[will butterwort]

you are right on--this effort by the uaw if passed will give them direct access to the us treasury, the ultimate golden goose,.The uaw is and all american workers are competing in a world labor pool/market and some rethinking must be done by all of us. Two years ago when trade agreement came up with China,American Footwear industry wanted me to do an economic analysis of what we would loose if China was favored in that agreement.The study went to congress and American Footwear prevailed there when the agreement was renegotiated,but guess what, just yesterday one of our larger footwear manufacturers announced they were moving to Honduras.We are now competing in a world labor market and they are cheaper than we are. Will-alabama