Thread: Auto-Workers may not get paid for not working?
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Default Re: Auto-Workers may not get paid for not working?
1. I was referring to Unions nation wide. I agree that people should earn a good living doing what they do. I also agree that companies should treat their employees well and pay them a competitive wage

I also agree that a wage should be in relation to the job being done and that the COMPANY should have the option to set this amount of money based on what they are willing to pay and what they can afford to pay.

Unions were a crucial piece of developing this country and ensuring that the working conditions were in place to move this country forward... since then they have become corrupt pieces of gov't backed organized crime. They are directly responsible for the downfall of the American auto org as well as the US's manufacturing ability as a whole.

Honest days work for an honest days wage is a lost concept to unions.

2. The amount paid is due to EXTORTION by GOV'T PROTECTED unions. If the company doesn't give in to demands then the Union takes their people off the job and work stops. Getting rid of a Union is impossible due to gov't regulations and Union law.

The reason that so many new car companies are moving to the US is because they know that they can undercut American car manufacturers and get "affordable" labor and avoid tariff taxes. They also have no issue with telling the union to go fuck themselves.

3. Wages should be set by the market, not by unions! The market should dictate that a non-skilled high school graduate working on an assembly line should make 15.00 an hour max, they should not be making 35.00 because they are in a union.

The result is inflation across the board due to wages out pacing reality. Look at Detroit as a GREAT example. Huge money gets poured into the area, Money that isn't earned but is given due to Unions... now when those jobs leave there is a huge job skill vacuum, new companies can't pay the same amount and still make ends meet and people used to making 100K+ a year suddenly realize they have NO skill but they still have bills to meet...

Unions = BAD
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