timesonline.co.uk - 12/15/2008
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Almost 150 years after the American Civil War the struggle to save the country s carmaking industry is once again becoming a battle between the Union and the Confederacy. In this latter-day renewal of hostilities the union is the United Auto Workers (UAW) whose members are mostly employed in ...
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Theo Spark —
... North and South split as US battles to save GM, Chrysler and Ford. The unions finished the British Car industry and could do the same for the US.
Dissecting Leftism —
... North/South split over carmakers: "Almost 150 years after the American Civil War the struggle to save the country's carmaking industry is once again becoming a battle between the Union and the Confederacy. In this latter-day renewal of hostilities the union is the United Auto Workers (UAW) whose members are mostly employed in Northern states such as Michigan, the traditional heartland of US motor manufacturing. Union leaders have bitterly denounced Republican Senators from the South for scuppering a $14 billion bailout package for General Motors (GM) and Chrysler which, ...
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