On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:22:10 GMT, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

Why does the UAW have an
advantage over everybody else.

Because the Detroit auto industry with their usual short term focus
never bit the bullet, took the big strike and said enough is enough.
The UAW was also fairly clever with their tactics, always going after
the weak sister among the big 3, who ever that happened to be at the
time.