“Gettelfinger acts as if the UAW has a contract both with the automakers and with the U.S. taxpayer, and if the automakers can’t pay for the wages and benefits, the taxpayer should make up the difference.”
At this point I think the UAW simply doesn’t care if the car makers survive. They view them simply as a convenient conduit thru which taxpayer dollars can be made to flow to union pockets. And then, of course, on to Democrat coffers.
I remember in Flint Michigan in the 80’s the union made demands that GM could not fill. The union would not budge and GM closed the plant.