I feel bad for Mikey

Ha! I remember an interviewer posing that question to a CAW representative back when Chrysler was up for sale. It was necessary to revive the CAW gentleman with smelling salts. He’s recovering, but they say he’ll never be the same. He just sits quietly by the radiator, gazing out the window at the passing seasons.
BTW, re the dental plan; a lot of employers offer dental insurance, but it isn’t part of the national health plan.

Of those listed, drug costs are the most expensive in the US, and we know they are much less in Ca. I lived in Canada for several years, and my strong impression was that dental care was part of the national health plan. I remember my dentist taking pity on me since I didn’t have ‘insurance’. But again, we (nearly everyone here) just don’t know what the numbers are.

If they can do it better, they get a raise, if not, too bad.

Canadian health care is not as great a savings as commonly thought. Prescription drugs, dental, eye glasses, private hospital rooms and more are not covered. It still costs the company a great deal of money.

I’d like to know how Toyota is dealing with this. Ford and Chrysler haven’t said much, and GM’s posturing has so far amounted to shots across the CAW bow. As in: not much.

I suppose we’ll see come Judgment Day.

Me thinks we need to find new jobs. :)

Also very important of course is currency. The $CA is very high now compared to the past, so what can be predicted about this?

Strange I don’t remember the CAW being asked to lower their wages down to the level of China.

This represents a special kind of entitlement mentality.