New hires at GM receive $14.00 per hour. The average wage is 28.00-30.00 per hour. There is a two tier system established in the last contract. Actually, in some case the UAW workers would need to increase their salaries to establish parity with the transplants. No worries though, some Toyota workers were recently fired for releasing a memo-where the company talks about driving down North American wages-truly a rush to the bottom. Go global and you to0 can work for a bowl of rice...or maybe a half bowl.
OK. Now I'm beginning to think that you're on the wrong forum. This is UAW propaganda. The GM wage and benefits package works out to $71/hour, and that's not even including the ridiculous retiree benefits.
In case you hadn't heard, the auto industry is laying off, not hiring...and that is by definition for new hires, not existing employees.
The current UAW members have sacrificed nothing.