Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union's history - eviltoast
  • Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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    1 year ago

    Those “20%” raises are spread over 4 years which averages to ~5%/year, barely keeping ahead of inflation. The media throwing that out without quantifying it is a blatant attempt by the corporate press to breed animosity towards the unions and paint them as greedy.

    • 800XL@lemmy.world
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      And to help keep GM from going bankrupt they took concessions a decade ago or whatever that they never got back. Now they want back what they had and some more to account for the ridiculous inflation and corporate greed we’ve seen since then across all of corporate America. I don’t see why that’s so unreasonable.

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        1 year ago

        Just wait until Congress passes a bipartisan law to make it illegal for them to strike.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Yup. All Republicans and exactly enough Democrats. And complicit anti-union centrists will be like “don’t blame Manchin! Look at all the other people we agree with who he voted with!”

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            Manchin is probably providing cover for a few corporate Dems. If it wasn’t him, it would be one of them, I’m sure. We just really need to get corporate money out of politics.

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        Surprised it already hasn’t tbh.

        FTA:

        If the strikes drag on, shortages could push vehicle prices higher and strain an economy already bruised by inflation.

        Cue the “but I was thinking about maybe potentially kind of buying a new car next year, and this will either make it more expensive or force me to wait” BS

        Note: I’m not referring to underprivileged folks whose current vehicle craps out/is stolen and they’re in desperate need of a new method of transportation. I’m talking about folks who are either in no danger of losing their only vehicle &/or can easily obtain a new one and are whining about nothing more than minor inconvenience.

        And let’s not forget how embarrassing the state of public transportation is in the US. We basically pretend it doesn’t exist and is impossible to achieve, thus forcing those who live here to have access to some sort of private automobile.

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          1 year ago

          I think part of the reason UAW is starting with a rotating strike plan is to call bullshit on the prepared narratives that parts will imminently be unavailable unless the union settles.

    • azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I used to work at Electronic Arts for 13 years. Doesn’t sound very different. Large public corporations will do anything to make profit, including layoffs.