The president of the United Automobile Workers union told his members in a strikingly blunt report released Sunday that they cannot ride out the automobile industry crisis and should be prepared to make tradition-breaking decisions to help rescue the industry. In the report, the union president pointed to many causes of the industry's grave malaise, including "bad management" and declining auto sales.
See "U.A.W. Facing Tough Choices, Leader Warns", Micheline Maynard, The New York Times, June 11, 2006