Media figures falsely assert or suggest autoworkers make $70/hour without noting figure includes benefits paid to current retirees

SUMMARY: Several media outlets have used data that combines the average cost of current wages and benefits and future benefits to falsely assert or suggest that autoworkers make $70 or more per hour. But, as analysts and some media outlets have noted, the figure includes not only future retirement benefits for current workers, but also benefits paid to current retirees.

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