How would you save Dodge?
I was also a union president and have also worked in management. Bottom line, there is plenty of blame to go around. All free countries have labor unions, in fact America has much less than most other developed countries. Fact. without unions, there wouldn't be overtime, vacation pay, benefits, OHSA, or many other workers rights. Would you really want to live without these things? You union haters, can thank men like Henry Ford, who let men freeze to death waiting in line for jobs, literally. My father retired from Chrysler and was a UAW man. Do I think they are whiners at times? Definitely.
I live in a right to work state with little or no unions. I am self-employed plumber now, and at times easily beat that $70.00 mark. It really seems to enrage your typical arrogant white collar worker. They can't stand to think about a nasty plumber making more money than they do. Unfortunately for them, I have a valuable skill that people are willing to pay for. I think the union and non-union argument comes down to the same fact, people are jealous of their pay and benefits.
Any of you non-unions guys drawing government benefits right now need to thank all those lazy union guys, because you wouldn't have them without organized labors influence.