Pensions. Killing profits to take care of a guy who spent all his money and saved less than 1%.... Shoulda learned from the Chinese. Save half. Who needs a fat crib in Grosse Pointe while you put batteries in a freakin Jeep. I had a couple of buddies who went to work for Chrysler back in the 90's when they opened up the Jeep plant at Conners and Jefferson. These clowns were making 100K/yr to put a freakin' battery in a jeep. INSANE!!!!!!
The UAW knows that whoever buys it will move the parts and eventually production to China. Just like everything else...
UAW will become history soon... SAIC, China Automakers Develop Own Brands to Challenge GM, VW http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apGUxVvEYe3U&refer=home