[stovt001]

If the pay is the same then why pay dues to belong to one? There has to be some benefit that comes at a cost. Unions come with restrictive work rules. Union workers must be bought out instead of laid off. All those extra benefits must come at a cost to GM, and it doesn't matter if their monetary wages are the same and health benefits cost the same. GM still has all the other union costs to deal with. And suppose GM does survive and actually improves greatly when the next contract comes up. Will the union not demand much more and strike GM to within an inch of its life until it gets it?