Re: CNH Global

It strikes me as odd that western Europe has been able to maintain much of it's manufacturing sector in spite of having much more stringent labor laws than we've traditionally had here. Mabey THEY figured out something that we haven't? I don't want to hear that it's all subsidies and tariffs either...

Rod

Why do union folks think they are entitled to top pay, free medical coverage, a big pension, on and on, and still have enough nerve to strike over something reletively small, that other folks such as my wife and millions more have to pay for out of their 9 bucks an hour.

Just because I work for you why would you be responsible to pay me until I die. All that has to paid for somehow.

Reagan was right when he fired all the air traffic controllers, and that is exactly what I would do to those writers who are stiking now. If I had a job with top pay, and benefits, and then quit working because I wanted another dollar, I would deserve to be fired, and would expect it.

They were well meaning in the beginning, but like everything else it got out of hand.

Then we wonder why the jobs and manufacturing have left this country. Unions finished off IH, along with many other companies.

I agree the corporations are greedy. Just look at the oil companies. The depression that is coming will help sort and balance things out again.

I admitted unions are good for the lucky few who are in them, and have managed to keep a job, but damn sure have made it hard on everyone else.

I worked with a guy in the early 80's that had made 26 dollars per hour for Rockwell. When they closed he worked on the line with me making roof support bolts for coal mines. Starting pay was 5.35 per hour, and he was glad to get it after being out of work for 8 months. Said he had to change his habits, but it beat starving.