UAW Chief retires

I thought this article was interesting: Ron Gettelfinger: What I'd Do Differently

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C/D: So how is the UAW relevant, when foreign companies seem to do quite well without it?

RG: I believe we do need a check and balance in the workplace, and that's what a union provides. A union is the only instrument that gives working men and women any sort of equity and justice in the workplace. And I think there's as much of a need for it today as there ever was.