Originally Posted by Joe Keegan
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Car workers will be reduced to slave wages just like they are in sunny Alabama where sharecropping has moved indoors.
Sometimes you just have to shake your head in wonder at what a writer will suggest in order to scare the reader into believing him.

CARCAM, a non-profit org devoted to promoting training in automotive industries in Alabama, references wage data from the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama:
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$1,318 Alabama Automotive Mfg.
- $761 All Alabama Mfg Industries
- $643 All Alabama Industries
And that was in 2004! More recent figures, quoted from an article in the trade mag Assembly Lines:
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Jobs in Alabama's automaking industry pay an average weekly wage of $1,302, compared to $813 for other manufacturing industries in the state, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Slave wages? Indoor sharecropping? I scoff in your general direction, Mr. Whitney!

Steve
Give us the wisdom to teach our children to love,
to respect and be kind to one another,
so that we may grow with peace in mind.
(Native American prayer)