Catastrophic Strategy Failure By UAW May Have Led To Right To Work Blitz From Michigan Republicans

On election night, Bob King knew what lay ahead.

Last month's rejection of Proposal 2 assured organized labor's defeat this week in Michigan's lopsided right-to-work battle, culminating a series of miscalculations by the United Auto Workers president and others.

Barely a month after voters killed a proposed collective bargaining amendment to the state constitution, the right-to-work loss weakens his credibility with the union's major employers, imperils his membership and potentially slows the union's dues flow, say labor analysts and ranking auto industry execs familiar with the situation.

"I'd rather try and fail than not try at all," King said in an interview Thursday from Geneva, Switzerland, where he is attending a meeting of a global union federation. "This was a hard blow. Did we make some mistakes on Prop 2? Yes, we did. We did it because of broader concerns for the labor movement" — legislation barring dues collection from public school teachers being one example that particularly rankled.

carsarefun - 12/14/2012 4:12:54 PM

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I will never again buy a car made by UAW members.

I like the 2013 Honda Accord.

Honda makes them in Ohio and Alabama.
Ohio voted Democrat in the last election.
Alabama voted for Romney.

The Honda dealer told me that I could specify at which plant the car would be made. I will specify ALABAMA. The Alabama plant is newer so it probably has state of the art equipment, and builds a better car.

CARS ARE FUN

carsarefun - 12/14/2012 4:44:48 PM

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CORRECTION:

Honda does not currently make the Accord in Alabama.

Guess I will have to buy the VW Passat made in Tennessee.

CARS ARE FUN

MBCLS07 - 12/14/2012 5:25:04 PM

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I refuse to buy any new car built by the UAW.

Just recently UAW thugs threatened the children of Michigan's governor, warning that they would show up at their soccer games. Add to the UAW's thuggish behavior the fact that UAW dollars are routinely funneled to politicians in quid pro quo arrangements to acquire taxpayer dollars and it becomes impossible to purchase a UAW built car in good conscience. The UAW is a parasitic relic whose time has come and gone.