Ford, Chrysler, and GM do business in their 100% unionized plants with the UAW. Congress has guaranteed that the UAW will maintain their solid situation at American auto companies by a tweak here and there to US laws.
But a foreign company can build a plant in the US and avoid the UAW. One, example: VW will build a plant in Kentucky but will not have to have a union in that state.
We do not advocate for or against unions, but we do feel that this is not a level playing field and that laws need to be changed so that competition is fair. Either the UAW should be in all auto plants or not required to be in any auto plants. Or, tariffs on US sales need to be in place against foreign auto companies if they do not unionize in their US plants.
The situation now is like so-called "free trade" where no tariffs can be applied no matter how different the labor scale is between our country and the foreign competitor.
What we need is FAIR TRADE! So-called free trade has done a lot of damage to this country's wealth and business. If it continues and American exports and business sales remain less than our foreign imports we might as well just send money to foreign governments, clean out our treasury, and close down the country.
Write and call your Congressmen and let them know this situation is wrong and needs to be corrected!
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