"Unionized plants under foreign manufacturers don't have the costs that GM's plants do" FWIW, there is a GM plant near my hometown in Spain. We do have strict

"Unionized plants under foreign manufacturers don't have the costs that GM's plants do" FWIW, there is a GM plant near my hometown in Spain. We do have strict union laws, specially for big companies, and I guess the plant is unionized. But it's well known that GM made crystal clear when they created the plant that they would dismantle the plant and take it to Morocco in no time at the first sign of strike or two many sick leaves.