[Eagles Talon IV]

A whole lot of words to say that manufacturing in this country is not what it was because the same things we used to build here can now be made less expensively and just as well somewhere else.

Perhaps the union members would like to take a 90% cut in wages and benefits? Didn't think so, nor should they be expected too, but the unions incessant demands for more and more have caused the dollars needed to produce things to go elsewhere so that more product can be mfg for those same dollars.

Mfg as we knew it in America is gone and will never return as long as other countries can pay their workers a dollar an hour.

[Willie Green]

Perhaps the union members would like to take a 90% cut in wages and benefits? Didn't think so, nor should they be expected too, but the unions incessant demands for more and more have caused the dollars needed to produce things to go elsewhere so that more product can be mfg for those same dollars.

Or perhaps you simply believe in an antiquated paradigm.

Nationwide, only 15% of the manufacturing workforce is represented by organized labor.
In comparison, over 40% of government workers are unionized.
(Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by occupation and industry)

[Steven W.]

and I don't understand the obsession is about it - frankly I'm glad I don't have to slave away in a steel mill for mere pennies on the dollar paid these days to white collar workers. I guess if you're brain-dead and without any worthwhile skill sets then I can see why Willie laments the loss of his job ROFLMAO!

[jeremiah]

The movement towards one-worldism is ongoing and relentless. Whatever one believes, it is part of the plan for mankind and was foretold. Fighting against it is impossible.

Tin foil hat is off, and kevlar shorts are in place...

[mc6809e]

Perhaps the union members would like to take a 90% cut in wages and benefits? Didn't think so, nor should they be expected too, but the unions incessant demands for more and more have caused the dollars needed to produce things to go elsewhere so that more product can be mfg for those same dollars.

I recently read that the average hourly expense for unionized workers at Delphi was $65/hour when you include wages, pensions, and health insurance.

Of course Delphi just went chapter 11.