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UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by T-Rex266, Sep 15, 2023.

  1. Oct 26, 2023 at 9:23 PM
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    Didn't you make some bank off your dancing nurses Tiktok videos? :confused::cool:
     
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  2. Oct 26, 2023 at 9:28 PM
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    Is this thread still going?
    Sorry we Teamsters started all the strike stuff this year.
    At least we got what we wanted without going on strike.
    Unfortunately, the UAW union leaders thought the same thing would happen to them.:eek2:
    I feel bad for the common worker, they are now simply stuck in a pissing match between the Union and the company.
    $500 strike pay ain't much, but it's better than nothing.
    They all should have been saving $$ in anticipation of the possible strike anyway.....:(
     
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  3. Oct 27, 2023 at 4:02 AM
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    The Teamsters have more clout and are more realistic with what they want and usually get it
     
  4. Oct 27, 2023 at 4:30 AM
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    I'm moving the UAW to the top of the list during grace at Thanksgiving dinner.
     
  5. Oct 27, 2023 at 4:34 AM
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    That would be a great discussion topic while eating Thanksgiving dinner.:D
     
  6. Oct 27, 2023 at 4:41 AM
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    There's a McDonalds not far from my work. A sign outside>>>Help wanted $18 to $21 an hour!
     
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  7. Oct 27, 2023 at 6:10 AM
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    Yep. Kaiser is this
     
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  8. Oct 27, 2023 at 8:49 AM
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    :mad: That just DECREASES the value of my salary - the one I have studied, tested for (license and certification) and worked in for DECADES.
     
  9. Oct 27, 2023 at 10:28 AM
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    Exactly!
     
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    Seems like the free market is working as designed then. They are only paying that much because they have to. If they could find people to do it for $15/hour then that's what they would pay.
     
  11. Oct 27, 2023 at 11:53 AM
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    They have to. Average rent for a decent studio apartment in Denver Metro is now over $1900 a month. There are cheaper places but not in nice neighborhoods.
     
  12. Oct 27, 2023 at 12:00 PM
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    You're getting screwed. We have a $12,000 Keurig machine in our office.

    [​IMG]
     
  13. Oct 27, 2023 at 12:44 PM
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    Hey, hey, hey, that's taking jobs away. Probably made in China to!
     
  14. Oct 27, 2023 at 1:20 PM
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    Someone still has to fill the beans and flavor powders, so that's at least one job saved thankfully.

    I still bring my own coffee in though. The machine coffee is nasty. :D
     
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  15. Oct 27, 2023 at 1:20 PM
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    What? You get free coffee? Nice!!! I remember those days.
     
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    It's actually in our union contract that coffee and tea must be provided. Of course, being government, they decided to splurge on a $12K machine instead of a couple $50 drip coffee makers....
     
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    I can justify the lack of free shitty coffee by having one of the nicest sheet metal shops in town to tinker in.
     
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    That's a good trade off.
     
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    It may LOOK like the free market with just one statement, but it is not. There are SO many factors at play outside of the free market, starting with the Fed's manipulation of the money supply going back to the Great Depression, continuing with eliminating the gold standard for the dollar, which led to the possibility of our government "creating" money from thin air. The dollar today is worth about a PENNY from a little over a hundred years ago. A free market would never have allowed for that to happen.
     
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    Not to mention that several munincipalities and states have mandatory minimum wage requirements well above the Fed minimum. Kinda discounts that the free market is working as designed in many places. Quite the opposite. :thumbsup:
     
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    Thank goodness the strike is over. GM made a deal they say. I am sooo glad there will be no bail out? Well,,, I hope there will be no bail out!
     
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    They produced a damn good raise for Toyota employees.
     
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    The point is that UAW head is just as fat a cat as those being demonized.
     
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    I think that's fair to say. The corporations sole purpose is to create as much shareholder value as possible. The unions sole purpose is to do the same for their members. Obviously these two things are at odds with one another. Both could be described as greedy. Where it starts to get odd is when people act like these corporations are somehow morally superior.

    Toyota didn't just give raises out of kindness or fairness. They saw the potential threat and took action to try and avoid it. Smart move on their part.
     
  30. Nov 1, 2023 at 4:25 AM
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    Well said.
     
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