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To: Boomer
I’m thinking the Unions killed off these car plants. It isn’t just the wages which are too high for the skill level required; it’s the pension and benefits.

And yet Ford and Chrysler, with the same unions, aren't having this problem. Could it be that it isn't unions but is instead bad management decisions?

The workers don't decide what to buy. Management makes product decisions on what to make. Management designs the products. Management markets the products. These plants are closing because they are producing a product and the demand for it isn't there. Ford and Chrysler saw this coming and planned their lines accordingly.

43 posted on 11/30/2018 9:33:36 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg
And yet Ford and Chrysler, with the same unions, aren't having this problem. Could it be that it isn't unions but is instead bad management decisions?

Probably a combination of both. Ford and Chrysler may indeed be having the same problems but GM got in bed with the dems and took the bailout when Ford didn't so that in itself proves GM has made some bad management decisions.

I've seen what happens when government dictates a minimum wage higher than what the market can bear or the employee deserves. Lay offs and downsizing with the higher skilled employees doing double duty filling in for the laid off employees. The socialist Bernie Sanders wants to make $15 the minimum wage nationwide. All this will do is make many things unaffordable to those on a low income and do nothing for those who had a wage increase. Probably would cause their lay off and a recession.

45 posted on 11/30/2018 10:04:28 AM PST by Boomer (The other name for "Democrat" is "Nation Killer")
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