Check out UAW President Bob King's new editorial in The Detroit News  on the future of the worker-employer relationship. King says it’s time for foreign automakers to grant workers at their American factories the same right to form unions and collectively bargain that workers have in the automakers' home countres.

An excerpt from the editorial:

Globalization has radically altered the competitive environment facing the auto sector. Indeed, we have paid the price for failing to learn this lesson quickly enough.

But as the global economy changes manufacturers, union strategies are changing, too. Our goals for our members are the same: Dignity, fairness, respect and a strong middle-class standard of living. UAW strategies to achieve these goals have adapted to meet 21st century global challenges. With smart employers who know the value of collaboration with workers and their union, the “us versus them” mentality is replaced with values of flexibility, innovation, teamwork and cooperation.

Union members are pro-company and pro-union. The only true path to job security is producing the safest, best quality, highest-value product. Labor and management must work together to keep automakers competitive in the global environment.

By emphasizing mutual respect, common goals and creative problem solving with the company, UAW members bring their best to the shop floor. They are committed to delivering the best product at the best value to consumers—and that’s good for all of us.

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