Automotive News' Michael Martinez Talks UAW Scandals, Black Leadership Influence And More On 'Auto Trends'

 

Michael Martinez is a reporter for Automotive News. (Photo Credit: AN)

Michael Martinez, an Automotive News reporter, joins Auto Trends with Jeffcars.com to talk about what could easily be a made for Tv movie drama on how the United Auto Workers (UAW) found themselves mired in scandal after scandal over the past decade. Seemingly, the 90-year-old influential organization, didn't begin to turnaround, until its first African American leaders took the helm. The skilled reporter shares what the current leaders did and what role, if any, they played in avoiding a government takeover.

During the insightful, but telling radio conversation, Martinez also elaborates about the role unions in general have played throughout the years in creating a middle class society.

Automotive Historian Keith Crain Talks To 'Auto Trends' In A Wide-Ranging Two-Part Conversation

 

In an exclusive two-part radio conversation, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com goes one-on-one talking to automotive historian Keith Crain.

 

Crain, who is the editor-in-chief of Automotive News, and is typically in the driver’s seat, as it relates to covering every nook and cranny of the industry, allows Auto Trends with JeffCars.com to switch seats with him. Crain’s magazine, Automotive News, is known as the Bible of the automotive industry. His magazine is to the auto industry what Billboard Magazine is to the music industry.

 

‘Auto Trends’ To Air A Traditional 2021 Auto Show Preview On SiriusXM And Other Outlets

 

While Covid-19 might have put the brakes on Detroit, Chicago and New York from kicking off the auto show season, where the automakers unveil their latest concept cars and fancy new rides, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com is keeping the show on the road.

This year the syndicated multicultural automotive show, which includes one-on-one conversations with many of today’s industry pioneers and trendsetters, is bringing the auto show circuit to the airwaves virtually by way of the radio. Enthusiasts and car buyers alike can still get the latest insights on what’s new in 2021 and beyond, but without the risk of being in a super spreader environment.