Why Does the UAW Keep Losing?
For forty years, the UAW has sought to act as management’s “partner” in running the auto industry. The results have been a disaster.
United Auto Workers members hold a prayer vigil at the General Motors Warren Transmission Operations Plant on February 22, 2019 in Warren, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano / Getty Images)
Why does the once-powerful United Auto Workers keep losing?
That question is on many lips after the union’s sad organizing defeat at Volkswagen in Tennessee; its unfolding corruption scandal; and its toothless response to the news that General Motors will close five plants.
The symbolism was clear last January when, instead of joining a spirited coalition demonstration at the International Auto Show, the UAW held a candlelight vigil nearby.
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