Originally Posted by Snake Doctor

It's not the unions that are killing them, it's the fact that they still wanted to build SUV's when everyone wanted to buy a hybrid. Those decisions are made by management, not the union.

They are burdened by health care costs for retirees....but that has nothing to do with today's union workers, those were concessions made by management in decades past, who decided to promise future benefits in order to get wage concessions today. They had higher profits back then as a result of those deals, and now those chickens have come home to roost.

Anyways, back on point, I don't think the unions are the problem.....that being said, health care reform in this country would be something of a bail out for GM. I can't think of another company that would benefit more from that. So let's hope they get that done too.