I know that the pensions/legacy costs going forward have been dramatically reduced, bringing the direct costs to GM/Ford inline with the foreign builders operating in the US.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/business/economy/10leonhardt.html?_r=1&
No chit....and your point is what...that wasn't discussed in my previous point?
You bring nothing forward to support this claim, further the NUNNI program in CA was very successful, union workers had no problem adapting and wanted to be able to input assembly modifications that standard GM line work did not allow.
I would imagine that the brain pool is probably slightly ahead in many of Japan's builders, the issue is the design choices, what on the draft actually gets into the car. Again, the line workers do not decide this.
I think I addressed that in the previous post, which you seemed to have nearly completely ignored. If the US builders and govt decide not to work together as the foreign companies have, is that the fault of the unions? No, I don't think so.
Your stupid little quips don't amount to anything, this along with your "get an education" are the same kind of crap that got Conservative lots and lots of infractions. Resorting to this personal ad hominums will come back to get you too.