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UAW Chief Betrays His Members Over Gaza Policy

When unions take political positions extrinsic to their mission, they’re betraying those members who don’t approve of those positions.
UAW Chief Betrays His Members Over Gaza Policy
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain speaks to United Auto Workers members prior to U.S. President Joe Biden's speech at the UAW's Community Action Program legislative conference in Washington on Jan. 24, 2024. Leah Millis/Reuters
Roger L. Simon
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The imperious, overbearing union boss has been a near cliché ever since the 1954 debut of “On the Waterfront” starring Marlon Brando and Lee J. Cobb as boss Johnny Friendly. Considered among the greatest of all American films, it was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg.
Roger L. Simon
Roger L. Simon
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Prize-winning author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Roger L. Simon’s latest of many books is “American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States.”