What labor union victory looks like

It sounds about right.

I wonder how much worse it would have been for everyone if trump had been around.
 
I am sure the calculous is that when the bank accounts run dry Washington will make some more money and give it to them.

But that wont be happening, Washington's ability to make new dollars is almost over.
 
Walt said:
trump was kind enough not to take any real union members away from their picket lines to go to his rally.
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A weird way to show your support for unions--> staging a rally with nonunion workers and Republican operatives posing as union members.
 
Cypress said:
A weird way to show your support for unions--> staging a rally with nonunion workers and Republican operatives posing as union members.
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It is quite literally the first time I have heard of hiring scabs for your union rally.
 
I've never been in a Union nor am I much of a car guy/car historian but if I am remembering correctly, one of the reasons U.S. carmakers fell so far behind in the 70's and 80's to foreign competition and suffered huge jobs losses was big fat union contracts. At the time of signing back when I'm sure they would have been declared a victory as well but in the long run not so much.

I don't know if that will be the same case here but clearly some of these firms are having challenges moving to meet the government mandates of EVs and with EVs comes less need for labor and so forth. Will this be history repeating itself and a "victory" today not be seen as such down the road?
 
cawacko said:
I've never been in a Union nor am I much of a car guy/car historian but if I am remembering correctly, one of the reasons U.S. carmakers fell so far behind in the 70's and 80's to foreign competition and suffered huge jobs losses was big fat union contracts. At the time of signing back when I'm sure they would have been declared a victory as well but in the long run not so much.

I don't know if that will be the same case here but clearly some of these firms are having challenges moving to meet the government mandates of EVs and with EVs comes less need for labor and so forth. Will this be history repeating itself and a "victory" today not be seen as such down the road?
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And the automakers said that they could not both pay labor demands and fund the changeover to EV's....notice today how Ford is cutting $12 billion in EV spending....surely expecting the government to pay for it...but the money trees are on their last days...that wont be happening.
 
cawacko said:
I've never been in a Union nor am I much of a car guy/car historian but if I am remembering correctly, one of the reasons U.S. carmakers fell so far behind in the 70's and 80's to foreign competition and suffered huge jobs losses was big fat union contracts. At the time of signing back when I'm sure they would have been declared a victory as well but in the long run not so much.

I don't know if that will be the same case here but clearly some of these firms are having challenges moving to meet the government mandates of EVs and with EVs comes less need for labor and so forth. Will this be history repeating itself and a "victory" today not be seen as such down the road?
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Like it or not the American worker is competing with almost every other autoworker in the world.
 
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