The World Falls Apart for the UAW

They worked so hard. They have given so much. The leadership of the UAW was on the cusp of greatness and it looks like it is all tumbling down.

Through fundraising and donations the UAW brought the Congress into the Democratic Party’s fold. Within a very short time the Union’s election machine raised and donated more money to an election than at any time in the worlds history and that bought, I mean brought, our nation an “new” leader. Unlike leaders of the past. The big “O”. A Chicago leaders’ leader. Trained in the womb of Chicago’s best.

Soon Congress would reconvene with a new leader at the helm of the Executive branch. Someone easier to work with, who understands “tit for tat”. Someone that understands that we are all imperfect and that a little scratch under the table is part of doing business.  Congress was on track to pass the Card Check bill bringing the Unions to a level of power never achieved in world history and then something happened. The economy collapsed. The bubble burst. The air escaped. People stopped spending on credit. New cars no longer rolled off the most expensive manufacturing lots in the world. Overnight the lifeblood of the Union was becoming endangered. What will happen if the Big 3 go down? What would happen if they allowed the auto companies to fall into the chasm of bankruptcy?

Contracts would be renegotiated. Wages would drop. Union leaders would again be forced to take care of themselves first and as a result union membership would fall. Bankruptcy and restructuring would only help the company, employees and nation. It would do nothing for the union. Another course of action must be found! BAILOUT! At all costs prevent BANKRUPTCY! The UAW has reached deep in their pockets and started calling in chits. Pelosi, Reid, the list goes on and on. Who have we bought? Who owes us? Then like a second strike of Lightning the ground explodes with the revelation of our, bought and paid for, Governor. So much money. So much time. To have reached the pinnacle of power only to slide back into the gutter from which they crawled.