“It all comes from the TOP.”
Those at the top of the unionized auto industry are similar to a racehorse that must carry the additional weight of a 500 pound piece of lead. They had the odds against them before even pulling out of the gate. The government literally forced them to build cars few customers wanted to purchase. Their union workers, for all practical reasons, were also allowed to stick it good and hard to the bosses by the same government when the labor contract was up for renegotiation. This madness continued to a point while the auto giants possessed something of a monopoly. It all ended once non-union foreign automakers could compete.
Unions help only help their own members—in the short run. They always immediately hurt investors and consumers. The unions particularly damage the poor by significantly increasing the price of the finished product. In the long run, unions inevitably destroy jobs. The historical record is crystal clear on this point. There may not even be one union in existence that has seen its membership grow after a fifty-year period.
