jv103 on 12 March 2009
Why does everyone hate unions so much? We are waaaaaay less unionized then we were 50 or 20 years ago. If you look at what the real costs that hurt the car companies via unions, blame healthcare costs. My uncle is a sheetmetal worker and 12 dollars an hour goes to healthcare benefits (though he never uses it since he is single and has no kids). 7 dollars an hour x 2000 hours a year = 14000 in medical insurance. The total plan may be more.
There are problems with unions though in ways stickball mentioned.
