Originally Posted by Punkin

I think you bring up many valid points but you fail to look at both sides of this coin. If you think that only "big management" can be bad and yet leave "big labor" to spin it's web and provide golden parachutes and luxuries to themselves at the expense of the people they represent, you are denying the truth.

I personally do not believe in the principle of the entitlement state. This is a story the unions sold piece by piece to their members. In getting built in benefits and wages increased contract after contract, management and union leadership agreed because they would be gone when the chicken finally came home to roost. They both contributed to the demise of their own industry.

American cars can regain the mantle again but as you said, they both (management and labor) must look at their craft as a long term commitment.