It’s not much of a shock that lies are popping up in the Republican presidential nomination race. But in Michigan, Mitt Romney is telling one whopper of lie about the UAW, the auto bailout that saved two of the nation’s Big 3 car manufacturers and President Obama. In a nutshell, Romney says Obama should have let Chrysler and GM go bankrupt—that should win him a lot of votes in Michigan today—and Obama instead “gave the companies to the UAW.” Read more >>>

Rockford United Labor (RUL) of the AFL-CIO is the Central Labor Council (CLC) representing over 10,000 members of over 40 local unions throughout Winnebago and Boone counties.  The mission of Rockford United Labor and the AFL-CIO is to improve the lives of working families—to bring economic justice to the workplace and social justice to our communities, state, and the nation.

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