Why is the UAW now going by the way side like the Edsel Ford car?

Question

The UAW here in Michigan is forcing jobs to go to China.

Answer 1

Union busting has been fashionable in the US long before President Reagan (and I believe he was one of our best Presidents) managed to bust PATCO, the union that covered air traffic controllers.  This was proof positive of the ability to do so.

So, how much did the price of a ticket go down?  Did you pay any less taxes when PATCO was torn asunder?  Sorry folks.  Every time a union is busted, no one but employers and subsidizers reap any benefit, and by extension the shareholders of any corporate common stock involved.  Joe Blow gets hosed and dividends are up for a quarter or two for the rest.

This was actually the perfect category to pose this question.  The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers was the first organized labor union in the US, chartered in 1863.  Continuous raids fronted by the United Transportation Union, UTU, succeeded in draining the BLE's coffers to the point where it had to fold a couple of years back.  The result was the BLET, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, under the auspicies of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.  How's that for a switch?

Some claim the 'right to work' but unions are a necessary evil, the way I see it.  Otherwise the skilled labor of the auto industry, as well as others, would still be working for $1.75 per hour, like they do in China.

Support is needed.  Buy Union and honor picket lines.  The problem lies with big industry, not labor unions.  We're just tryin' to make a decent wage while we're wearing those shirts with a blue collar..........