[CSM]

The unions cause much more damage than if you add up all of these extreme cases you list. The auto industry is a great example, if you compare efficiency, the UAW plants take 2 times as long to assemble a car than the non UAW plants. That is killing the American auto companies. At the same time, they demand garunteed jobs and job growth. The ultimate goal of all unions is to be the least efficient labor resource available and to set up a contract that does not allow the company to become more efficient. All that does is make that company uncompetitive and it will eventually be killed by the more efficient company. The end result is the loss of ALL of the union jobs!

[looscnnn]

I remember a relative in the auto industry telling my folks that a contract with one of the big 3 required 2.5 people be hired per position per shift.

Also, that there were people that would come to the plant and sit in the cafeteria to see if any one called in sick, they did this on the clock. They would sit there and play cards for a few hours until they determined that they were not needed. Some would stay the whole shift.