[nyconse]

The $100,000 auto union employee is an urban myth. These guys/gals make no where near that. I suppose you think they should work for minimum wage. Manufacturing cars is a high teck business these days.

[cripplecreek]

The $100,000 auto union employee is an urban myth. These guys/gals make no where near that. I suppose you think they should work for minimum wage. Manufacturing cars is a high teck business these days.

I was an AFL-CIO member and my wage topped out at $12 an hour. I did have decent insurance which was nice. I was a paint process tech which meant that I was trained in all paint room operations from simple mixing of paint to rebuilding and installation of air and fluid regulators and pumps as well as programing and operation of paint robots.

[Taggart_D]

Manufacturing cars is a high teck business these days

Manufacturing cars is only high tech for those engineers and managers designing the assembly lines...I've seen these guys/gals assemblying cars with their i-pods in their ears and shooting the breeze with their buddies.

As far as the salaries...I guess you're right the $100,000 a year is more like $87,000 a year now that they've had to cut back on overtime (Detroit news.)