You’re right, keeping up with inflation is an issue with government, unfortunately Ford, GM and Chrysler have to bear the burden.
A long term strategy that could backfire on the Unions a number of their plants are in the south, right to work states, they are not shutting down, if they file for bankruptcy, it doesn’t mean they are worthless and out of business, file for bankruptcy, sell off all the plants in unionized states, expand those in right to work states with lower cost to operate and continue to make money.
Sounds good to me.