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U.A.W. Halts Work at 3 Plants in Contract Fight With Automakers
The New York Times ^ | Sep 15, 2023 | Jack Ewing

Posted on 09/15/2023 6:16:55 AM PDT by Salman

Members of the United Auto Workers began a strike Friday at three plants in the Midwest, walking out amid a contract dispute over pay, pensions and work hours at the three Detroit automakers.

The strike of each of the three Detroit automakers is not a full-scale walkout by the union’s roughly 150,000 members, but a “limited and targeted” work stoppage that could expand if talks remain bogged down.

The workers’ four-year contracts with General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis — which owns Chrysler, Jeep and Ram — expired at midnight Thursday, with the two sides far apart. The union, which is negotiating separate deals with each automaker, has never before staged a strike against all three companies at once.

An extended strike could complicate the Federal Reserve’s efforts to fight inflation by crimping the availability of new cars and driving up prices. A long and broad strike would ripple through the automakers’ supply chain and hurt other businesses while workers live off $500 a week in strike pay from the union.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: automotive; strike; uaw; union; unions
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Notice they are going to blame inflation on the union.
1 posted on 09/15/2023 6:16:55 AM PDT by Salman
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To: Salman

They went on strike?.....Will anyone notice?...................


2 posted on 09/15/2023 6:18:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Let’s see what Boden says. He said no way would they strike.


3 posted on 09/15/2023 6:20:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Red Badger
They went on strike?.....Will anyone notice?

Hasn't seemed to have made a difference for the writers in Hollyweird. So...I'm thinking, no.

4 posted on 09/15/2023 6:21:07 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Red Badger

The only people who will notice are the guys who plow snow in dealer parking lots in the winter, because there will be fewer EV’s sitting in the parking lot waiting for a buyer.


5 posted on 09/15/2023 6:22:21 AM PDT by Bernard ("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
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To: Salman

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/14/biden-aid-to-auto-suppliers-uaw-strike/70852542007/


6 posted on 09/15/2023 6:23:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Sacajaweau

It’s all been set up for Brandon to take credit when the strike ends.


7 posted on 09/15/2023 6:24:47 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: Salman

The Automakers are keeping their money and moving to EVs even if it DESTROYS them


8 posted on 09/15/2023 6:26:07 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Salman

Inflation is bad but the union demands are injurious to the entire country via cost push inflation. Like fast food restaurants these wage demands will only speed up automation and encourage illegal hiring. Regarding demand, prices will increase and fewer people will buy new cars, eventually causing the end of dominance (not that we still have it) of the American auto industry. I recently suffered the loss of a 1 year old vehicle. Thankfully the insurance settlement was fair. When I looked for a replacement, a similarly equipped new vehicle would cost me $8-9,000 more than I paid 2 years ago. The difference being an increased base cost plus changes in vehicle configurations and increases in option packages. Needless to say I have not purchased a replacement vehicle and find myself drawing on these funds for other expenses, especially insurance and utility costs.


9 posted on 09/15/2023 6:33:45 AM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: Salman

Luckily regional bank health and CRE can see us through these difficult times…


10 posted on 09/15/2023 6:35:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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“not a full-scale walkout”

Quite cowardly.


11 posted on 09/15/2023 6:37:15 AM PDT by dynachrome (War does not determine who is right, but who is left.)
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To: Sacajaweau

If the economy is so damn great why would they even need to strike?.................


12 posted on 09/15/2023 6:37:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Salman

Anti-capitalist, communist greed rears its ugly head once more.


13 posted on 09/15/2023 6:38:58 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("Try That In A Small Town" - Jason Aldean rules!)
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---- "If the economy is so damn great why would they even need to strike?................."

Now that there is one fine question. Kudos.

14 posted on 09/15/2023 6:40:08 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Salman

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4182566/posts

😁👍


15 posted on 09/15/2023 6:42:15 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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While we're at it, here's the same story from WaPo

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/15/uaw-strike-updates/

Unlike the NYT, WaPo blames inflation on big corporations. I'm surprised the NY Times is out of step on this story.

16 posted on 09/15/2023 7:04:42 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

https://jalopnik.com/gm-factory-workers-in-mexico-get-a-25-cent-raise-to-3-1848932879


17 posted on 09/15/2023 7:12:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Boomer One

what these mopes don’t realize is EVs have 90% less parts...meaning significantly less labor to make said parts.... and components included in EVS are not competitive to manufacture in US.

Setting themselves up like USW did in 1960 with Clause 2B in their contract- (no headcount reduction due to improvement). Starting the mid 70s, companies just shut off the blast furnaces, forever shuttering uncompetitive mills with early 20th century technology and methods.


18 posted on 09/15/2023 7:22:18 AM PDT by slapshot ( - Get woke go broke-)
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“A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.”

So I guess they want the pay raise and a reduced work week. Is that a 66% pay raise? Seems to me if they get all they want the end result would be Americans would just turn to buying foreign made autos and American car makers would go bust.


19 posted on 09/15/2023 7:40:20 AM PDT by antidemoncrat
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The union may put the auto makers in bankruptcy or in a noncompetitive position.

Not like public unions which only require the government to raise taxes.

20 posted on 09/15/2023 7:48:25 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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