Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy
But what does it cost us to phase them out? I read that if the Big 3 collapse it will cost more than 10 million US jobs within 5 years. Its not just the actual GM plants that will shut down. It is also the dealships and component suppliers that will fold or at least cut back dramaticly. The US as a whole cannot afford to simply let them collapse.



I dont know that unions stagnate the economy, but they, along with unfair trade practices, drive up the cost of American made products, making them uncompetitive compared to foreign made products in the same price range. Again, look at American made cars. People always complain that they are made like shit, yet cost the same as a foreign car. The reason for this is simple, the foreign companies can afford to use high quality parts in their vehicles while American manufacturers are forced to use lower quality parts to stay in the same price range.

The enviroment where unions thrive is always among minimally skilled laborers like the construction and manufacturing industries. Because those industries will always exist there will always be an enviroment in which someone with education can convince the uneducated that unionizing would benefit everyone.
At the rate they're going, they are going to collapse anyway. What I'm saying is, not to change the company but change the environment in which they operate. Remove the strong desire for only profits and put some emphasis on the treatment of workers. If workers feel they are being treated fairly then there is no desire for them to collude. I am currently in a Union and you want to know when the Union hall is most empty? It's when things are good, people don't feel the need to fight the "establishment" when they are being treated well.

A plan like this one doesn't put the big 3 out of business, it requires them to take ownership of their workforce which I'm sure studies show time and time again.. grows business.

Trust me, Economically.. especially times like these Unions are dead weight on the economy.