Reply #72: Already went to www.uaw.org [View All]

[AndyTiedye]

I don't see anything there regarding barriers to unionizing auto plants that are currently non-union. It may be there somewhere, but it is eluding me.

I saw a call for a letter-writing campaign to Toyota regarding their use of part-time workers, but that seems a bit tangential to the organizing issue.
I could not determine from the article if this was occurring at a union or non-union plant.

The UAW is losing the PR war with GM.
GM has been telling the world that all of their troubles are a result of the pay and benefits that the UAW negotiated with them over the years.
The UAW needs to turn that around into an argument to bring the others up, not knock the union workers down.
The UAW has not been successful in making that argument and getting it out so far.
You are having to do it in spite of the RW media, just like every other progressive cause.

Even here on DU, a medium with no corporate mediation, you are not making the best use of the opportunity provided.
You are expressing a lot of bitterness but not giving us much to work with.

The UAW strongly supports Obama, and all of us appreciate that. I am sure that has been a big help in Michigan, particularly.
It is likely that the UAW will be in a good position to ask for something in return assuming we win.
What would that be?