I'm not saying there shouldn't be Unions. But when it cost $40 (over 100% of the base hourly pay) an hour to have them and we still turn out an inferior product and our companies are going bankrupt then there's something wrong.
I think it's on both. The companies a poorly ran and Unions are fleecing them.
To me, this issue is VERY SIMPLE.
GM, FORD, AND CHRYSLER, cannot produce a cheap, reliable decent product that people want because the cost of labor and producing the product is too high to be viable. They simply cannot produce a good car at 20k or less because they would lose money doing so.
The only money that these companies make money on are the big trucks and SUVS well over 30K in price.
This is why these companies need to go bankrupt and end the UAW contracts.
There is a very solid reason by toyota, bmw, and honda make products here and are not in need of a bailout.
Unions, inovation, rational managment, and a GOOD PRODUCT!