Exposing Myth Of Auto Workers' $70/Hr. Salary

[Phred42]

Video included. Olbermann takes less than 2 min. to debunk this Reich-wing BS.
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Olbermann Exposes Myth Of Auto Workers' Average $70/Hr. Salary
http://www.theliberalcurmudgeon.com/2008/11/olbermann-exposes-myth-of-auto-workers.html

On "Countdown," Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person In The World" for November 26 was Andrew Ross Sorkin and The New York Times for starting the myth that the average worker at General Motors earns an average of $70 per hour.

This falsehood has been perpetuated mainly by right-wing commentators, who are always ready to condemn labor unions and the workers they represent but have little to say about skyrocketing CEO salaries, along with fat bonuses that are rewarded no matter how poorly industries perform. In the case of the auto industry, it wasn't the workers who made the poor business decisions to keep producing gas guzzlers and ignore the need for more fuel-efficient vehicles......more

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The media myth: Detroit’s $70-an-hour autoworker
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200811250012?f=h_column
By Eric Boehlert

Question: Is the press just being sloppy on this issue of supposedly pampered autoworkers, or are there other elements in play? Because honestly, I’ve had trouble escaping the not-very-subtle elitist, get-a-load-of-this tone that has run through the media’s misinformation on the topic; i.e., “These autoworkers get paid that?!” Answer: No, they don’t, so please stop reporting it. Meanwhile, why has there been so little media interest in the salaries pocketed by AIG and Citibank employees at a time when the government has moved in quickly to bailout those white collar giants? Read More

Misinformation about autoworkers' hourly compensation resurfaces on Hardball

MSNBC's Brzezinski falsely asserted "the average Big Three automaker union worker's compensation is $73/hour"

[Lifetimedem]

1. I wanted to kiss Keith

One financial commentator said retirees would need to learn to live on less than $4200 a month..

The white collar class hates the blue collar workers, what they fail to see is the gains of Unions spill over to all non unionized workers.

A 5 day work week, an 8 hr day, health care to employees and sick and vacation time came from unionized workers, they do not come from the big hearts of the multi nationals .

Look at their 3rd world subsidiaries to see where their heart really is

[LiberalFighter]

4. Gee I am a recent retired autoworker and my pension is more than $1000 less than the $4200

I'm single so my pension is a few dollars more than any that are married.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. KO did an excellent and impassioned job of deflating this myth.

[rhett o rick]

3. With few manufacturing jobs left and a glut of labor, the car makers

are in the drivers seat. They will renegotiate the union contracts and leave the workers with nothing. Unions are essentially dead in America as is the middle class.