Here is an artical from Forbes.com from 11-19-08.... "But GM, which negotiated the four-year deal that serves as a template for UAW deals with Chrysler and Ford, says its total hourly labor costs dropped 6 percent this year from pre-contract levels, from $73.26 in 2006 to around $69 per hour. The new cost includes laborers' wages of $29.78 per hour, plus benefits, pensions and the cost of providing health care to more than 432,000 GM retirees, GM spokesman Tony Sapienza said."I still haven't seen a single artical dated after the last contract that show where we get $74 per hour? seems like your beating a dead horse.