How in the world is that "anti-competitive"? It sounds like you are saying that these workers were worth a lot of money, as they determined the quality of the

How in the world is that "anti-competitive"? It sounds like you are saying that these workers were worth a lot of money, as they determined the quality of the cars. So... that means that they were actually worth those higher wages. Anti-competitive would instead be if a company did something that was unprofitable in the short term. This wasn't unprofitable in the short term! It makes perfect business sense to pay lots of money to highly skilled workers that are legitimately worth that money!