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The Unions have basically priced their membership out of the labor market to the point that the union, ironically, is the workers worst enemy right now. The cold, hard fact is that assembly line work is low to medium skill labor. Toyota, fittingly, pays low to medium wages. As long as the UAW demands medium to high wages for low to medium skill work, a fully American workforce will not be economically possible for those companies. A company cannot pay people more than their skills set is worth and hope to remain competitive.

In a November 23, 2008, New York Times editorial, Andrew Ross Sorkin stated that the average UAW worker was paid $70 per hour, including health and pension costs, while Toyota workers in the US receive $10 to $20 less.[18] The UAW asserts that most of this labor cost disparity comes from legacy pension and healthcare benefits to retired members, of which the Japanese automakers have none

Toyota workers average approx. average of $10 to $20 less than their UAW counterparts based on some reivews. Where the UAW gets hit is on the pensions received by former workers.