Nonsense, it’s alway a blame the union thing. The union can be pains, but it doesn’t matter when foreign competitors are allowed to dump on American markets. As of Friday, in the GM plant my husband works at as an engineer new hires will be paid $14.00 per hour with no benefits. The union agreed to this.
Maybe you think this is good; I don’t. We are going to get some kind of health care plan for sure now that good paying jobs have been eliminated, are in the process of being eliminated or shipped overseas.
Meanwhile, in Georgetown, Kentucky non-union workers at the Toyota plant are still making $28-35 per hour, have full benefits.. heck, they even have a 24-hr day care and university level classes AT the plant.
They also don’t need a 5th shift, because their absentee rate is darn near zero. And, they maintain a low inventory of cars because they adjust their production rate to meet forecasted demand.
It’s not “always the union”, management gets their share of the blame... for poor designs, bad work environments, and for allowing themselves to be bullied into accepting completely unsustainable union demands. GM is reaping what they have sown... and, they have BILLIONS more in losses to go before they get turned around... IF they can even do it.
Those jobs weren’t shipped overseas... they moved to states with more favorable business environments and were SELECTED away by customers deciding to purchase higher quality, foreign-made cars.
But, NO.. I DON’T think, it’s “good”.