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[–] Ikaros@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only hope i feel for the future of this country is workers unionizing. Its the only leverage the poor and middle class have. We need more unions.

[–] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At this point it's a race to see whether the workers will band together before the magats go full fascist. This decade is about to get really interesting.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't want interesting, I want a decent life, preferably not in slavery to the rich... Is it time to move to Sweden?

Same thing happening here. 20% of people voted for the fascists last election. Now they're trying to pass a law forcing teachers, doctors, nurses, etc. to report illegal immigrants to the authorities.

Also, massive cuts to welfare, scrapped environmental goals. The list is expanding

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idk.. recently I read about a guy that actually moved from there to America...I was perplexed 🤔.

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[–] 2piradians@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

"Ford's Kentucky Truck plant builds the Ford F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The plant is one of the largest auto factories in the world and accounts for $25 billion a year in revenue, according to Ford which issued a statement shortly after the walkout."

Fain wasn't bluffing, they're hitting them where it hurts. Go UAW!

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s gonna take everyone being on strike I think. Ford doesn’t give a single fuck as they’ve made clear through years and years of abuse towards its workers.

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would love to see a few go bankrupt over this. Considering last time car companies were at risk they got a bailout, I'm sure the government will quash the strikes if they start to hurt.

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I believe it’s become much more apparent to people including law makers that we can afford to live without these companies. So many startups for electric cars these days could take over those plants and offer better pay (hopefully). We should’ve moved past these shit companies as a world back when that bailout happened, maybe we learned our lesson and can do it this time.

[–] ButtDrugs@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Unfortunately I don't think any of the new electric car manufacturers are unionized. So a lot of these people would lose union gigs and end up with less pay/benefits at a non-union shop. Sire they could unionized again but that's it's own battle just to get back to where they started.

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[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 year ago

Maybe the managers should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and run the plant on their own.

[–] Parabola@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Love to see it, stay strong!

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ford thinks they can weather this since they needed to cut output anyway.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they have been intentionally making a bad offer so the union strikes and thus production is cut while they blame it on the union to stockholders.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the play but it is has expiration date, hopefully strikers will out last these brain dead lEaDERShIP

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just make a reasonable offer then. Most strikers cannot afford to last much longer - the union pays less than minimum wage for carrying signs (I haven't checked this strike, but that is typical)

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what this particular contract looks like but UAW is huge. Likely with a lot of money in their strike fund. I'd suspect they're getting something like 60+% of whatever their pay was.

[–] D3FNC@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

In Ford's defense - everyone in the plant that actually works for a living and doesn't just play fantasy football all day - is on strike so it's not surprising their management is paralyzed by indecision for weeks on end.

[–] NotErisma@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

This guys head looks like a fish

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