The UAW strikes against the Big 3 [ADMIN WARNING: NO INSULTS, NO POLITICS]

[Heimkehr]

And so it begins.

"The workers are striking at a GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Stellantis plant in Toledo, Ohio; and a Ford plant in Wayne, Michigan. Plants that were not called upon to strike will work without a contract, UAW President Shawn Fain said.

'The UAW Stand Up Strike begins at all three of the Big Three,' the union said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, shortly after midnight on Friday."

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[Valegro2012]

looks like it is time to settle in. We may not be seeing orders until early 2024, I’d imagine.

 

[ATMO]

Between a corporation and a worker, I'm siding with the worker.

 

[sherpaJL]

With all three automakers reporting record or near-record profits, the union was trying to recapture many benefits they had been forced to give up more than a decade ago when the companies were cash starved and on the brink of bankruptcy.

sounds fair to me.

 

[TX_Ovrlnd]

Bring back union busters.

 

[mwilk012]

Between a corporation and a worker, I'm siding with the worker.

Sounds uninformed.

 

[sherpaJL]

Bring back union busters.

start with the teachers union

 

[SOTA]

Between a corporation and a worker, I'm siding with the worker.

Pick either side but the consumer (us) is the one who loses due to higher prices and unavailable products.

 

[Goin2drt]

And I hope the big 3 dig in. It is getting OUT OF CONTROL. All they want is to get paid more for doing less and less. Bring on the robots. You get what you get. They are all paid very well. It doesn't matter what the revenues are for these big companies. they aren't charities and don't have to make less to pay lazy people more just because "they have record profits". All this is doing is lining union leadership pockets. If union people had half the time investigating what union leadership get off the backs of them they could make more by getting rid of them. Get off tik tok and look up what your "leadership" is getting paid.

 

[Call Me TD]

And I hope the big 3 dig in. It is getting OUT OF CONTROL. All they want is to get paid more for doing less and less. Bring on the robots. You get what you get. They are all paid very well. It doesn't matter what the revenues are for these big companies. they aren't charities and don't have to make less to pay lazy people more just because "they have record profits". All this is doing is lining union leadership pockets. If union people had half the time investigating what union leadership get off the backs of them they could make more by getting rid of them. Get off tik tok and look up what your "leadership" is getting paid.

100% this. There was a a time and a place for a Union mentality but it had turned into a money machine. I do have friends that work for Ford and GM. They are hard workers and believe they care about quality, i don't dismiss that I just wish they weren't controlled by the UAW.

 

[TX_Ovrlnd]

start with the teachers union

 

[outlaw.taco]

Ford CEO Jim Farley
Total Compensation (2022) $20,996,146

GM CEO Mary Barra's 2022 compensation: $28,979,570

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavarer
2022 total compensation of $24.8 million

 

[CarbonSteel]

No matter who "wins" we all lose. The cost of vehicles (and many other things) are out of control and like the real estate market there is a bubble that will break at some point.

 

[Goin2drt]

Ford CEO Jim Farley
Total Compensation (2022) $20,996,146

GM CEO Mary Barra's 2022 compensation: $28,979,570

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavarer
2022 total compensation of $24.8 million

Then go get educated, work hard and strive to be a CEO. They earned it. I am confident you watch the NBA, NFL, MLB and support those salaries. If you are against people making money for working hard then stop supporting athletes that actually just entertain and don't drive a business that actually make things we need. Hypocrisy is real.

 

[Call Me TD]

So the union votes to strike. Workers not on the strike line do not qualify for "strike pay". Those on the strike line get $500 a week and minimal benefits. So, the people with the most to loose HAVE TO picket. While the others sit back and take a mini unpaid vacation. New reports say this can be sustained for 11 weeks. How many do you know can go without pay for that long?

Remember Flint Michigan? Well these manufacturers will pull up roots and go to Mexico just like they did to Flint and then they will still make those record profits.

The workers are not winning here.

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