- idiomaddict ( @idiomaddict@feddit.de ) 15•1 year ago
Good.
- sadreality ( @sadreality@kbin.social ) 12•1 year ago
Ford thinks they can weather this since they needed to cut output anyway.
- bluGill ( @bluGill@kbin.social ) 11•1 year ago
I think they have been intentionally making a bad offer so the union strikes and thus production is cut while they blame it on the union to stockholders.
- sadreality ( @sadreality@kbin.social ) 10•1 year ago
That’s the play but it is has expiration date, hopefully strikers will out last these brain dead lEaDERShIP
- bluGill ( @bluGill@kbin.social ) 3•1 year ago
They just make a reasonable offer then. Most strikers cannot afford to last much longer - the union pays less than minimum wage for carrying signs (I haven’t checked this strike, but that is typical)
- Sir_Kevin ( @Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•1 year ago
I’m not sure what this particular contract looks like but UAW is huge. Likely with a lot of money in their strike fund. I’d suspect they’re getting something like 60+% of whatever their pay was.
- Honytawk ( @Honytawk@lemmy.zip ) 9•1 year ago
Maybe the managers should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and run the plant on their own.
- dan1101 ( @dan1101@lemm.ee ) 5•1 year ago
While I sympathize with the workers wanting more money, I’m not looking forward to new vehicles being more unattainable than they already are.
- sadreality ( @sadreality@kbin.social ) 4•1 year ago
Did you learn economics 101 from your teevee?
- Ilovethebomb ( @Ilovethebomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 3•1 year ago
This particular plant is making premium SUVs and pickups, by the sound of it, so already luxury vehicles. It’s not like they’re making economy cars.
- JillyB ( @JillyB@beehaw.org ) 2•1 year ago
It’s still going to affect the whole car market. A truck buyer might switch to a smaller car, limiting those, driving up used car prices. If workers get what they want and we get more appetite for car alternatives, win win.
- sadreality ( @sadreality@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
Ford thinks they can weather this since they needed to cut output anyway.
- fosho ( @fosho@lemmy.ca ) English1•1 year ago
I’m seeing double here. 4 krusties!