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Those not familiar with industrial America don't realize how bad a cancer the UAW actually is. With the the single possible exception of Ford (which has moved as much production as possible to Mexico), no company has ever survived organization by the UAW.

Why? Because the UAW doesn't just work for higher wages and better working conditions, it completely takes over the operation of the firm, decided when and how anything is produced.

I'll give the reader a personal story to illustrate this. About 8 years ago I was attending a pre-delivery run off of a large piece of industrial equipment. The techs on the manufacturer's assembly floor were spitting mad about the machine they had just delivered to the UAW at Allison Transmission. This machine replaced an older piece of equipment, but they had to reprogram it to match the much slower rate of production as the older piece. The maddening part was both machines were robotically attended. The UAW's complaint was the new robot was working too fast.