It is generally understood that the extraordinary salaries and benefits afforded to UAW workers have been an instrumental force in causing the financial meltdown of the Big 3 auto companies.
A bailout of the auto companies, if successful in changing the economic landscape of those companies, must include a reasonable re-negotiation of the labor contracts for UAW workers.
If such a re-negotiation does not take place, the American auto industry will be as prominent as the American horse-and-buggy industry!
Americans will exclusively be driving Toyotas, Nissans, Hyundais, BMWs, Mercedes and other foreign brands made by non-union workers in right-to-work states, if the UAW refuses to let its workers have wages and benefits that are competitive with those that workers receive from foreign auto makers. If the UAW remains recalcitrant, Americans will not only be driving foreign cars, but U. S. soldiers will also be dependent on foreign based companies for their mobility in time of war. That, by itself, is a worrisome outcome.
