Damned Unions, Indeed

Autoblog reports: UAW contract dispute may delay introduction of new Chevy Malibu. First, the new 2008 Malibu won't be affected by this contract talk -- so, whew!, no worries. That new Malibu sure is sweet looking. We're hoping the insides feel as good as the outside looks -- GM might have another winner on its hands.

Second, and the reason we're mentioning this, anger. We're pointing out this post because of the anger towards the unions found in the comments section. So much hate! So many of the commenters think that the cause of GM's downward spirial is solely tied to the unions.

So few (if any) mention the reason for the GM downturn has to do with the fact that you don't want any GMs (or very few, anyway). Comments are complaining about janitors making $28/hour... yet we bet none of them are lining up to take the job. And the fact that GM wants the line to move to 10-hour days... try that kind of work for 4 hours and see how you hold up. For the record, we're not saying the union(s) isn't corrupt -- we're just pointing out that union-folk are working class people who are getting an ever-shrinking piece of the pie and we don't know what the fuck people are complaining about. $28/hour is nothing compared to Mr. Wagoner's ~$5,000/hour compensation (based on his $10 million compensation for 2006: 10 mil divided by 12 (months) then by 20 (working days a month) then by 8 (hours/day) -- it's just a rough estimate). And GM lost money and was de-throned as the #1 automaker.

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[Pasquale]

Union workers deserve to be well paid for high skill jobs. Simpler jobs should be paid at the going rate for such work, why should customers pay extra so janitors have the same pay and benefits as a long-term skilled worker?

The product is not worth more to the customer simply because somebody's brother can't be fired and gets full health benefits and much higher pay than the same job in the plant down the road.

There are very few executives who can lead a complex company and do that level of work, if they were not paid well they might as well start their own company in another industry, where they could get rich. Some are overpaid, but few people could or would cope with the job pressures for less money.

[I'll Take The Job]

I'd take a $28/hour job as a janitor in a heartbeat.

Oh, I can't have it, just because my dad wasn't in the union?

Darn.

The only reason I don't *completely* blame the unions for the inability of domestic car manufacturers to make a profit is that the executives didn't have the foresight to bust the unions long ago.

Alas, it seems the UAW will soon reap what it has sown. Too bad they're taking an entire industry along with them.

[Leroy Brown]

Like I've said for awhile... A person is worth what he's making if he can go to a different company in the same industry, and perform the same job for the same amount of money. If that is not the case ( as it would seem with the UAW ), they they are not worth what they are making.

I don't see many other janitors or assembly line workers pulling in $28/ hour.

And yes, CEO salaries are absolutely absurd... especially when the company in question is bleeding money.