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ZED_not_zee,Mar 14 2007, 12:44 AM Wrote:I grew up in a union home my dad worked for ford for 32 yrs soI'm not an outsider looking in... we lived well from ford

When I was a kid we lived well from Ford also. My Father in middle-upper management supported a wife and five kids. We had a large sailboat,nice home,vacation and new car every year. All the fathers that worked at Ford in my area supported a wife and kids with plenty of cash to spare. Try doing that today. The price of the vehicles keep going up along with everything else, but the wages are not keeping up. We are the working poor, and the CEO's own everything.
Ford pays $1,200-$1,500 in labour per vehicle, including benefits. Even if all us union workers worked for free, Ford still couldn't compete with China.
Welcome to Walmart Nation.
Okay, rant is over. I've got to get back to work now :)