You have any idea about UAW's track record recently organizing in auto? I know under Bob King the organizing department had some success with independent part suppliers a few years ago:
http://www.uaw.org/about/officers/king.html
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Under King's leadership, with strong support from UAW Local Unions, Regions and Departments, the National Organizing Department organized more than 50,000 workers between June 1998 and June 2002.
The UAW has won 65% of the campaigns conducted by the National Organizing Department during this period, a success rate significantly greater than the overall union win rate of 29% in manufacturing workplaces.
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