# UAW strike at GM!

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**Created:** [September 24, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uaw-strike-at-gm/192612 "2007-09-24T13:59:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/uaw-strike-at-gm/192612/23 "2007-09-25T15:01:09Z")

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> [@NYSPEED Detectives Needed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-detectives-needed/32652/9):
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> negative. unions basically keep the company in check with the amount of profit they make to fair wages for the employees. look at walmart, a multi billion dollar business. they are non-union which allows them to pay their employees basically nothing and make huge profits every year. "

No shit. Believe it or not, companies are in the game to make money. Not to try to hand out high paying unskilled jobs. Do you think stockholders would buy shares of a company that doesn’t make money?

> [@NYSPEED Detectives Needed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-detectives-needed/32652/9):
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> if they did go union walmart would blame that for having to up their prices, but the real reason would be because their profit margin at the end of the year is less because they have to pay their employees fair wages.
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> thats why there is “inflation”

Completey wrong. If you owned a business would you be happy about losing profits?

Most inflation is due to the workers making the same amount of the same product or service every year but wanting more money (i.e. a raise)for doing it. The money to pay the worker more per hour has to come from somewhere, right? Hence increasing the price of the product.

EDIT: I don’t want you to think I’m against employees getting raises, but it should come with a contract for more productivity or better quality. Something for nothing is what causes prices to inflate.

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