I recall when I was a lad, the unions would pick one of the big three motorcar companies to strike, go on strike, and after ruining their year (or years), extort a contract. This contract would then become the template for the union's contract with the other two automakers.
Fast forward to 2011. This year, the United Auto Workers union just signed a new four year contract with General Motors, a company Obamanation gave them 17.5% ownership in at the expense of the taxpayers. The contract provides $5,000 signing bonuses, plus profit sharing, $3 per hour pay increases for starting level wages (already at $15 per hour) and guarantees more union jobs.
This is the 'template' that the UAW will now go forward with in their negotiations with Ford, and Chrysler - which they don't wholly own - yet.
And to think there are some folks in this country that can't understand why we are spiraling down the toilet bowl of history......... !!
Hey, maybe I'm wrong...... but if I was a motorcar company forced into paying an assembly line worker $56 per hour to tighten the screws on a new robotic ally installed dashboard or the lug nuts on the drivers side wheels...... I think I'd be looking at 'a foreign strand' to do bid'ness on!
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