# Ford|GM Merger

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**Created:** [November 19, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gm-merger/200740 "2008-11-19T10:19:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ford-gm-merger/200740/57 "2008-11-20T11:03:50Z")

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> [@LMAO - Some chick tries to cyber me at work (foreal)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lmao-some-chick-tries-to-cyber-me-at-work-foreal/38752/20):
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> The average hourly wage for Detroit is $73.20, but the average hourly wage at Toyota USA is $48. UAW has surely played a role, though the myopia of all 3 companies for the last 10+ years certainly hasn’t help.
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> Unions in concept are good. A lot of the people in unions are bad. I know union workers who bust their ass and end up hating their job because they know the guy next to them is taking a nap in his truck, because he knows he can.
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> Also, Saturn Sky = sex.

It’s a very intricate web and you can’t just say that all Unions are bad in general, because they aren’t.

Those rates, take into account, management and CEO type of positions. There needs to be a balance, all these companies are top heavy. Unions, serve a good purpose, they defend the worker. Yeah, there are some lazy people, that happens in any job. There needs to be a fine balance between profitability and labor laws and CEO salaries. People have gotten greedy, management doesn’t know how to manage. We need good employers, which starts from the top.

How is it that we in the USA work more then everywhere else in the world, but make less money on average per hour worked?

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