[Bvonscott]

Ok I usually stay out of union threads, but I thought I'd chime in.

We need to not bash union members who post on this site. I welcome them and any info they can bring to us. Same with dealership employees like myself. Obviously being in the Auto Industry we are all tied together.

Yes GM should have completed the local contract with agreement sooner. Yes the union should avoid striking at all costs. Yes for what the Union does they are well paid, but that is the going rate in their industry. I also make good money for what I do, which has ZERO physical labor involved. But that's what we are paid. Has anyone thought of it like that? That certain jobs out there make certain amounts of money no matter how others THINK it should be? I bet, let's say, MINE workers get paid about the same, and truck drivers, and all they do is DRIVE A TRUCK. No skill there either. Or train engineers. I could go on and on. There are just certain jobs in the 60-100K a year category, and lineworkers are one of them.

It's not the hourly pay rate that is the issue, it's everything else GM pays for I and many have issue with. And GM has come along way to catch up with the rest of the country. They need to stop the jobs bank. They need to end pension. They need to start 401K like everyone else. They need to have workers to partial pay for health coverage like everyone else. They need vacation and sick/holiday pay in line with everyone else. With all that, they can still pay lineworkers $28 an hour like they deserve and we can all leave it alone already.