§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago“Big Three” Auto Workers Vote To Strike By 97%peoplesdispatch.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-link“Big Three” Auto Workers Vote To Strike By 97%peoplesdispatch.org§ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.ee
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down5·1 year agoThis could have been the Teamsters too but alas, cowards sold out.
minus-squareFranzia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWait really? Is there a place I can read about this drama?
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 year agoThink hes referring to the UPS contract, which the teamsters negotiated very well for their members. It was so good UPS was complaining about how much long term employees would make and how much the new contract cut into shareholder profits.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 year agoDon’t act like that was the best deal they could have gotten. They cowardly backed down instead of striking while the iron was hot. Can you fucking imagine the impact of the UPS strike being followed immediately by this strike too? Holy shit.
minus-squarePorkRollWobbly@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThe states don’t have the class consciousness necessary for something like that.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·1 year agoStrikes build class consciousness. Catch-22
minus-squareSokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWeren’t they forced out of their strike by the government?
This could have been the Teamsters too but alas, cowards sold out.
Wait really? Is there a place I can read about this drama?
Think hes referring to the UPS contract, which the teamsters negotiated very well for their members.
It was so good UPS was complaining about how much long term employees would make and how much the new contract cut into shareholder profits.
Don’t act like that was the best deal they could have gotten. They cowardly backed down instead of striking while the iron was hot.
Can you fucking imagine the impact of the UPS strike being followed immediately by this strike too? Holy shit.
The states don’t have the class consciousness necessary for something like that.
Strikes build class consciousness.
Catch-22
Weren’t they forced out of their strike by the government?