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Placing 100% of the blame on unions over-simplifies the situation, but they sure are doing their part. Sadly, it isn't just the Big 3 that they are screwing either. The UAW cripples American manufacturing as a whole.
Mitsubishi Motors, a small player has fits with the UAW in their American plant. Soon it will just be cheaper to leave and import the cars. The entire auto supplier network is also caught in it. Even if GM lowers their cost they are still in a disadvantaged state.
Finally, many manufacturing and warehousing companies that aren't teetering on bankruptcy are having the same troubles. Caterpillar for example is one of the strongest manufacturers in the US, but if things stay bad for long they could start to suffer the same pain at the hands of the UAW.
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