I guess I didn't know it was a company's responsability to pay a "living wage". Figure they needed to pay according to the type of work done, the scarcity of suitable labor for said job, and according to what they could afford against the price of their product. If workers couldn't be found for such a price, they either have to raise their offer(and their price), or quit! I always figured if I could make myself more valuable to the company, I'd get paid for it. So far(25 years) I was right!

Back to the original thread. I thought I understood that Win. owned the names, and FN/Browning owned the product rights(prints, patent rights, ect.). If that is the case, why would FN sell the product rights to someone else so they can build M70's (or whatever they would be called)to compete with Browning rifles?