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Union protection won't last for the autos the way things are going and the joys of globalization won't be felt just in Michigan either. According to Craig Fitzgerald (partner and auto analyst at Southfield-based Plante & Moran LLP) in Crain's Business Detroit Oct.10-16, 2005:

"If major concessions are granted by the UAW, if there are major reductions in wage rates or fringe benefits costs due to to bankruptcy or to concessions, those will ripple into other unionized automotive agreements in the country... It will result in concessions being granted elsewere as well."