Posted on 08/25/2023 1:44:27 PM PDT by Texan4Life
The union representing approximately 150,000 workers at the Big Three U.S. automakers -- General Motors, Ford and Stellantis -- has voted to authorize a strike if no deal is reached amid ongoing contract negotiations.
Across the three companies, United Auto Workers union members voted a combined average of 97% in favor of a strike authorization, with votes still being tallied, the union said Friday. The vote does not mean a strike will be called, but that the union has the right to call one if they see fit.
"Our union's membership is clearly fed up with living paycheck-to-paycheck while the corporate elite and billionaire class continue to make out like bandits," UAW President Shawn Fain said in a statement. "The Big Three have been breaking the bank while we have been breaking our backs."
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The Green N Deal is going to kill off the UAW.
It will kill off the United States of America, but no one gives a damn.
EVs are dangerous, in what it takes to make the batteries, and the cars catching fire in all kinds of places, including ship transports.
It would be nice if we knew a few more details. What does a starting UAW member make (salary plus benefits)? What about one who’s been there 20 years?
Anyway, that union guy has a point about the “corporate elite”. Todays CEO’s are using the buddy system to loot their companies. That doesn’t make unreasonable union demands right! Instead, a pox on both their houses.
but, they can’t do that. What foreign auto manufacturer will they have to choose from to purchase that shiny new car?
One more reason to buy a Tesla. Only US automaker to go without a union!
Giving my 15yo set o’ wheels extra TLC these days.
Bidenomics.
Go woke and go broke.
This is the end of Biden’s cozy with the union’s rank and file.
Trump will win them all.
150,000 workers. In 1969 it was almost 1,000,000.
if that statement is the best that the union spokesperson could come up with, they don’t need any more raises
sorry, buddy, but class warfare is NOT American and (as a previous union leader and official I feel authorized to say) NOT a proper or persuasive way to justify or support the need for a wage demand. Not by a long-shot.
“It would be nice if we knew a few more details. What does a starting UAW member make (salary plus benefits)?”
The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is more commonly known as United Auto Workers. Currently, there are approximately 400,000 active members and 580,000 retired members represented by over 600 local unions in North America. According to employment website ZipRecruiter, the average UAW salary is $25 per hour, or $52,771 per year.
https://work.chron.com/average-pay-auto-workers-union-member-24071.html
I can’t afford a new car anyway so who cares.
Unions destroying yet another US business area.
In 1969, we had the top auto industry in the world. Now we don't even have the top auto industry in the US?
One of many reasons why the media is trying to turn us against them. Elon Musk buying Twitter is another.
And the used car prices SKYROCKET again!
Meh. I have a hard time finding anything worth supporting on either side of this conflict.
Didn’t think I could care less than I do about the actor/writer strike, but it turns out I can.
One more reason to buy a Toyota or a Honda.
No biggie.
Who can afford a new car.
Note to the rank and file: Decertify your union while you still have jobs to save.
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