While Detroit’s big three auto makers grovel for a tax-funded bailout, 14 U.S-based, international auto makers announced last year’s additional investments of $39.3 billion in 69 facilities that employ 92,700 people with an annual payroll of $6.3 billion. Why are the U.S.-based international auto makers expanding, while Detroit’s big three are grasping for a life-saving handout? The answer, of course, is labor unions; only two facilities of the U.S.-based international auto makers are unionized, one in California, the other in Illinois. All the others are union-free and are doing quite well.
