Time to Boycott the UAW?

Eric Mayne reports in the Detroit News that:

the UAW International will no longer allow members of the 1st Battalion 24th Marines to park at Solidarity House if they are driving foreign cars or displaying pro-President Bush bumper stickers...

At a time when U.S. armed forces are fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan, quibbling over parking privileges is "silly," (Marine Lt. Col. Joe) Rutledge said...

"I don't know what a foreign car is today anyway. BMWs are made in South Carolina now."

The UAW has every right to set rules for use of its property, even unpatriotic rules. And the people who support those who risk their lives by serving as U.S. Marines have every right to tell the United Auto Workers's bosses to go jump in the lake.

As Rutledge pointed out, plenty of cars with foreign names are produced here. Plenty more with US auto company names are produced here with some foreign made parts. We are all better off for it, including the union members who pay less for everything because foreign competition keeps domestic producers innovating in order to survive.

Since the UAW appears to be run by ppl who don't even understand that millions of good American jobs are created by international trade, and who unpatrioticly want to take it out on US Marines, it seems foolish to be supporting the current leaders.