Michelle links to this report demonstrating that the union itself is doing much better than GM, thank-you very much:From a peak of 1.5 million members in the 1970s, the UAW ranks have dropped to just 465,000 regular members, according to its most recent federal filings.In 2007 the UAW had receipts - union dues, fees and other income - of $327.6 million and it spent $330.3 million.