Posted on 09/16/2023 5:10:56 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Biden on Friday delivered brief remarks on the United Auto Workers strike that began Thursday night, accusing auto companies of refusing to share their profits with workers.
In a televised statement, Biden said the Big Three automakers were making "record profits" that "have not been shared fairly, in my view, with workers."
"No one wants a strike," Biden said. "But I respect workers' right to use their options under the collective bargaining system. Autoworkers sacrificed so much to keep the industry alive and strong, especially through the economic crisis and the pandemic. Workers deserve a fair share of the benefits they helped create for an enterprise."
The president spoke for fewer than five minutes and did not take questions from the press. He called for the strike to be resolved with "record contracts" for UAW workers to match "record corporate profits."
"The bottom line is that autoworkers helped create America's middle class. They deserve a contract that sustains them in the middle class," Biden said.
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Good point. Another word would be “covetousness.” But these people also are driven by their emotions to the extent that they actually believe that they are being wronged somehow by not getting a share of the company’s profits.
This is how wars get started; too.
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