One enormous myth that has been propagated (sometimes innocently, sometimes not) in recent debates over the future of the auto industry is the claim that auto workers "make" $75 per hour.
Auto workers don't remotely make that much money - yet the lie has been repeated so often that many people now actually seem to believe it. In reality, CAW-represented production workers in the major auto plants are paid a starting wage of about $24 per hour. This grows (as they earn seniority) to a maximum of $34 per hour. Skilled-trades specialists (in electrical, machining, tool, or related trades) earn up to $40 per hour. On a weighted average basis (counting production and trades together), …
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