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73,000 UAW workers walked off the job at GM plants nationwide. They are arguing over wage, health care and outsourcing concerns.
I liked seeing that unions are alive and well in this country. IMO, the single thing that government can do to improve quality of life the most is to strengthen unions.
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And here I was thinking that the single thing government could do to improve quality of life the most would be to eliminate most of the taxes that are out there ;-) That wouldn't even be regressive; gas taxes and sales taxes and so forth
kill poor people.
But back to the subject at hand:
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I think it also proves that unions are not necessarily a competitive disadvantage: the dispute is over how much to cut from the old contract instead of what new goodies the unions are getting.
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If they haven't already sunk GM with their accumulated demands over decades maybe there is hope yet. They'll probably have to do a lot of cutting to regain true competitiveness with companies like Toyota and Honda.