The proposed bailout of $25B had $12B earmarked to go to pay UAW *retirees,* not people making cars.
Think about it.
Yep. Did you know that to get NAFTA passed, i.e. backed by the unions, certain auto suppliers had to keep on people who would have lost their jobs? Those people now sit in cafeterias literally doing nothing - playing cards, drinking coffee, watching movies, etc. They are fully compensated. That’s the problem when unions insert themselves into trade and business.