hhrcrafty

I think it's more like the foreign manufacturers are bringing slave wages to the USA. It used to be that people from the south would move to the north to step up in society and get the manufacturing jobs that paid well and built the middle class. Now we have $10 an hour jobs opening in the south with suppliers for foreign manufacturers. Instead of building up a middle class, we're building up a lower class that can't make more than $20k a year. I guess in the USA, the limit for undereducated workers is $30k a year and the starting for educated workers is $40k and up now. Way to build a caste society. $30k a year is a great way to raise a family and save for retirement in this day and age.

I'd be willing to bet that the steel they're stamping wasn't milled and rolled in the USA. I'd also put money on the fact that neither the stamping plant nor Kia are paying ANY property taxes on the plants they're building down there.

Cokeybill

The talks can and will be continued. Do you think that for 1 minute that the UAW will allow this all to happen. There are many power struggles in negotiating a new deal as the Govt., GM and the union are looking for whatever is best for each. There is always a middle ground. The deal needs to find that middle ground. The Govt. is looking for radical change as is GM and that is always the case in deals. What if GM and The Govt. take too much... what then. Nothing for the worker. Everything must be in a balance to satisfy each others needs. As much as executives are getting lower salaries, the need for workers and "retirees" to survive is also a concern to all the negotiators. The Govt. also needs the tax money from the workers to sustain the country.
Also, the Canadian Govt is offering Billions to GM also. The dollar is more profitable in Canada as it is worth 20% more in profits to GM($1US=$.80Can.) The plants in Canada build much higher quality vehicles and could very easily sway decisions for GM to build more in Canada. The benefits are lower as Canada has Health care that is much cheaper to sustain than in the U.S..
Is North America going third world? Nothing for anyone and and slave labor for all...

jmarines

In my opinion, I think gm should file for bankruptcy... start fresh... but thats just my .02... just going by what I hear on tv and read.

masterchief1112

yeah get some new people in there

Cokeybill

Careful what you hear on the news, alot of it is not justified. Just blown up up to get the public all worked up for nothing.

Rainman

Believe nothing you hear and only half of what you see, you'll have a better insight to what's happening around you.

VictorySpark08

I Don't totally agree with that. $10hr is not that bad to get paid in the South. Hell here in Chicagoland most companies start there employees also at $10-10.75. Which area is more affordable as far as housing,etc? the South is. Regardless of what area pays more fact of the matter is there is getting to be less and less of a Middle class. Regardless of Schooling. Its coming down to your either Poor or Rich no more Middle Class.

solman98

I tend to agree.......

solman98

I saw that on the news also. It was crazy.

Cokeybill

That's the minimum wage in Canada. Your probably better off being on "Welfare".