Flashpoint: UAW strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers continues

It wasn’t just talk. For the first time ever, the UAW strikes each of Detroit’s Big Three automakers at once.

[@oglemedaris]

I WAS PAID $15 A HOUR IN 1989 FOR CHRYSLER !😢 THESE UAW DESERVE MORE!!!

[@drxmario2]

Lol if the big 3 raise their wages then other auto makers will not have a choice but to increase their wages... less they risk becoming unionized or lose workers to the jobs that pay higher. And not just auto workers, all businesses will have to compete in the "free market". Its that simple. Power to the workers!!!

[@johnyank1872]

really you are clueless🙈

[@dvdv8197]

💯 % 👍👏

[@drxmario2]

@@johnyank1872 strong arugment... so are you honestly suggesting that you wouldn't take a higher paying job if given the option? I highly doubt that you wouldn't.

[@dvdv8197]

Collectively we bargain, alone we BEG. In solidarity with all Workers and Unions. ❤

[@itsallminor6133]

Yeah whatever. I think heads should be gone on all sides

[@dennisholliday2454]

@@itsallminor6133 These corporations are crazy and out of control...they don't want you to have a day off , they want you to remain benefitless by having temps for 10 years , but give themselves bonuses and raises ....those CEOs don't add millions of dollars to the company there's only so much one person can do /be worth, but they keep giving themselves raises while expecting the workers to give up stuff

[@marchollis5547]

These Corporations are crazy....

[@javersowens2035]

Yes they are, and you know what's so funny. They are making and selling a product that no one has to have.

[@lutherpolaris8230]

@@javersowens2035 More specifically, it's not just a product that no one has to have! Yet, even if one does need personal transportation, after seeing the ugliness of the naked greed, and entitlement spewed on the media airwaves by management, manifest through their lies about their lack of profitability and their false accusations against the workers and the UAW, will leave many potential buyers from varying backgrounds with a bad feeling towards management. I, like many others will refuse the products from automakers who demonstrate that they won't give the auto workers a fair deal. Since GM used bankruptcy and hundreds of billions in federal bailout money during the Great Recession to throw out the union deals, close plants, outsource, and hire long-term temporary workers, creating a new and highly unfair, insecure, multitiered labor deal so that the taxpayers and auto workers paid for GM's record earnings and all the new prosperity has been focused on is rewarding management and shareholders with huge stock buybacks and dividends. We haven't bought another GM car or truck since and I haven't bought a single share of GM stock since. In the case of Ford they didn't go bankrupt but now their behavior is no better than GM 's.

[@cypressbutane4575]

Supporting the union workers will lead to better conditions for all workers and pay raises across the board, this is the only leverage workers have against systemic exploitation by the elites. Don't have the knee jerk reaction that the culture trains you to have, support the people not the CEOs.

[@dvdv8197]

💯 % 👍👏❤️❤️

[@dvdv8197]

@@whiskeypete2000 hell yes! 👍👏❤️❤️

[@s.a.muhammed6355]

Go back to the 90's uaw pay was on average $24.00 per hour with twice the work force. Today, 2023 average pay is $24.00 per hour. In what world is that acceptable with record profits from the corporations? The blame is on the work force unfairly. The real culprits are laziness within government to maintain a level playing field. Some southern states still don't have a state minimum wage, and terrible workplace safety guidelines.

[@UltraMEGAMAGARandy]

$50,000/year + great benefits is more than sufficient.

[@twoweeledsoto6072]

If top pay was $24 an hour and top pay is still $24 an hour in 2023 for same job. Then undoubtedly that is wrong. But I doubt that's the case. Can someone who knows confirm this?

[@tonyorob]

​@@UltraMEGAMAGARandyThat should be "more than sufficient" for the CEOs too then, right? 🙄

[@DLDubb]

​@twoweeledsoto6072 I've worked for GM for over a decade and he's actually giving them credit. You're starting in the shop at 16 and top out at 32 after 8 years. Now if you adjust for inflation since it was at 24 you'd actually be well over 32(and thats not even top out for CCA workers). I know alot of people are mad that we have bargaining power over our pay package, and I see it in the comments saying 50,000 is enough to live on... just tells me the type of people that hate on Unions. I don't believe Pensions will come back and I don't believe we will get the 32 hour work week and I'm fine with that. They are bargaining high so we can get our wages where they used to be when everyone wanted to be in the shop. Everyone mad over the demands have no clue how negotiations work.

[@azucar1242]

They digging their own grave... automation is coming fast..and Mexico is eager to get all these jobs...

[@Hoosier765]

65 plants closed. Many more will be. All for cheap overseas labor, and profit potential. Americans deserve good jobs. The unions will lead the way. Stop hating the UAW for fighting for the middle class. They do deserve to have a future. To know that their children and their neighborhoods have a future.

[@Metanoia000]

Lmao that is all a facade. The Union is not there to ‘help the working class’ they’re there as a facade making people think they’re getting a bigger slice of pie. The Union literally colludes with the big 3 corporations to undercut and undermine the workers, they already make more than most other unskilled laborers.

[@itsallminor6133]

Did you forget the consumer?

[@itsallminor6133]

@@thebannekerparty i care about cars. I love cars. And engineering. This isn't a welfare program. Make the worlds best cars they'll have neighborhoods

[@itsallminor6133]

@@thebannekerparty really, with what the upper management makes, and the union costs. They deserve to go bankrupt. What saves these companies is the "chicken tax". Basically i cant import my own car into the states until its 25 years old then have to pay like a stupid 30% tax on it. These companies have been skating by on this regulation for decades. It's why foreign companies like Nissan, vw, Toyota opened plants in the states to make cars here. To avoid the tax. If i want to import a car straight from japan or some other country I'm not allowed to. Even if the car is better engineered, more reliable, better designed, i am not allowed to import it. I'm only allowed to have U.S. cars. It's a protection racket at my expense. These companies have been protected for DECADES at my expense. Deciding which cars I'm allowed to buy. Lowering quality, over charging, building a lot of basically crap. And overpaying themselves. It's a racket. There is a world market automakers sell too. Then a entirely different U.S. market. 2 seperate markets. Lot of the cars the rest of the world has the chance to buy. I'm not allowed to. Because all these idiots are protected under government regulations. THEY can import junk parts to save money. In their favor. I can't import a car though. It's a racket. We are in such a "free country" I'm not allowed to import my own car so these corrupt fools can stay afloat., You know a lot of cars in say saudi arabia are like 1/3 less? Same basic cars? I could go to saudi bring one back and have a cheaper probably better made car.

[@drewm1072]

you do realize the irony of your statement right? It's uncompetitive labor costs that drive overseas plants. I'm all for a fair wage for the hardworking UAW. I'd kill for a 21% raise over 4 years. COLA, quicker tier structure...this is a great offer. The CEO pay thing is an issue across America (and the world to a lesser extent). The UAW cannot fix that societal problem. I too wish my wages rose with CEO pay (or NFL QB pay for tht matter) but I'm not going to strike because of it.

[@DonReest]

Jim Farley is lying. constantly. in one sentence he's saying that they can't afford to give and in another you're talking about how big their war chest is. stations like WDIV get most of their advertising money from the big three. they are clearly biased.

[@dvdv8197]

Yes, VERY clearly! It's disgusting.

[@UBJibbs]

The real 'historic offer' was when the UAW took concessions in 2009. - time to get it all back 👊

[@itsallminor6133]

Yeah? Where is all us citizens tax money from the auto bailouts?

[@Inglesemente]

No! They should have let you go through bankruptcy, which is what would have happened to any other business in the same situation instead of giving you preferential treatment and bailing you out!!!

[@dvdv8197]

Amen. 👍👏🔥🔥

[@connoratkinson2055]

WE STAND WITH THE UAW.

[@Metanoia000]

The mafia started the UAW. They still run it.

[@dvdv8197]

Hell yeah. ❤

[@monie2514]

It's a shame to have somebody standing up on their feet hours on in and you don't even want to pay them well the bare minimum 35 an hour. That allows them to have their living wage which everything is so high that the only reasonable these people have not had a good raised in over 17-year period of time😢💯‼️🤷🏼‍♀️👎🏼🤡🤯🤬🧐📺📽️🗞️🎃🕸️🎃🕷️🍁🎃🕸️🎃🕷️🎃🕸️🍁🕷️🎃

[@christytaylor5554]

You think that entry level, non-skill set factory workers need five times min wage?!?! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jamko1970]

Five weeks of vacation is after 20 years.

[@BBMZAP]

5 week vacation after 20 yrs isn't true I have twenty year I get 3 weeks so somebody lying

[@Jamko1970]

@@BBMZAP The way they word it - 3 weeks vacation and 1 week personal right now. It will be 4 weeks vacation and 1 week personal after 20 years. People on the outside think everyone will get 5 weeks lol. Not true.

[@BBMZAP]

@Jamko1970 you get 3 weeks after 15 years you also get 1 week of PAA time the part that they not telling is during change over that's the only time you can use your vacation time off. Otherwise they won't approve it. You once could call in a PAA day not anymore that has to be Approved by management. All to keep you working all year.

[@LightMike4u]

I hate when the media & the CEOs don't break it down for the public. It spreads so much misinformation. I wish they gave us 5 weeks!

[@Wigwhom86]

​@@Jamko197020 years? Office jobs get 3 weeks after 90 days. what the hell

[@3x3mm]

40% pay increase nothing less GOT IT BIG 3.

[@Metanoia000]

Lmfao that will result in plants shutting down and major job cuts so good luck with that

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏🔥🔥

[@brianmiller4466]

gotta wonder how long itll be before gm has to run back to the government crying for a bailout paying ceo's $$80,000+ per day. the companies need to reevaluate their priorities. why is paying ceos, effectively pencil pushers, a laborers yearly salary everyday ok?! this country is so incredibly broken

[@dvdv8197]

Indeed. Completely unacceptable. We need a cap on CEO pay: 20 times the lowest salary paid by the company. Effectively, this will most likely RAISE THE MINIMUM.

[@CMH_1975]

Actually the GM CEO makes $112,000 a day.

[@GeneralTinMan4]

All i hear is “tesla and foreign automakers exploit American labor”… if you work at a non union auto factory, unionize.. you DESERVE so much more

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️ UNIONS FTW!!

[@suppafox1]

Thank you Debbie for being our voice

[@Invisibleghost2023]

Name 4 things she done in 20 years? There been 3 dingles in 100 year in that seat

[@oglemedaris]

Only the truth! I can tell you so much more ❤

[@Invisibleghost2023]

Nothing

[@dvdv8197]

​@@Invisibleghost2023at least SHE FOUGHT BACK on this journalist's DISGUSTINGLY BIASED defense of Big 3.

[@edwinhargrave679]

The whole nation retirees and all need raises and cola pay not just the uaw workers so remember we're all in this together,and not just the uaw and it's workers.

[@69crazyb]

Don't compare the UAW with the writers guild. UAW workers don't play pretend. We do body breaking work. I walk 6 miles every night while holding metal parts at are 4 to 8 feet long, next to a gigantic oven. In the summer time it's over 100 degrees.

[@drxmario2]

All workers need to stand together, don't let them divide and conquer us. We are stronger together.

[@sew_gal7340]

No one cares about those woke writers , they play a part in the division of the USA and everyone hates them, they deserve to be homeless.

[@juggle_g7579]

Its not about the work itself as much as it is about how much the product is sold for and how much revenue it generates. The debate is how much of that revenue should be given back to the creator/laborer.

[@NelsonGuzmanGarcia]

I think you and people who do grueling, hard work should at the very least be paid very well and have full medical, sick, vacation and parental leave. I stress, this should be the minimum.

[@itsallminor6133]

Oh please... You guys haven't done "body breaking work" in years. Near all is lifted by the robots. We aren't dumb we can tour (and some of us have) the plants. Heres the thing. We need the truck, love the truck, appreciate the truck. But a lot of people buying your trucks (and cars) work much harder than you. MUCH. And many don't make a lot of $ either. So that vehicle you are making is a BIG and IMPORTANT purchase for them. Appreciate the fact you make vehicles, but come on man think of us out here struggling to buy them. We love them, but. Lifes a struggle. You don't think we work? I'm sure for you it's a job, assembly line. But for us it's a pretty big deal. Our vehicle is a huge part of working, family things. It's our vehicle. And we are struggling out here you know? Just make them better and better please. A lot of people treasure their vehicles. It's not that we don't appreciate it.

[@cae2024]

BS. The only way that would happen has nothing to do with the members wages. It has everything to do with corporate greed, CEO pay and the buybacks to line the pockets of the shareholders. UAW members pay is only 5% of the price of a vehicles price.

[@urbanburritos]

It was 5% its a bit over 3% now. The wanted wage increases would get back to almost 5%

[@dvdv8197]

Indeed. 👍👏❤️❤️

[@BBMZAP]

5 weeks of vacation is for 30 yrs not everyone gets that so the people with 30 yrs already gets 5 weeks so to bring that up is futile

[@dvdv8197]

Indeed. They will always nitpick IN DEFENSE OF BIG 3! DISGUSTING! 😤😤😤😤

[@rconley40]

Yes, they are offering us 20%, but you have to understand the cost of living & inflation has sky rocket, the most ever (which no one expected)!! 20% is simply not enough. Remember at 1st, they only offer us 8 or 9%, which is such a slap in the face!

[@LightMike4u]

Exactly! Inflation alone is 18% & that's right NOW. Who knows what it could be by the end of the 4yr contract! UAW Strong!

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@NoLoVeLoStNoLoVfOuNd]

Who did they pick to be on this show? All anti union? Look here it’s simple give us are raise, 30 % not all within 4 years because we are NOT new employee we been behind for almost 20 years. Give us are REAL COLA, make the 401 better make it 4 years to top pay for new hires, make it cheaper to buy are own product, don’t touch are profits share and take the cap off it. Give back to the retirees. We need temps but stop using them for years and years with out hiring them in. Last but not least a great signing bonus for working during Covid side by said while ppl were dying. We came to work. We got it done while you were at home with your family eating crab.

[@pj3_pastorj3]

Exactly. Shameful

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️ in solidarity!! And yes, that panel was DISGUSTINGLY BIASED in favor of Big 3.

[@Detroit100]

Disappointed in how DEVIN SCillian talking negatively towards the AUTO WORKERS 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@ryanreeves70]

Mary Barra at Gm makes 28 million a year.

[@rw3423]

29🤔

[@dvdv8197]

Close to 30. CAP THE CEO PAY NOW! 20 TIMES LOWEST SALARY SEEMS MORE THAN FAIR!!

[@timstorey7915]

GM is about 80% of the way through a $5 Billion stock buyback program over about 2 years, which increases the stock price and further increases executive compensation. $5 Billion is about $103,000 per UAW-GM employee. If they quit buying back their own stock and reduce the top executives pay they would have plenty of money to pay the people who actually build the vehicles. The starting UAW GM wage is $17/hr. The top tier UAW employees make $33k per hour on average, all of whom have been there for over 16 years and she makes almost $30 million dollars a year, that's 882 times the starting wage. In 1985 the GM CEO made $465,000 per year which was about 18 times the average UAW wage at the time, which was $13.35/hr.

[@Dewaynesite1]

Wow! That's crazy how much Mary Barra makes a year!!!

[@itsallminor6133]

Get a new ceo

[@dvdv8197]

Indeed. It's disgusting. We need a CAP ON CEO PAY!! 20 times lowest salary sounds MORE THAN FAIR!

[@BBMZAP]

Tesla employees are trying to organize as we speak and they will

[@hoffrun]

Last year 3.5 million job applications were received by Tesla

[@dvdv8197]

They definitely will now this new NLRB rule against union BUSTING has been passed! 👍👏❤️❤️

[@smoothrider4976]

All of Europe demands that foreign companies that want to build in their country MUST give equal pay & benefits as domestic companies. USA SHOULD BE DOING THIS !🇺🇸 It’s what the Republican Party created that weakens & hurts USA unions, workers, & our companies ! It’s an unfair advantage for foreign countries & their corporations we shouldn’t allow ever.

[@peterantovski7555]

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[@Toto-cl8rw]

I believe the Union is in the ,so called ,drivers seat. They should keep their demands and not budge at all. It is time they get fair pay for thei hard work.

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[@freddiecarr7602]

Its hard to believe she was a stripper in Detroit in the 60"s

[@JaimeGarcia-pe7bj]

For real?

[@guitarjeff5775]

Her and her trashy dead husband are scum

[@mramazingxd4851]

rich people dont look at everyone else as people. sooner we the masses come to terms with this and stop idolizing rich people. the sooner we will force change on the world

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@debramiller7127]

Americans Stand with UAW Strike!

[@NoLoVeLoStNoLoVfOuNd]

Btw once tesla and companies that ARE NOT a union see what the big 3 workers are getting mark my words they will fall in line and get a union. OR at he company will just give them a raise right away so they don’t get a union. Watch you see ppl. These low wage jobs are car companies are no more. You will see once they see what we get from having a union.

[@Sammy31Dee]

My job before was non union....they used to copy paste UAW contracts minus about 10% ....and I didn't pay dues....so they basically gave us what unions got without paying dues ....UAW sold itself out under Nafta and ever since has been a Democrat owned scam

[@LightMike4u]

I completely agree! The WORLD is watching what will come of this! It's time we fight for the middle class!

[@dvdv8197]

Absolutely. 👍👏❤️❤️

[@ivanmccain6321]

SOOOOOOOO BASICALLY TAKE THE SCRAPS YOU'RE GETTING AND BE HAPPY HUH ?

[@robertsolberg7666]

Yes, a bag of peanuts for everyone

[@dvdv8197]

Exactly. That's what this biased big 3 panel wants you to think you are worth. Truly disgusting.

[@richardgrable6741]

Automakers need to turn loose that greed!!!

[@twoweeledsoto6072]

If the strike goes past 2 weeks, it's going to start to get ugly. Politicians are campaigning already?😂Same pay as McDonalds? Top pay to top pay?

[@c4direct1]

They have given tax payer money the these car companies which funds them

[@SteadyEddie543-cb4uv]

MICHIGAN L Welding job pay is a joke like 16-17$ an hour it's pathetic!

[@dvdv8197]

It's unacceptable. In solidarity! 👍👏🔥🔥

[@dvdv8197]

This was true for wayyyy too long: they're going to pay you what all jobs pay: less than you're worth and just enough to keep you crawling back for more." THIS STOPS NOW!!

[@MichelleSmart-y3f]

Keep Biden out of this

[@mrg8581]

Biden said there wasn't going to be a strike.

[@blancaperez8251]

Shame and greed on the pay the CEO's comparing to the base workers, that has a name "EXPLOITATION" pay fairly that is the right thing to do. Workers Stay strong in your demands!

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@tiberiajames5997]

They took 2 weeks of vacation from some people. Some people get 5 weeks (max out at 20 years ) Some people get 3 weeks ( max out at 15 years) It's based on when you were hired

[@nightmessenger]

Standing with the UAW! ❤❤❤

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@NelsonGuzmanGarcia]

Im sure it sounds like a pretty good deal to many Americans who dont have a union and have little to no protections when it comes to job security. But if many Americans were in a Union, they would be holding the UAW as an example of how to fight the elite business class.

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️ Too long Unions have been demonize. THIS STOPS NOW!

[@redst9364]

Johns worried about his corporate sponsers again he should go work at cnbc with Krammer

[@dvdv8197]

Indeed. Disgustingly biased 'journalism'.

[@marchollis5547]

So it seems like, right now no one deserves to live a comfortable life except for the rich & famous & Corporations.....What a shame America all the lies this country has told us is coming back to them.... What a joke.... Pathetic individuals to the grave

[@dvdv8197]

Exactly. It's a VERY sad state of affairs!!!!

[@gregmonhollen4327]

They would lose $15 billion but the CEO still made 124 million

[@doomman700]

Hey Mary Barra can net 11 or 12 grand a day with a 5 minute poop at work. Her daily pay is too high for a year for the workers in her mind. She really thinks she is worth 362 times their salary.

[@dvdv8197]

CAP THE CEO PAY NOW! 20 TIMES LOWEST SALARY SEEMS MORE THAN FAIR!!

[@lightningsparksky3277]

You just all talk because your making good money already.

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

... maybe because we had the foresight to educate our selves or learn a trade.

[@lightningsparksky3277]

@@PANIC_aka_PinD your just greedy I don’t need your comment that’s why there’s so much violence in US because of inequality people try to work and make descent living.

[@tomekaloving38]

Maybe some don’t have the opportunity to learn a trade plus everyone cant just be a trade that’s how capitalism works. You need labor not slave labor. And need to be paid and equitable wage

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

@@tomekaloving38 ALL have an opportunity to work with their brains or work with their hands ... the pay for both is pretty good. The folks who don't plan due to laziness or lack of a work ethic are destined to work unskilled labor jobs. I don't think ANYONE working on the line for the big 3 are slaves ... many people in many parts of the world including right here in the USA covet these jobs, but yet they complain ...

[@lightningsparksky3277]

@@PANIC_aka_PinD you never work on the production line that the only rest you got is break time. Wherein you need to be physically and mentally aware of the job or else you’ll get hurt or you will get reprimanded.

[@lloydmoore982]

But all my life i know it's 90day's before workers can become eligible for permanent.they keep you after 90day's or reject you.if you are kept you're entitled to permanent wages and benefits. all these crazy numbers of years very surprising.they idea is to take the workers wages and benefits whilst they wait all these crazy years. damm they really did set this mess.

[@dvdv8197]

Exactly. Completely unacceptable to use 'temps' for YEARS ON END!! 😤😤😤😤

[@feetincheseighths]

The act of standing on a street corner holding signs is useless and does not have any productive results. In Florida union workers give money to Unions who have no intention of actually writing a contract. People in the tourism industry do not care who makes their bed or cooks their food. These people holding signs on street corners are only embarrassing themselves believing they are still living in a 1600 mining town. Go home and demand your paid Union does its job as your membership demands. 21 % is better than any agreement in recent times.

[@benchoflemons398]

“The American auto industry is really the backbone of the American economy” I hope we can all agree that’s hubris as hell and untrue

[@dvdv8197]

No we cannot. Look up UAW and enjoy your weekend, offered to you BY THE UAW!

[@big-ticket]

The CEOs and top executives have been significantly increasing their salaries and bonuses for the last 18 years. They have also spent billions in playing the stock market to increase their wealth. Workers got a pizza party and certificate of appreciation. Also, Toyota, for example l, does pay their workers very similar wages to the big three. It's public knowledge. Look it up.

[@petesong7146]

Pay American UAW workers more; make reliable vehicles and we can all hop on the buy American bandwagon.

[@lutherpolaris8230]

This is the most important collective bargaining event and opportunity to deliver social justice for the workers of America in decades. The results will be felt nationwide and hopefully wages will become more realistic than they have been over the past 50 years. Hopefully, a better agreement will bring about a better direction for the workers in America in a ripple effect that's long overdue.

[@kevinvoss220]

People should be thankful. They still have a job right now. People can’t afford a new car now paying the workers 40% more. The car is going to cost 20% more. Everyone screwed buckle your seatbelt and hang on. It’s gonna be a rough ride.

[@dvdv8197]

Stop lying and do research. Workers' salary is responsible for 5 % of cost of car. IT'S ALL ABOUT CORPORATE GREED.

[@itsallminor6133]

Forget both sides. Company is all profit and executive over compensation. Jacking prices. Cost cutting on the ACTUAL CAR.. Union is like "give us 3 months a year off and.. And.. Let is be inefficient! Yeah! " Who is advocating for the actual car? These people all seem to be in the wrong line of work. You should love cars to build and design cars. You should love engineering to engineer cars. I don't think they love or care about cars. Which is that actual product a consumer is buying, depending on makers to love and care about cars. But instead management's probably like "hey lets give ourselves a bonus and saved $50 per car by using worse screws! " Wow dude! Thanks! So happy you all love cars! Dearborn Michigan. Anyplace really in the business. Should make its goal, very purpose, to make the HIGHEST QUALITY, MOST RELIABLE, BEST DESIGNED cars in the world. Thats it! No over pay. No rediculious management. No screw ups. No excuses. Love cars. Right down to the quality of that little screw. Or get out of the business. Just get out. Find a new job. Close the company. Whatever! Just go away! Union, management. I don't care what side. If your goal isn't loving and turning out the best possible. Simply, go away. Quit, hope you get fired. Go bankrupt. I don't care. Just go.

[@dvdv8197]

RECORD PROFITS = RECORD CONTRACTS END TIERS BRING BACK COLA END 'SUPPLEMENTAL TEMPS' WHICH ACTUALLY MEANS FULL-TIME BUT UNDERPAID AND UNDERVALUED WORKERS!! 😤😤😤😤 In solidarity with all Workers ❤️

[@wt9653]

Where in the US pays 23 dollars at McDonald's? Most McDonald's pays less than 10. In Washington State, the minimum wage is 15.35. I looked it up. Massachusetts has the highest at below 16 dollars. She is so full of it.

[@guitarjeff5775]

In Michigan there are many signs up for 16 per hour for fast food

[@wt9653]

@@guitarjeff5775 Same here in Washington State. Which McDonalds pay 23 dollars an hour besides the managers?

[@dvdv8197]

Instead of asking what economic impact a couple of months of striking could mean, why don't we ask ourselves what DECADES of AWFUL TREATMENT AND EXPLOITING OF WORKERS by INCREDIBLY GREEDY CORPORATIONS causes!?? 😤😤 THESE QUESTIONS ARE ALL WRONG AND IT'S BY DESIGN. BE BETTER, MEDIA!! 😤😤😤😤

[@S1ck0f1tA11]

No one forces you to work for a greedy corporation

[@RINEYMOTORSPORTS]

This lady is smoking dope there's no way they make $23 an hour at McDonald's if they do I'm going to get a job at McDonald's tomorrow

[@paulfranco8718]

Nope! Not inly dows middleclass is struggling...everybodys struggling right now! Look around Congresswoman!

[@barriewhiteley1692]

No petrol engine no jobs the plants will have to close

[@smoothrider4976]

All Big 3 could give every autoworker $80,000, not raise car prices, & still have $18 BILLION profit minimum, highest profits ever before 2020. Autoworkers made & had more, worked less when profits were $2-5 Billion. Make laws that foreign automakers must pay & benefits same as domestic companies , like all of Europe has always done, protecting their workers, companies, & country.

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@dvdv8197]

This panel is ONCE AGAIN ridiculously SCHEWED!! 😤😤😤😤 NOT ONE UAW PERSPECTIVE?? Shame on you Detroit Local 4!!!!

[@S1ck0f1tA11]

Truth hurts And the word is *skewed.

[@dvdv8197]

@@S1ck0f1tA11 daaaamn, thank you, sorry about that error! 🙏🙏

[@jamessudek2125]

Nurses and teachers too.

[@dvdv8197]

Yet again, disgusting Big 3 defense from this journalist. SHAME ON YOU!! You get paid MUCH MORE and you dare say what the big bosses, who earn MILLIONS, offer sounds 'pretty good'? SHAME ON YOU, SIR!!

[@staryu2509]

Wow I am a GM worker I never made 24.00 an hour n th 90 what plant did u work at an GM paid the most money😮

[@Gotejjeken]

Wait, hold up...who is making 23 / hr at McDonald's in literal Ohio? 😂. This lady is a trip

[@relentlesseducator]

Highest reported is 23 the avg is 16

[@RINEYMOTORSPORTS]

Yeah maybe a district manager at McDonald's makes 23 bucks an hour

[@oakesweld]

Please don't reelect Her!!!

[@DR.Detroit11]

Solidarity Forever!!

[@dvdv8197]

👍👏❤️❤️

[@rollinrollin1715]

23$ AHR MCDONALD'S what in the world 🧠 💥

[@hoffrun]

Cheap labor is the hallmark of US capitalism .......it sorta works , until it doesn't.

[@dvdv8197]

It officially stopped working. In solidarity. ❤

[@bwise609]

Rod has been great one of my favorite news men covering this

[@Theylie2us62]

That guy Sandy in a Union hater.

[@dvdv8197]

Absolutely always playing defense for Big 3.

[@c4direct1]

The electric vehicle industry supported by the administration is the root of the problem and cost of living

[@Sammy31Dee]

❤ YUPPPP....ALL DEM POLICYS IMPLODE EVERY MAJOR CITY FOR DECADES

[@dvdv8197]

No, it's not. Stop gaslighting and lying.

[@marteeseevans4101]

Yes it is your right

[@hoffrun]

Wow, the congresswomen really got stuck from the start.

[@guywalkerarmy]

Close 🤣🤣🤣 they gotta lot to add to the last proposal to even be in the realm of close!

[@pcysneros]

RIP LEGACY AUTO!

[@BBMZAP]

Unifor has rejected ford 2nd offer they want the same benefits as the uaw in the u.s. so Farley pay need to be reduced to the same as the ceo of Hyundai, honda, kia, Toyota, Nissan. If you want to be competitive like you said about the non-union plants.

[@roberts.3712]

As long as fools keep buying their overpriced junk this will continue. Buy a Toyota instead.

[@BBMZAP]

Toyota is union in japan

[@itsallminor6133]

@@BBMZAP they are expanding in japan from what i hear. Seems with the currency change and exchange rates Toyota is realizing it's cheaper to just make cars in japan. The Japanese made ones are better quality as well. I'm not yet sure which plants they might shut down here in the U.S. I guess we'll see

[@hoapres]

If the strike doesn't settle by Halloween then the strike won't settle until 2024

[@dvdv8197]

The strike will settle when UAW Workers earn WHAT THEY DESERVE!!

[@tiffanymarshall7835]

Tellem Debbie!!!

[@myronp243]

And the American consumers will be at the mercy of those dealerships.Less stock means huge price increases to buyers.The UAW doesn't understand what the real cost will be to the buying prublic

[@txbulldogboxing1462]

Oddly enough,im around 20.50 and i work for one of Americas top suppliers of med devices. They really are f****** all of us over😂

[@dvdv8197]

Exactly. Which is why we ALL need to stand in solidarity with the Workers. ❤

[@dr.johnnyfever9194]

Is this strike really that serious, the USA moved away from a manufacturing economy to service/skills economy. To me this UAW strike looks like an old economy hangover

[@javersowens2035]

I have some friends, their position is since Ford cars and trucks are not a comodity or a service that anyone can't due without, in any stretch of the imagination, just don't buy it. Not sure, but I think that's a boycott.

[@dvdv8197]

... what?

[@javersowens2035]

@@dvdv8197 sorry, that's CAN do without

[@user-ce8vb1sb6y]

20% is joke.

[@dvdv8197]

As in 'not enough', right?

[@michaelthomas5367]

Taft Hartley Act

[@eumefmeauh6193]

Big stuff!

[@erinmich5425]

The corruption & greed of the big three in vile.

[@dvdv8197]

Yes indeed. 👍👏 it must be stopped. CAP THE CEO PAY NOW! 20 TIMES LOWEST SALARY SEEMS MORE THAN FAIR!!

[@galemartin9155]

Grown men crying, the same grown men who shed no tears for other people during the Trump years and indeed voted for Trump. You'll forgive me if I lack any sympathy.

[@billcichoke2534]

Greedy union thugs whining and extorting. Profit sharing but no sharing the risk during downturns. Pay that's 15% or more over what non union folks make. Full medical when everyone else is stuck with Obummercare plans. Desire to get paid 40 hours for 32 hours' work... Forgive me if I don't cry for union workers.

[@roypitts457]

Man you are the ones who sound like crying babies. Sounds like you are too stupid and lazy to get a better job. Or you are stock traders that believe in theft

[@erikhammer153]

​@@billcichoke2534beta 😂

[@keksterbojester818]

​@@billcichoke2534explain to us what exactly a CEO does that is difficult and merits $20 million a year compared to somebody putting their health on the line making $20 an hour? I guarantee you won't have a good answer.

[@billcichoke2534]

@keksterbojester818 Reeeeeeally...? Since Ford has had the most RECALLS of ANY of the big 3, and most of them were PRODUCTION problems (i.e. due to crap work by those screw turners you lionized), someone had to deal with the bad publicity and legal issues. Someone had to work with dealers to co.e up with a 'dealer adjustment' added to the price to mitigate the costs associated with same. THOSE actions made Ford profitable IN SPITE OF WORKER INCOMPETENCE. But you don't think corporate execs do anything. THIS is why they get the big bucks, and you grumble because someone makes more money than you do.

[@ColinPopoviciu]

striking all three companies is a poor strategy. makes all three unite against union. if you strike only one it puts them in a disadvantage versus the other two and they don't like that

[@barryhamilton3112]

Charging $50K for a base car and truck these days is a rip off. How do you know a Democrat is lying??? Their lips are moving !!!😂😂😂

[@JaimeGarcia-pe7bj]

With all due respects democrats are not to blame for this.

[@LightMike4u]

It's so annoying & immature when people have to insult/blame a political party on any topic. This has NOTHING to do with political parties 🙄

[@dvdv8197]

This has NOTHING to do with Democrats or Republicans for that matter. Keep politics out of this and stand in solidarity with your FELLOW WORKERS.

[@melvinjohnson7033]

UAW caves on pay increase!

[@johnyank1872]

We’re gonna look back on these times and say boy remember when cars were made in America🤷🏼‍♂️

[@cchcch-jw9dw]

Buy a Toyota or Honda. They are made in America for some models and they aren't big pieces of junk made by cry baby UAW workers. Some of the laziest workers I've ever been around in my life were prior union individuals. Cola pay??? Give me a break! 🤣

[@familydad3241]

​​@@cchcch-jw9dwcola has been in affect since the 1940's-2009. Your such troll but that's obvious by your troll name.

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

Yawn trolls

[@Downriver73]

Do people realize the purpose of business is to make a profit? The dividend of prosperity ( profit ) is jobs and benefits included in those jobs. What you earn is a cost associated with running that business. If you think for a moment your company cares about you as a person and will provide to you out of care it’s fairy tale land. I agree with the unions position however you negotiate with keeping business afloat and prosperous in line first. If that company doesn’t turn a profit that makes sense than you have nothing. I said this before - go after your raise and bigger share of profit sharing while keeping what you already have earned. Pensions, 4 day work week, etc won’t happen.

[@LightMike4u]

You also have to ask for more & settle for less. So maybe we don't get pensions & a 32hr work week but we get better profit sharing & they eliminate forcing employees to work 90 days straight like Stelantis is doing! Now that HAS to change!

[@dvdv8197]

And yet at the same time, these companies call them 'family' when it suits them. Total HYPOCRISY. 😉

[@crazycardz1]

They talk about the UAW not being able to get Teslas workers to come on board..Problem is Mr Musk is not just smart hes a genius as we kno..So what does he do for his workers..Well instead of these bonuses that the Big 3 offer he offers his workers stock options..and as profitable as Tesla has become, why on earth would u want to unionize against a CEO that already takes care of his workers..Theres been many millionaires that work on the line that builds the cars for Tesla all because of the stock options..This is something that nobody seems to talk about

[@dvdv8197]

Tesla workers want to unionize, Tesla has just been union BUSTING so far. But with new NLRB rule, Union should be coming to Tesla for sure.

[@Inglesemente]

I don't see autoworkers should make 30 plus dollars an hour and the rest of us less than that. If you want to make that kind of money, then Congress should pass a $30 minimum wage; otherwise autoworkers should make as little money as the rest of us!

[@matthewjaso7710]

People like you make no sense . I work at one of the big 3 factories we are setting a standard and fighting for the middle class

[@Inglesemente]

@@matthewjaso7710 You don't give a f about the middle class! Your 30% pay increase will result in cars becoming 30% more expensive. The only thing you working class people care about is your own self-interest. There are people working fast-food, or in offices that have a higher level of education than you and make 10 dollar an hour. I don't see why UAW workers should receive preferential treatment EVERY TIME; you already got a pass in 2008 when they should have let you go through bankruptcy and now you want a 30% pay increase? And on top of that you also want a 32 hours week instead of a 40 hours week? No! Either everybody gets that, or nobody does. Enough!!! Besides, what is it you should receive a pay increase for? That junk you produce in Detroit that lasts half the mileage than Hondas? I don't think so!!!

[@dvdv8197]

Lmao... quite the solidarity you got going there... UAW Work is Hard! They deserve a DECENT pay!!

[@Inglesemente]

@@dvdv8197 Everybody deserves a decent pay; UAW people are not any better than the rest of us! You UAW people need to get off you high horse!!!

[@dvdv8197]

@@Inglesemente stand in solidarity with these AUW Workers and you will benefit from that. That's what I'm saying.

[@holycrapitsjake_]

2:58 😂