[KittenClaws]

That amount includes benefits and payouts to laid off workers at closed plants, who are still being paid their full salary. The actual worker doesn’t make much more than the workers at non-union plants.

If the actual union worker is still getting full salary and benefits after being laid off, then union workers are getting paid to not work. Getting paid to not work is a lot more than most actual non union workers get paid when they are laid off: ZERO DOLLARS.

[Eva]

Did you hear Rush talk about the pay of to laid off auto workers, today? A former auto worker called in and confirmed that laid off workers get paid for not working even if they turn down a job at a different location.