[Ditto]

It would be interesting to see the hourly productivity plotted on those charts as well.

I'd be willing to bet that the UAW would be at the bottom of the stack.

There is nothing wrong with a labor cost of $75/hour as long as their productivity is something much higher than that.

In the case of the UAW, you know damn well it's below the labor cost.

[rlmorel]

I have no problem with people being paid $73 an hour, but...that $73 is AVERAGE!

AVERAGE!

Good Lord. That means there are a bunch of people making a BOATLOAD of money more than that, and a bunch making less, but that is where the AVERAGE comes to rest? $73 an hour?

I work my frikking ass off, and just spent the last year and a half of my life engrossed in a project, working nights and weekends as a salaried employee making a lot less than that. A LOT less. And I feel like I am well paid, so I don’t begrudge working my tail off.

But $73 an hour????? For WHAT?