The most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades halted production at three plants producing the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler and Chevrolet Colorado, and ripple effects were likely to spread to other facilities.
  • k0mprssd@lemm.ee
    39·
    1 year ago

    “We’re not going to wreck the economy. The truth is we are going to wreck the billionaire economy,” said UAW President Shawn Fain.

    i love this quote

    • MrVilliam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      1 year ago

      And it didn’t take long before they started to feel the effects of the strike. “When did the strike begin” some may be asking. Fucking yesterday.

      These clowns are rapidly learning how much they depend upon us to keep their dragon hoards stocked. And it’s because a large enough fraction of us has started to learn it in the first place. If they weren’t so fucking greedy to take more and more, we might’ve been complacent enough to not start looking more closely. It’s the Netflix price hikes, but for stagnant wages and increased cost of living.

  • Scooter411@lemmy.ml
    16·
    1 year ago

    I hope for a short strike in which the corporate overlords immediately cave to all the workers demands.

  • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Just a reminder that the big three used the 2007-2008 financial crisis as an excuse to screw over their employees while GM and Chrysler both received tax payer funded bailouts.