Hello Matt,

MM>Then how come factories from non-union companies are actually more
MM>productive making cars for Niesan and Mercedes Benz?

It is not about productivity.  It is about politics.  Or rather
money and politics.  Obama carried Michigan easily, and by well over
a 2 to 1 margin among union households.  The Republican-dominated state
legislature, along with the Republican governor, over a six day period,
rammed through legislation proclaiming Michigan as being a right-to-work
state.  What that means is that an individual does not have to pay union
dues in order to keep his/her job.  Unions make generous contributions
to Democratic candidates, especially Democratic candidates for
president.  Deplete the amount of dues, the less contributions that
unions can make to Democratic candidates.  The less contributions
that unions can make to Democratic candidates gives Republican
candidates a leg up, and a better chance to win the next presidential
election in 2016.  Of course, Republicans will couple this with voter
suppression laws and long ballots, along with unprecedented spending
of their own (thanks to citizens united).  The less open and democratic
this country is, the better off the wealthiest of the wealthy will be.
Meanwhile, the poor can keep their guns in order to kill each other
off, thus allowing the wealthy to oh never mind you know the drill ...

--Lee

--- MesNews/1.06.00.00-gb