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UAW expands strike as nearly 9,000 workers walk off job at Ford's largest plant (www.upi.com)

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[-] Ikaros@lemmy.world 94 points 9 months ago

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 32 points 9 months ago

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 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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

[-] XTornado@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

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

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Grass is always greener to some people.

I have two philosophies in life.

Love where you live despite the flaws
It's easier to fight from inside the belly of the beast than outside it

[-] FirstWizardZorander@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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

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[-] 2piradians@lemmy.world 71 points 9 months 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 41 points 9 months ago

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 19 points 9 months ago

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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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 27 points 9 months ago

Good.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 19 points 8 months ago

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

[-] Parabola@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Love to see it, stay strong!

[-] D3FNC@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months 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.

[-] sadreality@kbin.social 11 points 9 months ago

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

[-] bluGill@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago

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 10 points 9 months ago

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

[-] bluGill@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

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 8 months 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.