Strikes Push Car Makers Closer to Outsourcing

With typical shortsightedness, United Auto Workers has struck GM brake plants (“3,000 Workers Walk Off Jobs at Two GM Brake Factories,” March 6). The issue: outsourcing. What the UAW fails to recognize is that every strike moves the industry closer to more outsourcing, more manufacturing overseas and ultimately more jobs lost. The UAW is shooting itself in the foot as well as endangering the livelihoods of workers in related industries.

It is time that these overpaid, selfish, unskilled workers realize how lucky they are and look at the big picture instead of just the next boat payment or big-screen TV purchase.

KEVIN D. SPEAKS

Pasadena