Also, if you take the airlines for example, most of the mechanics took big paycuts, the upper managment took nothing, they kept their huge paychecks, and still the airlines are laying off, obviosly a paycut from the lower end isnt helping, someone needs to try switching stuff around, start at the top, where the big money is, and work the way down.
IMO, if the UAW does take big paycuts, this could chain react, more companys will see that they just gave in, and then other union and even non-union companys will start lowering wages, then pretty soon, wages across the country will be driven down, but the cost of living will keep going up. How can wages driven down help the economy?
Its funny how the senetors voted their own raises a few years back, yet they dont wanna give the big 3 the money, last time i checked, the government is in major debt too, so how about the senetors take a big pay cut to help the government out, i bet they wouldnt pass that vote.
Also this is off topic, but everyones coming down so hard on the UAW for high wages, that really seem like fair wages to me, but nobody comes down on walmart, the biggest scab corporation of America, who hardly pays their employees, and the ones here in america that do have insurance, well its a joke, and noone cares that most of their goods are imported from sweat shops in other countrys where they pay their employees like 5 dollars a day. Yet thats where everyone shops, putting the American little guy out of business across the country. Imo this is pure stupidity, and this is where this countrys going in the wrong direction, everyone supporting imports, and huge corporations just to save a few dollars, then everyone wonders why the true american companys cant survive. I guess some of us just have higher standards, and like to support american companys, even if it means paying a little more, and yes i am one of those people who hates walmart if you cant tell, and im also one of those people who looks at my tags on my clothing before i buy them, trying to buy stuff that says "made in the usa".
Rob
IMO, if the UAW does take big paycuts, this could chain react, more companys will see that they just gave in, and then other union and even non-union companys will start lowering wages, then pretty soon, wages across the country will be driven down, but the cost of living will keep going up. How can wages driven down help the economy?
Its funny how the senetors voted their own raises a few years back, yet they dont wanna give the big 3 the money, last time i checked, the government is in major debt too, so how about the senetors take a big pay cut to help the government out, i bet they wouldnt pass that vote.
Also this is off topic, but everyones coming down so hard on the UAW for high wages, that really seem like fair wages to me, but nobody comes down on walmart, the biggest scab corporation of America, who hardly pays their employees, and the ones here in america that do have insurance, well its a joke, and noone cares that most of their goods are imported from sweat shops in other countrys where they pay their employees like 5 dollars a day. Yet thats where everyone shops, putting the American little guy out of business across the country. Imo this is pure stupidity, and this is where this countrys going in the wrong direction, everyone supporting imports, and huge corporations just to save a few dollars, then everyone wonders why the true american companys cant survive. I guess some of us just have higher standards, and like to support american companys, even if it means paying a little more, and yes i am one of those people who hates walmart if you cant tell, and im also one of those people who looks at my tags on my clothing before i buy them, trying to buy stuff that says "made in the usa".
Rob
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There is more money to be saved with the salaries paid to the blue collar folks than that of the white collar employees. HOWEVER, the rediculous bonuses could go away and their salaries could certainly use a little "re-evaluating" to determine a fair-market value for their respective positions. That still doesn't take away from the fact that it still sucks that the already struggling blue collar employees have to then figure out how to live on less while the cost of living continues to rise.
