No offense intended to the Generation that lived the great depression and fought WWII. My parents fall into that category. Having been born in the late 50’s I cannot imagine what the depression age went through. I can remember my…
In a letter Jan 13 Marcie DeFiese claims the UAW laid-off workers are bankrupting the State Of Missouri. She needs to read her own letter. The UAW workers do not collect any more state unemployment benefits than any other laid-off…
Darrin Gilley’s myopic miasma was confirmed in “What has crippled America’s auto industry,” (December 24) and punctuated by the photograph of a lug nut tightener, sitting on his butt posing with a “Save our jobs” sign, below the column title.…
Restructuring the Auto Industry
The United Auto Workers Union will most likely refuse any request from the auto industry to make wage and benefit concessions, since they have been living “high on the hog” for so many years. No doubt they…
Mr. Ron Jones of Alton is typical of so many “armchair quarterbacks” that have been coming out of the woodwork who claim to know what ails the auto industry. Sadly, these misinformed “experts” generally point the finger at the UAW…
The unions appear to be willing to make some meaningful concessions to the Big Three. The chastened executives appear to be willing to make concessions on their obscene compensation. These will help America’s automobile industry survive.
But what concessions is Congress…
There have been several misleading articles and letters in the Post-Dispatch concerning the hourly pay of domestic auto workers. A domestic auto worker makes $26 an hour - not $72 an hour. American auto worker’s pay and benefit package is…
