A lot of people here disliking unions is silly to me. Sure the auto companies may have a bad union deal, but they had a hand in making that deal.
I think unions can be good and bad, but for myself the good outweighs the bad. I know some people personally, who have been screwed by big companies letting them go near retirement just so they don't get full pension. I know an older guy I used to work with, worked at a company for close to 30 years, was getting near retirement when his company was purchased by another large company, and he lost his pension, and was not able to retire. Far as I know he is nearing 70, and will never be able to retire.
These situations drive me nuts, and unions prevent these scenarios from happening. Sure there are bad deals, sometimes it breeds laziness, but I think those stories are GREATLY exaggerated.
Someone made a comment about working more than 8 hours and not getting O.T. sounds like someone is jealous. Why shouldn't someone get paid OT if they are working more than 8 hours a day 5 days a week? These rules prevent companies from taking advantage of their workers and forcing them to work too much without proper compensation.
Why does anyone even care? Good deal for them, it really won't affect you, don't buy the product if you have such a problem with the union, go buy a car from a company with no union, I don't see their vehicles with a much lower price tag, so in the end, no impact on you.
I find the blue collar comments disgusting. For the record I have a very white collar job. Also for the record, I DO NOT agree with giving these companies billions of dollars.
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