Automakers Seek Federal Help, Yet Unions Not Mentioned?
By: Pam On: Nov/13/06 - Leave Your Comment
Auto industry leaders plan to stress in a White House meeting that they are not seeking any federal bailout, but want support on health care and trade issues that affect large manufacturers. Keep in mind that both GM and Ford have manufacturing plants in China, and I as I pointed out, China and other overseas factories accounted for more than half of GM’s total output of 9.2 million vehicles last year. What the issue centers around is that the UAW members in this country don’t pay the weekly healthcare costs that other large companies charge their employees. In otherwords..we should pay for union members to have free insurance? I think not!
