[tomcat racing]

To me it can be only one of two things,

That figure of $490 million for wages is BS, TOTAL exaggeration by holden,
They have always been good at spinning a yarn to gullible people.

OR if its true, The Fatcat management at holden are paying themselves huge fees to run an inept company.
Probably the most likely senario here.
Management salarys are never disclosed.

I would bet my leftie that the workers didnt earn $169,000 a year.

If holden were happy to pay $80,000 a year to their workers, its because they were paying themselves multiple times that on the gravy train of our taxpayers money.