Those "20%" raises are spread over 4 years which averages to ~5%/year, barely keeping ahead of inflation. The media throwing that out without quantifying it is a blatant attempt by the corporate press to breed animosity towards the unions and paint them as greedy.

[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And to help keep GM from going bankrupt they took concessions a decade ago or whatever that they never got back. Now they want back what they had and some more to account for the ridiculous inflation and corporate greed we've seen since then across all of corporate America. I don't see why that's so unreasonable.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Just wait until "the strike is hurting the holy economy" narrative gets going.

[–] regul@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just wait until Congress passes a bipartisan law to make it illegal for them to strike.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yup. All Republicans and exactly enough Democrats. And complicit anti-union centrists will be like "don't blame Manchin! Look at all the other people we agree with who he voted with!"

[–] babatazyah@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Manchin is probably providing cover for a few corporate Dems. If it wasn't him, it would be one of them, I'm sure. We just really need to get corporate money out of politics.

[–] SnowBunting@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Is that you, Florida teachers?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Just wait until “the strike is hurting the holy economy” narrative gets going.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Surprised it already hasn’t tbh.

FTA:

If the strikes drag on, shortages could push vehicle prices higher and strain an economy already bruised by inflation.

Cue the “but I was thinking about maybe potentially kind of buying a new car next year, and this will either make it more expensive or force me to wait” BS

Note: I’m not referring to underprivileged folks whose current vehicle craps out/is stolen and they’re in desperate need of a new method of transportation. I’m talking about folks who are either in no danger of losing their only vehicle &/or can easily obtain a new one and are whining about nothing more than minor inconvenience.

And let’s not forget how embarrassing the state of public transportation is in the US. We basically pretend it doesn’t exist and is impossible to achieve, thus forcing those who live here to have access to some sort of private automobile.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think part of the reason UAW is starting with a rotating strike plan is to call bullshit on the prepared narratives that parts will imminently be unavailable unless the union settles.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

but how will the underpaid assembly line workers survive without 1 billion vehicles rolling out of their factory

[–] Kaliax@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

Fuck

[–] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I used to work at Electronic Arts for 13 years. Doesn't sound very different. Large public corporations will do anything to make profit, including layoffs.