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Before you venture down to an auto showroom and match wits and bargaining skills with the sales staff—before you decide exactly “what will it take for you to drive off in one of these beauties today”—make sure you’ve found quality, whether it’s a dependable family sedan, sporty crossover, hybrid or rugged pickup truck.
How do you know? Step over here and take a look at this beauty—the UAW’s 2008 Union-Built Car and Truck Guide. Says UAW President Ron Gettelfinger:
Union members in the United States and Canada make a wide variety of top-quality vehicles in every category and in every price range….Members of our union are totally dedicated to safety, quality and productivity, and their hard work is paying off.
The guide lists all vehicles made by UAW members, members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and IUE-CWA. They include the familiar brands such as Buick, Chevrolet, Ford, Mercury, Dodge and Jeep, as well as union-made models from Isuzu, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Saab, Suzuki and Toyota—even several Hummer models, the Suzuki XL7 and the Mazda 6.
Car shoppers should remember: Not all vehicles made in the United States or Canada are built by union-represented workers. The Toyota Corolla, for example, is made in the United States by UAW members, but the Canadian model is made in a nonunion plant and other models are imported from a third country.
To sort that out and to make sure your eye is on a union-made car or truck, be sure to download the 2008 guide and drive union.
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Then the majority of the “American” made vehicles are not actually made Union, but rather “ASSEMBLED” Union with parts which are manufactured outside the United States and shipped back to America.
Remember you can thank Ms. Walmart’s hubby for the trade agreements which led to the major exportation of American jobs in all manufacturing areas not only the auto industry.
And you can expect more of the same if not more under her leadership should she successful become the President.
I agree 100% with Paul. Hillary doesn’t deserve the support of organized labor!!!!! She has a union buster on her campaign team.
I read with great interest a september 11,2007 artilce in the Wall Street Journal Nursing Ambitions ‘”In shift Auto Workers Flee to Health-Care Jobs” What wsj is not aware of is these career transitions which are dramatic challanges are also opportunities for workers . The buy-out packages, which include funds for career education are only part of the invest in workers education &Training sponsored jointly by first (1982) UAW-FORD LATER UAW-GM AND UAW-CHRYSLER.
So all this time ,as we bought American cars we were supporting worker opportunity for life long learning.
Marshall Goldberg