To read the “UAW Chrysler Talks” Facebook page is to peer into the hearts and minds of union members agonizing very publicly over their hopes and fears for the future.
It makes for some fascinating reading because these debates were formerly confined to the union hall and factory floor. Emotions are running high, and livelihoods are at stake.
Anxiety has grown during the last couple of days as several plants have voted against the proposed Chrysler-UAW agreement, which gives Chrysler workers less than their General Motors and Ford peers received. If Chrysler workers vote against the contract, their future will be in the hands of an arbitrator because of a no-strike clause.
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