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.

  • UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Atleast I’m happy about what the president is doing for starters. Not causing divisions within the party as they’re already so much turmoil around it.

    Other than that? Donating thousands of dollars to those in need. Volunteering my time to help the elderly. Carry extra water wherever I go to hand out to people who need it. Pay for a couple homeless families to have a hotel room for a couple night. And that’s all just this year. Want me to keep going?