MICKEY KAUS: “It’s now clear that the fate of even unionized auto workers will vary with the success or failure of their individual employers. They’re back to competing against each other, not just against the “bosses.” … P.S.: Too bad the GM and Chrysler bailouts, with their minimal UAW contract concessions, may have given Ford workers an excessively rosy impression of what it really means to have a failed employer. Were Ford workers scared enough to avoid the UAW’s too-little-too-late tradition of concessions? Obama short-circuited bankruptcy’s shock-and-awe function.”
My question is, can the UAW properly represent workers at Ford now that it’s bought-in to Ford’s competitors?