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Originally Posted by 767pilot
You sure your a union member? It's not that Detroit is out of touch with the market but that it's that the employees make too much? Didn't they just give all sorts of concessions in the last round of negotiations? Just shows that you might as well not bother with concessions when asked, wait until you are forced, cause they are going to come back at you like you never gave anything anyway. We see it happen in the airline industry time and time again and we are seeing it here now too. I guess that there shouldn't be any such thing as a pre-emptive give back.
You are right it has nothing to do with GM paying 75 bucks an hour and toyota/BMW/Honda paying 40. It has nothing to do with the 2500 bucks per vehicle legacy health care and pensions costs. But don't worry we will soon have union membership by intimidation so Toyota/Honda/Nissan/Walmart will have to pay up soon. Or they can move their jobs elsewhere.
It has nothing to do with the democrats refusing to stabalize the oil markets and destroying the credit market? Out of touch with the automobile market? Where I live you see three pickups/SUV/Xovers for every two cars. There is plenty of in touch with the market, it is simply you get a better truck for the same money when you buy an American made Toyota/Nissan/BMW. There is plenty of blame to go around, Bush, Congress, Management but you don't think the UAW deserves any?
PS You are right about concessions; give nothing back because they are just going to go bankrupt six months later anyways.