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Labor’s role in Detroit’s disaster

Posted by Henry Lamb on Nov 16, 2008 at 10:27 AM

Detroit’s big three auto makers grovel for a tax-funded bailout, fund union-mandated benefits

While Detroit’s big three auto makers grovel for a tax-funded bailout, 14 U.S-based, http://www.aiam.org/public/aiam/media/press_releases.aspx?PRID=273 >international auto makers announced last year’s additional investments of $39.3 billion in 69 facilities that employ 92,700 people with an annual payroll of $6.3 billion.  Why are the U.S.-based international auto makers expanding, while Detroit’s big three are grasping for a life-saving handout?  The answer, of course, is labor unions; only two facilities of the U.S.-based international auto makers are unionized, one in California, the other in Illinois.  All the others are union-free and are doing quite well.

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