The UAW local I was a member of was NOT working for Ford, GM, or Chrysler. We worked for a supplier to Ford, and built frames for Ford Explorers. When our plant closed in 2005--due to our company losing the contract bid on the next generation of frames to a competitor --the top pay on the production line was $16.29 an hour. Skilled trades, such as weld techs and maintenance, might have made over $20 an hour, but we were nowhere near what the Ford UAW workers were making. Our local even offered to reopen the contract and negotiate pay cuts if it would save jobs, but the company wasn"t interested. They told us that, even with pay cuts, the way the Chinese were driving up steel prices in that time frame [2004-2005], it was raw material costs that were killing them...not labor.
When we knew the end was coming, our UAW local was advised by the regional UAW that any money left in our treasury would become the property of the regional/national union. So when that became common knowledge, our local, which had been a willing contributor to causes within the community, became a lot more generous with the money, and as a trustee in the local I helped see to it that there was next to nothing left for the union higher-ups to take. The local Little Leagues and 4-H and other community organizations appreciated our generosity, and we were determined that the regional and national union--which had little sympathy for our local--wouldn"t benefit from our misfortune.
Sorry if you think the little local I once belonged to was a drain on your tax dollars...but we weren"t, and we aren"t. So go spew your venom at someone else.
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