>Yep. This time last year I was working on a UAW blitz of independent parts
>suppliers in Michigan. One morning the VP of organizing gave an overview of
>the industry to the staff organizers. A major point he made was that today
>there are as many auto manufacturing jobs in the US as there were in the
>early 70s, at the height of UAW membership.
More even.
U.S. employment in motor vehicles & equipment, thousands and percent of total employment:
1960 721 1.33% 1970 799 1.13% 1980 789 0.87% 1990 812 0.74% 2000 1,011 0.77%
Doug