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Originally Posted by Silver Streak
I was going to highlight what is wrong with this statement, but pretty much the whole damn thing is ate up.
I don't want someone who only makes $12 to $15 an hour to be building my camaro. If it bothers you that a fellow american can make a living doing there job, then I think you are the problem, not the union or union employees. I am going to sum up how I feel about your rhetoric with this: :middlefinger: with  |
Okay, I overreached..... I know people who build Civics make more than 15/hr. Significantly more. And the fine people building our Camaro deserve more than that too. The difference is the legacy costs and health insurance.
I don't have a problem with someone making that kind of money doing the job RIGHT with the right attitude, productivity, and attention to detail. I DO have a problem when they make that money, and when a light bulb goes out they say "I'm not changing it because it's the electrician's job". Perhaps that is no longer an issue with American assembly lines, but at one time it was and GM and the unions need to do everything to change that stigma in American's public perception.
The big problem is health insurance for retirees. Why doesn't GM just go with a third party healthcare provider that most retirees in America have? Where the retiree pays some out of pocket and GM pays some as well, but not 100% of all the bills?