But when you look at the facts, their claims don’t add up.
Union Layoffs
Since last year’s strikes thousands of UAW members have been laid off and they have been vocal about their anger with the union.
When a Toyota/GM plant in Fremont, California closed in 2010, 80 percent of employees signed a letter saying they believed the UAW mishandled the plant’s closure.
Mitsubishi’s plant in Normal, IL employed 3,900 people at its peak. But the factory’s UAW contract “weighed” on it, creating inefficient work rules and labor expenses. When the plant closed in 2016, the roughly 1,200 workers who were employed there no longer had jobs.
Look at the Facts
UAW-represented plants that have closed since 1970:
Los Angeles Plant (CA)
Mahwah (NJ)
Assembly Pico Rivera (CA)
Plant Dodge Main Plant (MI)
Lynch Road (MI)
Assembly Fremont Assembly (CA)
South Gate (CA)
Assembly Sheffield (AL)
Casting Plant San Jose Assembly (CA)
St. Louis Truck Assembly (MO)
Detroit Fleetwood/Clark Assembly (MI)
Norwood (OH)
Assembly Conner Ave. (MI)
Stamping Plant Flint Fisher 1 Body Plant (MI)
Pontiac (MI)
Assembly Hamilton-Fairfield (OH)
Baltimore (MD)
Assembly Lansing (MI)
Car Assembly Linden (NJ)
Assembly Lorain Assembly (OH)
Indianapolis Foundry (IN)
Lansing Craft Centre/Lansing Stamping Plant Canton Forge (OH)
Green Island (NY)
Radiator Kenosha (WI)
Plant Framingham (MA)
Assembly Willow Springs (IL)
Stamping Plant Jefferson Avenue (MI)
Assembly Van Nuys (CA)
Assembly Willow Run (MI)
Assembly North Tarrytown (NY)
Assembly Buick City Plant in Flint (MI)
Edison (NJ)
Assembly Metal Center (MI)
Oklahoma City Assembly (OK)
St. Louis Assembly (MO)
Atlanta Assembly (GA) Norfolk (VA)
Assembly Wixom Assembly (MI)
Maumee (OH)
Stamping Plant Doraville (GA)
Assembly Batavia (OH)
Transmission Newark (DE)
Assembly Wilmington (DE)
Assembly Plant Pontiac (MI)
Truck Plant Fenton (MO)
Plant Mansfield (OH)
Stamping Plant Cleveland Casting (OH)
Twinsburg (OH)
Plant Detroit Axle (MI)
Indianapolis (IN)
Stamping Plant Twin Cities Assembly (MN)
Walton Hills (OH)
Stamping Connor Avenue (MI)
Assembly Lordstown (OH)