>GM, Delphi, etc., *if* they lose their attacks on unions, have an
>incentive to push for national health insurance; if they win and
>bust unions (through lockouts) or cut unionized auto workers' wages
>and benefits (through the UAW's concessions) to the level of
>meatpacking workers', they won't have any incentive to push for it
>AT ALL.
Shouldn't the union be taking the lead on this, rather than hoping that some dying industrial dinosaurs might? It's hard to imagine a Wal-Mart associate getting behind the struggle of $100,000/year autoworkers as long as the autoworkers' struggle isn't presented as a broad class project.
Doug