On September 15, the United Auto Workers began a targeted strike against Ford, GM, and Stellantis (the conglomerate that includes Chrysler) in an effort to secure higher wages, a four-day work week, and other protections in the union’s next contract. The strike is a huge development for American workers, but it’s also a big deal for President Joe Biden—these car companies are central to his green-infrastructure agenda. The union wants assurances that the industry’s historic, heavily subsidized transition toward electric vehicles will work for them, too.
Biden, whose National Labor Relations Board has been an ally of labor organizers in fights against companies such as Amazon and Starbucks, has called himself “the most pro-union president in American history.” He has expressed support for the UAW’s cause (workers “deserve their fair share of the benefits they helped create,” he said last week) and has sent aides to Michigan to assist in the negotiations.
TFW your country has been a 1/10 for labor for decades and then a president bumps it to a 2/10 and all the neolib outlets champion him as the most pro-union president in history… 🤮
I meant, it’s still true. Yes there is room to grow, but look, growth!
I mean, it tracks. FDR broke federal employee unions. 2/10 is the most pro union we’ve seen.
Forced rail workers back to work…walks with strikers…most union pres ever
It’s the lowest bar ever and he barely cleared it on his second try.
We have been ordered to rejoice.
Sounds like he doubled labour benefits. Beat that Europe!
I cannot tell you motivations, but all people who sit in biden’s chair are a slave to the status quo. If he wants to witj all his heart or hes a masochist. It doesnt matter, “you do your job, you get paid and dont ask questions.”
But they DOUBLED their score!