UAW Workers-I Want Their Job

Are you thinking we need a bailout for the Big Three auto workers? Maybe you'll change your mind after reading the following. There are 15,000 UAW workers who are paid $81.00 an hour for doing nothing related to the manufacturing of automobiles. In their plants there isn't a demand for autos so there is no work for them. The closest plant to Columbus, Ohio that practices this unique form of manufacturing is a GM plant located on the southwest corner of Ft. Wayne, Indiana. At this facility any number of guys clock in, then head to the cafeteria where they perform such tasks as playing video games, cards and watching television. In between they eat lunch or dinner. After these daily 'jobs' are completed they have to remember to clock out. The cost for these 15,000 comes to $1.4 billion dollars per year. Their contract expires in 2009 so look for more of the same. By the way, whenever the minimum wage increases, base pay and benefits increase proportionately for the UAW.