On Jun 7, 8:30 am, Joe from wrote:
Yeah, we have 8 hour days, Saturdays, Sundays off, protection from the arbitrary whims of management, all due to the unions.

On 6/7/2012 11:21 AM, Arky Bob wrote:

And here lately, Flint and Destroy-It are largely ghettos with
abandoned plants and no prospect of significant recovery, all due to
the unions.

"...ALL due to the unions" you say ???

You seem to have conveniently overlooked the years of poor quality of
the American cars and the fact that the Asians ate our lunch for years.

You further overlook all the people that Henry Ford (the First) brought
to Detroit in the early 1930s that populate "the ghettos" -- well before
the birth of the unions.

A reasonable person would certainly consider those factors.

If you want to get rid of unions, well, fair enough. But what is your
"Plan B"? With no unions, please tell us who will watch out for the
working man's wages, hours worked, health care and protection from
management abuse.

When all is said and done, I bet you still like having Saturdays and
Sundays off and only having to work 8 hours a day -- thanks to the unions.