This is AVERAGE???? That's 146K a year without overtime plus benefits. And the cars kinda suck.
NO BAILOUT!!
That’s not just their pay. That’s pay + benefits + pension + everything else—the “total cost” of the employee to the company. They don’t take home anywhere near that much, although given the education and qualifications for the jobs, the pay is by no means bad.
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Their actual take-home pay is about a third of that. The pensions, health care, dues, and general union featherbedding make up most of the $73/hr figure. It’s a good job, but there’s a big difference between what each worker costs the company and what the worker actually takes home. Any bailout would benefit the unions, not the workers. Screw the unions. No bailout.