Woof! I guess that unions are a point we will have to just agree to disagree on without being disagreeable.
I was hired into an auto manufacturing plant, and by virtue of my position, production engineer, and the fact that I was on a salery, I was considered management. But I assure you that i was neither a fat cat, nor a bastard. Of course, my ex wife would tell you differently, but then she lives in Florida where beaches are quite common. Many of the management positions were filled by people promoted from within. They had tenure and had earned their promotions by virtue of the knowledge, experience, and ability to adapt and innovate. They weren't bastards either. And most of them, as well as myself, took home less money than most of the hourly employees. If we had done the same work on an hourly wage basis, our pay would have been substantially better. My work weeks broached 80 hours on many occasions. By the way, the company closed that plant and several others, then moved the operations to China. It don't matter what name is on your newer car, it has chinese origin parts in it now.