I agree. However, with the right business and political leadership, led by someone strong enough to break the grip those criminals have on their nose, they can be swayed into sanity and away from the bondage they now are held in.
There is hope for much (not all) of the members...but the union management...not a bit.
I would say there is hope for a few of the members, but for the majority there is no hope. That majority gets their talking points from the likes of kos and the DUmp. Many of them are proud that the State of MI has an economy in the crapper, they figure that it will get R's out of power.
They don't understand economics, despise their employers to the point that their employers don't make a profit, then don't make the connection when layoffs and benny reductions occur. They do only what they are told, get drunk or high on breaks, cover each other to ensure that a day off rotates between them, harass and assault co-workers, vandalize their employers property, vandalize the product being assembled, etc. etc. etc......
The connection isn't made how their actions actually will cost them their jobs. They are the ultimate leech.