. my health care has had cuts, larger co pays.
all i hear is that us union workers killed this nation. the union got started due to the fact of unfair labor practices of the auto industry, i even had a plant manager, say in a class that i had to sit in, that if it was not for the unions the big three would not exist to day, that there was no way the auto industry could have survived, because it was so corrupt.
now if next monday, us auto workers only made $15 an hour, no benefits, do you think you would still be making the same wage you do now, no most other wages are some what based on the union auto workers wage on. do you really think the price of a new car will come down? that is not how the price of a new car is set at, it is the age and wage of the market of the car that it is marketed for, and how much the marketing firms in the big three believe that market will spend for a car. the auto industry spends more money to advertise its products (30% to 40 % of the cost of a car)then then it pays its workers (10 to 15 %)of the cost of a car), this info came from the Wall Street Journal, where did all that money come from that paid tiger woods to promote gm, Buick open and other things gm spends its money on.
are unions all ways a good thing no! but i would hate to see how things would be in this rat hole of a plant i work in with out a union. unions have there problems there is noquestion about that