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Originally Posted by kylepo
I don’t think union workers deserve what they get. Today maybe with all the pay cuts. But, back in the day when they are making 30-50 dollars an hour for screwing on lug nuts, with a stool to sit on all day, not so much. No doubt that most are hard workers, but all the work rules jobs bank and all the other BS that goes along with unions is the reason I really despise them and yes I do despise them and for the record my best friend’s father is a union laborer and has been all his life.
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I agree that a LOT of the crap unions do are absolutely stupid. Job bank is one of the dumbest concepts ever conceived, and I'm proud to say my dad was never in it.
However, a lot of the jobs in a GM assembly plant, or any auto manufacturing plant for that matter, deserve decent wages.
Another Norwood Assembly story...
One of my dad's jobs was to install catalytic converters into F-bodies. The first few times he did it, it wasn't so bad. But after installing hundreds of catalytic converters into hundreds of Camaros and Firebirds every day, his arms became so sore that he could barely move them.
By the end of my dad's 30-year tenure at GM, he was making around $27/hour. I'm not sure where you got the $30-$50/hour figure from, usually the only people who make wages like that either have a ton of seniority or are skilled trades. The average assembly line worker with 10-15 years under his or her belt doesn't make anything close.