Posted on Sep 19, 2023
UAW strike: Why are US car workers walking out?
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The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has declared a strike targeting Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, in a bid to put pressure on the carmakers to grant higher pay and make other improvements in new labour agreements.
It comes at a time of broader labour unrest and casts a cloud of uncertainty over an industry that accounts for 3% of the national economy.
US President Joe Biden has been forced to weigh in on the dispute, which is playing out in states that have disproportionate importance in national elections.
It comes at a time of broader labour unrest and casts a cloud of uncertainty over an industry that accounts for 3% of the national economy.
US President Joe Biden has been forced to weigh in on the dispute, which is playing out in states that have disproportionate importance in national elections.
UAW strike: Why are US car workers walking out?
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I'm a union man myself. Leaving the internal combustion engine instead of President Biden mandating without our vote or without the vote of congress, that the internal combustion engine go away by 2035 and having unrealistic fuel economy standards and killing the trucking industry.
The CEO of Ford can be stubborn like President Biden is stupid but if we don't want to buy them, no government subsidies in the world is going to make a difference.
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/11/ford-is-losing-a-lot-of-money-in-electric-cars-but-ceo-jim-farley-is-charging-ahead/
The CEO of Ford can be stubborn like President Biden is stupid but if we don't want to buy them, no government subsidies in the world is going to make a difference.
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/08/11/ford-is-losing-a-lot-of-money-in-electric-cars-but-ceo-jim-farley-is-charging-ahead/
Ford is losing a lot of money in electric cars — but CEO Jim Farley is charging ahead
In a wide-ranging interview, Ford's CEO shares his thoughts about his company's ramp-up in electric cars and the state of charging. (He's very happy about that Tesla deal, too.)
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The union members took some pretty big concessions to keep the auto companies aloat. Then things turned around the owners and management, instead of rewarding the union members, kept the benefits for themselves and made moves to cut the union's power.
All I have to say is good for the union and I hope they let them have it.
All I have to say is good for the union and I hope they let them have it.
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Yes, taking their cost of living adjustments away was bad but President Biden made it worse by spending like a drunken sailor.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/26/economy/inflation-larry-summers-biden-fed/index.html
You can't blame inflation on President Trump this time! It's all on President biden. It's not Putin's prices, it's Reckless spending!
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/26/economy/inflation-larry-summers-biden-fed/index.html
You can't blame inflation on President Trump this time! It's all on President biden. It's not Putin's prices, it's Reckless spending!
Larry Summers sends stark inflation warning to Joe Biden
Larry Summers is urging Washington to tap the brakes on stimulus — or risk unleashing a serious burst of inflation.
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SPC Kevin Ford
Turns out that high inflation was a blip on the radar. It's below 4% now with record job creation that at this point is well beyond COVID recovery. It the economy continues like it is now for the next year, Biden will be in a very good position for re-election.
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