In article >, Michael Johnson wrote:

> that control the Big Three's work force. Protectionist policies won't
> solve any problems, keep jobs here or be good for the consumer. If you
> want everyone to be on a level playing field then eliminate the UAW.

As I understand it, the foreign makers factories in the USA have rather
good compensation and benefits packages. Of course there isn't any 'job
bank' crap, or anything like that, but as jobs go, I haven't heard
anything bad about it. I could be wrong though. And that's what has
really rendered the UAW obsolete. At least the perception that the job
market is much different than in the old days. People aren't being
treated badly in the non-union factories. Plus, those manufacturers don't
have that old mentality of the UAW where if you start screwing in
taillights at age 18, you retire doing that at 65.