United Auto Workers union
And ... the gloves are off. It's getting uglier than a chain-smoking 80-year-old dame playing the slot machines between the United Auto Workers union and General Motors. The UAW went on strike yesterday morning and now both sides are losing tons of dough by the minute. Check out the link.The part of the story that got to me was about halfway down, when workers Ron and Anita Ahrens talk about how they can't pay their bills because of the strike. You know why? That's right, baby ... they don't have an emergency fund, they DO have debt, and I'll bet dollars to donuts that they are only saving for retirement through work, not on their own.
Want that to be you? Want to have the rug pulled out from underneath you when the floor is made of spikes? Didn't think so. Take care of you and yours, jack. Get out of debt. Save for retirement. Be ready for when life throws you a left hook. That's Dave Ramsey's way. Think it's wrong? I know about 73,000 joes and jills who would beg to differ.
2 Comments:
Unions. Nothing more than a bought-and-paid for Democratic party voting block. I work in a large unionized company, and we have to pay these people $50K for work that a monkey could do. And it’s impossible to get them to take even the minimum steps necessary to make a quality product. That’s why we’re moving operations overseas as fast as possible. The bozos have negotiated themselves right out of a job.
I like your comments about their retirement savings and not being able to pay bills. So true. Now, i'm only on baby step 1 of Dave Ramsey's "plan" but I am heading the right direction. Keep up the good blogging Debtective!
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