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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jsanchez Then why are the unionized Japanese plants not being shut down, also American Auto workers earn less than their Japanese and German counterparts. I used to be anti-union until I got a job on class one railroad, believe me unions are needed more than ever. What kind of pay cuts are the executives taking at GM for making cars the public has little interest in, GM's biggest problem is going to be with consumers under 30 who much prefer Hondas, Suburus and Toyotas and for the most part do not even consider a GM product as an option. It helps to build a product people want and by the way Chrysler is doing well because of doing just that![quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098 Paul, Businesses have to think of wages as a cost, like steel. A company is not going to over pay for supplies; neither are they going to pay for high wages. Now because of it (and other factors) none of these people have jobs, a lot of good those unions did, and are earning nothing instead. The money to pay people more has to come from somewhere, in this case the price of the car. If you are in such favor of Unions I suggest you always pay the highest price for everything, since odds are that has the most Union people to pay. Raising wages, be it minimum wage, or by unions, is like inflation, it really doesn't get anyone any more money, since the people earn more, but also pay more for goods. Unions had their place historically, but have outlived most of their usefulness, becoming collections places for a certain political party, in fact did you know that the ACLU was founded by communist? [/quote] [/quote] I believe in Japan their citizens were\are, forced to buy new cars every year. That explains that. I think when it comes to these companies especially European ones; people are willing to pay for quality, no American company has anything close to an Audi, either quality or price wise. Also, Japanese cars, like Honda, were good quality high mileage cars; so they had a part of the market with little competition, from American companies. This, as noted, was a big problem for GM. I am always looking to see how people think on issues like this. Why, in your opinion do we need the unions now more than ever? What do you view as flawed in what I said about economics?
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