[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Remember when the US auto makers had no foreign competition to speak of?

Those were the days when you did not want to buy a car built on a Monday or a Friday, or any day in between when the guys snuck in a few six packs while the shop steward looked the other way.

[central_va]

Back in those days the imports were more pathetically constructed than the domestic cars.

[aumrl]

Now that is a canned response.
Remember the’big three’ and the others?
there was competition.
You are muddying the water with your ‘union shop steward’ statement.
That is another issue.