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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

With radical demands such as a 32-hour workweek

oh my gosh, go, go!

although the company has been successful, they haven’t paid the employees back for that.

This is why they deserve a raise and why we all deserve a raise. There's no reason to keep all the wealth at the top, but of course, saying so is blasphemy in America.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/08/24/the-united-auto-workers-are-redefining-what-is-possible-for-us-labor/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Are there any union-led industries that aren't striking right now?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

let's fucking gooooooooooooo

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That'll be interesting. Let's see if they actually follow through

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

For real... Let's go with this shit already!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I would love to go on strike right about now

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This could have been the Teamsters too but alas, cowards sold out.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wait really? Is there a place I can read about this drama?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Think hes referring to the UPS contract, which the teamsters negotiated very well for their members.

It was so good UPS was complaining about how much long term employees would make and how much the new contract cut into shareholder profits.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think you are right. The poster is suggesting the Teamsters also should have gone on strike. Which... wow, okay. I was confused, thinking the Teamsters also had a union in thrbauto industry and were playing scabs to the UAW, which would be shocking drama.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

Don't act like that was the best deal they could have gotten. They cowardly backed down instead of striking while the iron was hot.

Can you fucking imagine the impact of the UPS strike being followed immediately by this strike too? Holy shit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The states don't have the class consciousness necessary for something like that.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Strikes build class consciousness.

Catch-22

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Weren't they forced out of their strike by the government?