Looking at their wages...If this $18 avg for an assembly person is correct...it’s a pretty sh**** wage gor these days.
You can’t pay more than the wealth your position generates, not if you want the business to stay in business.
If the wage has fallen, it’s because the value of your position has also fallen. The automakers and the union would be better off to try and figure how to improve the productivity of each position in order to pay more.
They made more than $18 in the 1990’s.