Another point with the unions, is the guaranteed wage increases. Consider that Ford's making greater losses, ask does it make sense that the workers still get pay rise after pay rise?
Without a union the company can shoot out different scenarios, including wage freezing and even wage reduction. Yes wage reduction sounds like a stupid thing ... but you ask any unemployed union worker if they would rather have been offered a pay-cut of 50c per hour rather than forced unemployment and you'll get your answer.
In this modern environment unions have absolutely no place anymore, they are dinosaurs that need to be buried. All their 'protective policies' can and infact are becoming part of mandated employment law.
The only single thing that unions are good at is throwing a spanner in the works of a company, and strangling the life out of it. They need to be fought and absolved of serious power simply for the benefit of the economy ... now if we can onl open the eyes of the little deluded dupes who run around screaming how great unions are!
It's obvious math that Ford (and all domestics) could build and sell better cars cheaper without the associated union costs mentioned. Factor into this all the 'retro-active deals' that unions win, and the millions burned on lawyers fees during negotiations and you'll no doubt have one very hefty figure. Of course the damned socialist policies will remain forever though as it's now become too costly for anybody except government to be able to take a serious stand against them.
