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Originally Posted by tabs
READ YOUR GDMED HISTORY...
The stage was set for the huge rise of the MC by the Union movement and WW2. With Unions people could afford to buy the products they made as they were being paid a living wage. This rising wage tide rose ALL BOATS from the union worker to the trades man to the managerial class.
U have to remember that Unions brought in decent working conditions, but one still had to work and not be a loafing oaf...that came later...and come under the titile of work ethics and entitlments. Or you get somethin for nothin..
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The operative word here Tabby is "history". It was very relevant in the post-war (WW2) years, but the customer base for automobiles is no longer dependant on a union worker's ability to buy. Plenty of potential customers out there without union ties.
Has mother kept you in a closet for the last 50 years? There is no economic relevance to the UAW in 2009 other than for it's own survival...at the cost of the American auto industry.