It seems to me that the leadership of the AFL-CIO has lost its focus. They have become so intent on being good little Democrats that they are abandoning the very workers they claim to represent. Everyone, industry leaders, Democrat US Senators, even Michigan AFL-CIO President Mark Gaffney, recognizes that John Kerry will decimate the automotive industry if he is elected. Conservative estimates announce that half of the UAW members in Michigan will be out of a job. Half! I can’t imagine a more dire threat to union members. And yet the AFL-CIO has begun endorsing the plan in a sin by omission. Until they come out against Kerry for his blind desire to raise CAFE standards, nothing they say can be taken seriously.
