On 4/27/2015 2:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-04-27 2:37 PM, sf wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 14:39:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> The two companies I've worked for for the past 30 years have no unions,
>>> but we treat the people well, pay a fair wage, we give them good
>>> benefits and a safe working environment.
>>
>> If more companies were like that, there would be no need to unionize.
>>
>
> I lived in a city with auto parts manufacturing. GM workers were
> unionized and often went on strike for better pay and benefits. Another
> local plant was non union. They kept their workers happy by giving
> them close to what GM workers were getting, and the workers were happy
> not to have to pay union dues and not to have to go on strike. It
> worked well for them as long as GM was raising the bar.


It worked great until the US automakers becmne UNCOMPETITIVE per unit
vehicle cost!