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Clownzilla, You may HATE unions, but you have today because of them. My father helped form and totally supported unions. He use to tell stories of how the work force was treated before unions and how much it had improved since they were formed. The United States economy has strived because of unions. There is corruptions at all levels of businesses. No one is perfect! Did you ever stop to think that maybe (not saying it is wise) the money they were spending in Las Vegas was money they took out of their savings to spend while they were there. Don't you save money so you will have it for special things to do while on vacation? You cannot judge people by their cover!! All union workers hire in and agree to work for a company because of the wages and benefits they offer. You cannot blame the auto workers being upset over the promises they were told are now being broken. These people for the most part of spent 20-25 years working hard for these benefits, bodies now broken down, only to find out that the people of the United States and management of their company think they are no better than the dirt they walk on! When your job is sent overseas lets see how you feel!

Well, strange things are happening at GMArlington plant. My husband is working 9 hours a day and every other Saturday. They are told that the demand for their vehichle is up so much that they cannot make enough! Also, June, I believe, is the month they are going to up the line time so they can make even more vehichles. Also, GM relies on their retirees and their families to buy GM products. If they make wages sooooo low that, the employees and retirees cannot buy GM products, the company projections of sales could not depend on these sales. Another thought: I am proud to be an American!! I will not buy a foreign made vehichle, whether made by an American company or not!! I always check to see where it was made before purchasing. Do you really think the foreign car manufacturing employees flock to buy an American made car? We are destroying our country and every platform it was created on! We should take care of our fellow country employees. Greed, by company management, has taken too many jobs from the working people of the United States. What type of employment will be left to our children and grandchildren? Think about it!!

politics! politics! politics! Let us all have patience to see "what exactly the underlying motive" really is! I refuse to purchase any vehicle made outside of this country! I always check to see "where" it was assembled! Do you? Actually, General Motors and/or other car manufacturing plants don't really care since they make more money,"at this particular time in history", in Asia! I think our government has sold us down the drain by offering incentives to companies (any company) for sending their business to foreign countries. I cant even call AOL and ask a question without having to talk to someone in a foreign country!! Oh, Yeah, I have a college degree plus a masters degree! I just thought I would say that before someone decided to tell me I only have a HS/GED. I have discovered that in a lot of subjects those people are more in the reality of the "real world"!

You are correct, management pads their own pocket, while we all must realize that the hourly workers only receive what management agrees for them to have! Hourly employees have no say on management issues, but when things get bad the finger is first pointed to the hourly employees "UNION FAULT"! <_<