Feds: Fiat Chrysler VP bribed UAW execs 'to take company friendly positions'

[not fooled]

21. Decades of

weakening unions and emboldening the capitalists helped create the climate in which this corruption occurred.

As part of that sorry history, unions have been collaborating with management, via overt corruption or not, for a long time. And, often the unions have had no legitimate option, so I'm not just dumping on them here. When jobs become fungible commodities that can readily be shipped overseas, the unions feel that they have to settle for less or have their jobs face elimination.

The end result of decades of destroying the union movement in the U.S. And propagandizing the populace so effectively that many if not most 'Muricans believe they are better off without unions. As their wages and benefits decline. The real root problem is a capitalist economic system that controls the policies of this nation and can automate or move the jobs overseas--the ultimate negotiating position. See: lectures of Dr. Richard Wolff.