UM: UAW

CNN/Money.com runs a Fortune magazine article about the future of the UAW, asking how the changes in the auto industry will affect the union’s role for active workers and retirees. The article quotes Gerald Meyers, a UM business professor and former auto executive: ”As far as retirees go, they don’t count. It’s an awful thing to say, but I’m a retiree so I feel I can say that. What counts are the dues-paying members who vote on who will lead the union. Unions are political organizations, and since retirees don’t vote, if they don’t get paid it won’t be the end of the UAW or its leadership.” [Source]