Profits, Not Unions, Save Jobs

Workers at Chrysler’s U.S. plants went back to work six hours after the United Auto Workers union struck the automaker this week. The once powerful UAW, which in its heyday had more than 1.5 million members, used to be able to bring Detroit to its knees. No more. Today the UAW claims only 640,000 active workers, and its major goal in negotiations with the big car companies is to keep that number from shrinking. But the battle ultimately may be a losing one — and the union is largely to blame.

By Linda ChavezFriday, October 12, 2007

By Thomas Jackson
editor@coastguardreport.org