Scarlet: Except German auto makers and manufacturers aren’t competitive and haven’t been for quite some time (see following UK Independent article from 2004). Plus, they have a massive pension overhang and, on a unit cost pricing basis, are getting slaughtered by even their domestic rivals (Daimler versus BMW, for instance) who have realized the dangers of “over-unionization”.
As the US Chamber of Commerce white papers pointed out: There is a difference between union rhetoric and actual reality. The facts tell a very different tale than the yarn you’re spinning.
Final proof: If GM, as a union company, was so successful, what was the PRIMARY factor in its demise? Legacy costs. What were those legacy costs a DIRECT result of? Suicidal union collective bargaining agreements that ultimately proved unaffordable and unsustainable and drove the company into BK. Q.E.D.
