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I want GM to survive one way or another but maybe this isn't a bad thing , I'm a Union member and so is my wife. Not all Unions and Unions are bad . I'm a firefighter/paramedic and she's a school teacher in south Florida. Most auto line workers make 2 to 3 times what I make and 4 to 5 times what she does. I have a 2 year degree and several state certifications/licenses that all told took/take 4 years to attain, she had a 4 year degree and is currently working on her masters. Most if not all autoworkers need no formal education don't risk their lives on fires and highways, shootings and stabbings on a daily bases, or are in charge of 30 young kids life and education, safety. Yet they have unbelievable benefits and pay for today's even yesterdays or tomorrow's market. Don't get me wrong I know executives give themselves way tooooooo much pay and bonuses come on do you really need 12 20 million dollar bonuses on top of million dollar salaries and stock options. Especially for running the company this close to the brink of bankruptcy? Both sides need to make big concessions. Bankruptcies negate contracts with unions and salaries and can renegotiate them the problem with bankruptcy is no one buys your product for fear of no warranty. Heck their recent announcements hurts GM more than helps. Now all that being said the administartion would need to make large huge gigantic consesions to satisfy me. Another thing GM needs to hit up Canada and Mexico for help too especialy since they've take alot of GM jobs, we should not be paying a tax payers to save Canadian or Mexican Jobs even if it means no Camaro(sadly) Fair is Fair. They need to help out too.
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