No, no, no, the average employee makes about $75.00 an hour in wages and benefits. They make about $29.00 hourly, $20.00 per hour goes to their medical plan - YES, THAT RIGHT, $40,000 a year, and the remainder goes to pension and other benefits. They even have a job bank - this means that if they get laid off, they apply for and receive unemployment insurance and, on top of that they receive another $400.00 or so a week from the "job bank." WOW. THESE CONTRACTS MUST BE RENEGOTIATED IF THEY WANT A BAILOUT. CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN TODAY.

I think that I will stick with cars and trucks that are manufactured in red states.

Unions are the main reason for inflation. We have an 8th grade drop out in Detroit putting fenders on Fords for $30 per hour... Hence, the $12,000 auto that now costs $30,000, the $.50 loaf of bread that now costs $2.50, etc,etc. They constantly strike for more wages but never insist on increasing production thus, the increase is passed on to the consumer in the cost of the product. It's time the Government stopped bailing out private business, let their unions save them!

If a Marine drove a Subaru that was, say, assembled in Indiana or a BMW that was assembled in S. Carolina or a Toyota that was assembled in Tenn.--they need to remember one thing:
These are the same UAW idiots that created this mess and are the principal reason their competitors are so successful producing automobiles in the USA.

Found this article by Eric Mayne / The Detroit News.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0503/13/C01-115531.htm

So they are mad because the Marines were using and buying foreign stuff? I wonder who made the cell phones, sneakers, and electronics that the union guys were using. I wonder if they also complain about buying foreign oil.

What is it like to pick and choose liberals?

In Gadsden, AL, at the now defunct Republic/LTV Steel plant, nobody was allowed to park a foreign made vehicle on any company property, and anybody who did faced severe damage to their vehicle. These union workers do not have their high paying jobs anymore, since the plant has been closed for several years, thus demonstrating what the brilliant union mindset can do for an industry and town.

I worked at the local named after Walter Reuther which is now gone. I was doing electrical work for a few weeks. I drove a vehicle built by UAW workers in PA, a VW Jetta. I endured so much harassment during the week I was there, no one touched the car but.....towards the end of the second week I was there, I sat down with the head of the local. I explained to him that I was driving a union built car but that didn't matter to him, foreign was foreign. So armed with information from GM, I informed him that the cars that he and the other officials drive were not made by union workers but in Mexico. He called me a liar, I stood my ground and told him check it out himself and because I am being harassed with no real reason, I will tell the press what's going on. He backed down, inviting me to see for myself that they are made here by 'Union Workers'. He opened the door, looked at the sticker and turned red - Assembled in Mexico.

The next day, there were different cars sitting in the lot and I never got harassed again.