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Friday, December 12, 2008 12:00 AM

The Republican economic recovery plan

When all else fails, declare war on the working class.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Friday, December 12, 2008 09:00 AM

    $26. per Hour

    That is the average hourly pay earned by autoworkers. Nonunion autoworkers earn a bit less - around $22. - $24. per hour.

    Factory workers include highly skilled people, tool and die makers, machine programmers, inspectors, and supervisors that are included in the hourly wage pool.

    They all earn their pay.

    Their benefits, on the other hand, are too liberal, such as pay for no work. These excessive contract items should be negotiated out of the contracts.

    I'm pretty sure that most of the UAW would allow a reduction in benefits rather than to close the factories.

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