if GM goes CH 11 and dumps the union contracts, I bet it will ripple down to your wife’s company.
Your wife’s company would have standing to be able to say they have standing to argue with the bankruptcy judge that they are no longer bound to the “union shop” contract rule.
This means the savings can be passed on in the price of parts.
If they could get out from under the UAW’s thumb, they would definitely get more contracts. It all goes back to when the UAW required suppliers to be union affiliated. Most didn’t want unions, they were foisted upon them. Now it’s even worse that GM and Chrysler require suppliers to have parallel operations in Mexico and China. That alone has bankrupted a good number of suppliers.