Doug Henwood
Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
It's hard to imagine a Wal-Mart associate getting behind the struggle of $100,000/year autoworkers . . .
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I keep hearing figures like this. Do line workers actually make that much money? I took a look at the UAW website, and the wage rates posted there indicate that under the present contract a line worker could earn about $65,000 in salary and bonuses. I'm sure the benefit package pushes the value of yearly compensation over $100k, but actual earnings aren't in that range, are they?