For anyone wanting a full-size Chevy or GMC pickup, go ahead and order a 2024. For a large swath of the US, the "Truck of America" is built is Silao, Mexico.
In my past, I have seen the good sides, and some negatives, of unions.
Long ago, after getting my degrees, after a couple years, I started to work on an MBA, evening classes. One class had all sorts of cases on employment situations. It was an eye-opener for me. Not the material, the fellow students! Talk about people being born with the silver spoon! They all parroted the same attitudes. It always seemed I was the "odd one out". Finally, I asked everyone in the class to raise their hand if they had ever worked in a factory (and I defined "Factory" 'cuz I figured some were clueless). No one but me! They had no idea! It's not in their world-view!
A 10-minute break, a half-hour break for a meal, and a 10-minute break. In a 8 work-hours day (8 1/2 hours total). Times are all defined, you have no choice. You're late back at your position, you get dinged $. You aren't walking around talking with buddies about last night's football game. In most cases, it's nicer than prison. But some can be very dangerous. One wrong move, or not thinking, can result in injury, some life-long. Extra-dangerous machines can be shut down and pieces pulled out right before the OSHA inspector arrives, told that "we don't use that old machine anymore". Then back up and running after the inspector leaves.
A lot of the things we take for granted were fought for by unions, by those before us. Otherwise our work day would be 10+ hours, 6 days a week. No overtime. Holidays? Hah!
My objection to unions were in the situations that it allowed people to sluff off and work very slow, and sloppily, and/or creating their own little empires with seniority and snottyness.
A double-edged sword. Can be used for good, or bad.
It's always seems to be something these days.
