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Detroit Calling Washington's Bluff

Also, it might be time to review our nation's archaic labor laws to examine why it is that the UAW has not been able to organize foreign auto factories. The NLRA is now used as a hammer by business, rather than the shield for workers that it was meant to be.

Unfortunately, the workers will continue to bear the brunt of short sighted management decisions at the Big Three. Let us all remember who it was that suggested the domestic auto companies make smaller, fuel efficient cars almost 40 years ago--the UAW.

We should also remember the massive concessions given the Big Three over the course of the contract just ratified last year. Again, the UAW. These workers, who make around $40/hr with benefits included, have proven over the course of time that they are willing to sacrifice for their employers.

Let us remember who wanted to tie wages to profits--the UAW. The Big Three in their greed and shortsightedness denied this request years ago.

The problems with The Big Three are simple: they ignored the car market for years to focus on SUVs. No one denies this, now, when they are in the middle of a massive restructuring (many of these execs are brand new, something that is NEVER mentioned by the media), the Republican created economy, that relies on speculation rather than production, has dried up. Of course, none of these anti-bridge loans to the Big Three people has any problem with throwing a Trillion dollars at bankers and stockbrokers. Those companies have completely collapsed because of mismanagement (no union to blame there) and continue to get government handouts that dwarf that of the requests made by the Big Three.

One Trillion for (nonunion) bankers and Wall Street, nothing for Main Street.