David Sirota, Blog for Our Future. March 1, 2009. Obama put corporate raider Steve Rattner in charge of overseeing the auto industry and his "plan" seems to be to crush the autoworkers.
Max Fraser, The Nation. October 22, 2007. Despite repeated efforts, the UAW has never been able to establish a foothold in foreign-owned factories, which are often strategically located in rural areas with a negligible union presence, antilabor state legislation and depressed local economies.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 2, 2007. The brief national strike against America's biggest automaker has a good bit to tell us about the gap that divides the awesomely affluent in the United States from everyone else.