Daniel Howes' Weekend Essay
Daniel Howes' Weekend Essay
Daniel Howes / The Detroit News
Howes on the UAW scandal and strike
3 minutes Posted Sep 22, 2019 at 1:45 pm.
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This week, Daniel Howes says that as United Auto Workers members strike General Motors Co., the union’s rank-and-file and its legion of retirees can thank the leadership’s corruption scandal for opening the political floodgates to the UAW’s traditional adversaries. The tales of greed and self-dealing will be used against UAW organizers … by anti-union Republicans … by right-to-work activists … by cranky union members who feel deceived.