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bpuharic

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:11:01 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:34:53 -0500, bpuharic wrote:

On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:32:11 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:51:07 -0500, Harry
wrote:

You righties seem to have no understanding whatsoever about the purpose
of a labor union.
I know all about unions, remember my mom worked for the Teamster's
international for 20 years.
Unfortunately the UAW and the big 3 management companies were all
creating an unsustainable bubble in what they were giving the
employees. It wasn't about "fair" or "enough", it was always about
"more".
They simply jacked up the prices of the cars, everybody was making a
lot of money and we paid it.
That bubble popped.

except, of course, wages are less than 10% of the price of a car...

... and the pension plan is 15% of the price

and in other countries, pensions are paid by the govt. so their auto
mfrs. get a subsidy