A rant about unions:

1. Management gets paid big bucks because of the the decisions THEY make. THEIR decisions can make or break a company. Well, that was their excuse when their profits went from 40x that of their workers to 400x (and more).

2. Management tells workers what to do. What to order.

3. Management decides who to hire.

4. Ever calculate how much a worker makes... then calculate how many (for example) cars they make... and how many get sold? Laborers can pull in a helluva lot more - a magnitude higher than their mere salaries.

Laborers get paid pretty small... and not the BS $70/hr that some fanciful, drug-induced articles claim.

And then the owners whine because nobody can afford to buy them... take a guess or two why, if you can.

My rant is, it's not the frigging unions, it's the management.

...though I won't deny unions have their problems too (try moving up in a company - despite showing shitloads of real skills. It's goddamn insane.)

the local Ford dealership couldn't keep the small Escort Wagons on the lots ...

but hey, gas-guzzling pickup trucks & SUVs? You had plenty of choices ...

and I remember also that people were willing to spend $$$ on various pricier vehicles ... luxury cars, BMWs, Porsches, Lexuses, etc. ...