The people I've spoken to think they are screwed regardless.
They believe that in the next few years, their plant will be shipped offshore no matter what wage concessions they make.
The story that was recounted to me was a couple years ago Chrysler was going to end one of the shifts in Windsor, but the gov't ended up giving them(Chrysler Canada) money on the condition that the 2nd shift remain running. Today that plant is down to one shift, and Chrysler is asking more money to keep the plant open. The workers themselves know the plants are in deep trouble (who knows what the union brass think), but they do not believe that the concessions they make are going to save their job.
Their point of view is they can work for $55/hr or they can work for $15/hr until the plant relocates, and the plant is going to relocate. Why should they work for less if they do not believe it will save their job?
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