Southern GOP Senators' Attack On UAW Could Drive Foreign Auto Wages Lower In U.S.

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/10149

By Doug Çunningham

The attack on UAW wages and benefits orchestrated by southern Republican senators may be a precursor to an attack on the wages on auto workers employed at the foreign – owned auto plants operating in the southern U.S. It’s no secret that Toyota and other foreign makers want to cut their workers’ wages – an internal Toyota memo leaked to the Detroit Free Press said Toyota wants to cut wages by $300 by 2011. Toyota’s wages are actually higher now than the UAW’s. If the UAW can be destroyed, Toyota would have a freer hand cutting its workers wages. The UAW says it’s actually been getting more calls from workers at the foreign plants operating in the U.S. who are concerned that their wages will be attacked next.

[OHdem10]

1. Why do you think the Repubs put up such a fight. Lower Union

Wages then the Transplants will lower theirs. Trade and Globalization
pushing US wages down so we can COMPETE with other countries. Our wages
are so high other countries cannot afford our products. This has been
the plan all along. Why do countries put business in China, India
etc. Cheap Labor. The plan has failed. Americans cannot afford even
the cheap goods now. They sent all our jobs overseas.