>This is anecdotal and merely a memory from 30 years ago. So for what
>it is worth. A friend of mine (on the lam for destroyiing public property
>in Carbondale during the Kent State followup disorders) worked for
>a parts plant in Detroit with low pay and long hours. There was some
>effort to unionize it -- but not only did they not get any support from
>the UAW but had to hold their meeings in the open in a public park
>because the UAW would not even loan them a hall to meet in.
A UAW organizer told Bob Fitch a few years ago - off the record, of course - that they were never terribly interested in organizing parts plants because the wages were too low, and so the prospective dues income unappealing.
Doug