"Edwin Pawlowski" writes:

The auto industry often offers or requires overtime work. Workers become
used to the extra money and sometimes run into trouble when the overtime
is no longer there.

They do, though, make a livable wage at 40 hours in most cases. Depends on
how you want to live.

Auto workers do quite well at 40 hours per week, especially for minimally
skilled labor. There are still those who look at overtime as normal wages
after doing it for years and get burnt when it goes away.

Politicians don't want to lose the local Ford plant because of the all the
good jobs it provides. The plant produces the Ford Ranger exclusively and
sales are way down for that vehicle. Rumors keep circulating that the
Ranger may be discontinued and the plant closed. Ford's sales continue to
slide so it is unlikely Ford would something else there.

Brian Elfert