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Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union's history (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NightOwl@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 148 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

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

[-] regul@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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 1 year ago

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.