personally i feel that with all these govt agencies below that labor unions are no longer needed.do away with them
Yeah, getting rid of all the unions is a great idea. We should let the government take care of it! After all, look at Wal-Mart! No union labor and cheap prices!
Of course, there's absolutely
no health care, and in the state of CA anyway about
half of all wal-mart employee's are on medi-cal, since they get paid near the poverty level. But I guess that's ok, as long as their products are cheap. I'm sure my taxes aren't paying for their medical bills.
Yeah, those unions are bad apples. Who else would make sure american workers can make an actual living wage? with benefits? Sounds like a horrible idea. The government isn't doing so good. $6.55 is the current federal minimum wage, or $1,480.00 a month, before taxes. That wouldn't even pay half my mortgage, and I don't exactly live in the Taj Mahal.
Personally, I'd rather pay a little more for a product knowing that the people that made it can afford a decent life. Now is there abuse? Of course there is. The UAW has insane amounts of power. But I don't think the UAW is representative of most unions, including mine. Now I would guess you would have pegged me for a union member already at this point, but there it is. Unions aren't right for all labor, its true. On the other hand, the example set by big business and government isn't right for all labor either.
A merger between Chrysler and GM is a pretty bad idea. Both companies are in the hole, and taking on the others debt isn't going to help much. Now if one "kills" the other and re-dedicates all of its equipment it might help a little with the capital problem in the short term, but it will cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, of jobs. I've mentioned this in another thread, but even beyond the plants closing the dealerships would take a huge hit, which would also cost a lot of jobs that wouldn't likely show up in the "merger" numbers, since they aren't GM or Chrysler employees. If the government was going to do something, protecting US products and workers might be a good place to start. Perhaps making up for the price difference between products made by folks with a decent wage and benefits and those made overseas by those living in poverty? Although the American consumer could use some work as well, a products price isn't the only thing that matters.
