General Motors announced yesterday...

...that it earned $4.7 billion last year, the most in more than a decade:

As a result of its performance, G.M. said 45,000 union workers would receive profit-sharing checks averaging $4,300, the most ever.

Imagine a non-union shop, like Walmart, doing something like that. Their employees can't even get decent health insurance.

(Also, imagine being a small business owner in a community where GM employees live.)