Sheesh...again...it's not the unions that caused US Auto workers, Hostess, The steel industry, or any other debacle. It was legislation that killed those entities. Those industries were doing just fine and dandy until the foreign tariffs were removed...let's see...who did that...oh yeah - Reagan. Then there was NAFTA...hmmm...who started that...oh yeah - H. Bush. Who finalized NAFTA and tinkered with it so it allowed tax breaks for companies that moved overseas...oh yeah - Clinton! It doesn't friggen matter if it's Dems or Reps, they're both bought and paid for by people like Grover Norquist and other Super PACS. Until the American people get sick and tired of taking less than fair from their government, then yes, the fiscal cliff will get us all. CEO's are not worth 200 times the average employee. Owners are worth their weight in gold. CEO's and other executives do make important decisions, but the reality is they don't earn what they make. The average driver is worth 70 grand a year because their bodies are nearly worthless to them when they retire and you know what, we're also the face of the company that the customers see everyday. So that makes us UPS's celebrities. No one really knows who Scott Davis is unless they're into that kind of thing. Everyone knows who their driver is. Unions also make sure that other companies that aren't union pay competitive wages so they don't get stuck with bad apples. Henry Ford paid his employees well for a couple of reasons...1 was so he didn't have to retrain new employees all the time because people stayed with Ford. 2 was because he wanted his employees to buy his crap so he could make more cars. It's not rocket science.
