UAW president Shawn Fain says 21% pay hike offered by Chrysler parent Stellantis is a “no-go”

[@zerem1726]

Let’s stop grilling the Union guy. Let’s get the CEO in the screen.

[@MarcusTheJR]

That's not the bootlicker motto

[@FreedomFinanceFun]

Mary had nothing to say but that she loves her money

[@LinearTactics]

Facts media is in bed with corporations

[@lgee9027]

Mary already said you peasants ARE NOT getting what I get🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ 29 million per year, you literally can pay for everything in CASH!!!!

[@nocheckmarkgames]

but they won't grill CEOs the way they will Union Leaders. They'll give them a platform for their Point of View, and give support and Fear Monger over the economy in those segments. Where when they have a Union Leader on, its all questions, and attempts to trivialize the needs of the workers, as it always is.

[@dexter_gd3478]

It's not just the auto industry. It is Corporate America as a whole. It is broken.

[@summerjoy247]

Amen

[@Hofftimusprime1]

For real. And the auto guys are on the top of the industry. All the lower wage people who “don’t have real jobs” are really get left behind.

[@CrazyGorilla99]

100% I’m UAW and I see that I hope once we get our fair share I want our union to fight for others that are being left behind we need a community of fair paying jobs

[@blaisearwyn3405]

It works perfectly for creating a few billionaires, a couple millionaires and extreme poverty for the masses.

[@corrosivedevourer]

The same corporate America that will distract everyone over social issues while they rob you blind.

[@petefraser3013]

He killed this interview with brilliant l, succinct answers.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Go UAW! Thank you to the unions for trying to close the wealth gap that has been destroying our nation for decades. Yours in solidarity.

[@RajDeelish]

Unions are only fighting for themselves, not the common people.

[@ClarenceSlade]

Unions will not close the wealth gap, the costs always trickle down to the end consumer. Do you seriously think that any massive hike in wages isn't going to affect the future sticker prices? The government should have let them sink instead of bailing them out years ago.

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@ClarenceSladeWhat exactly are you a supporter of foreign car markers? At least could let or allow the consumers to choose, not propose to eradicate the car-makers here in the US via corporate greediness & leave no choice(s) in the matter where a person's dollars are invested, by their own standards of prioritization. Firstly the government primarily bailed out the mega-corporations, using tax-payer dollars to do so. One point is this the auto-workers industry being somewhat higher earners than some areas of employment. These payouts being reduced in-effect, is monetary paid compensate basically an investment back into yourself via intervention governmental agency's on board to do so. Point being for the government to lend a hand is an investment into continuance an enormous tax base. However very notable is responsible parties. The workers never made the decisions to bankrupt the company. They opted concessions in a show of good faith or desperation, likely both, but you pic your poison. The CEO's kept paying themselves enormous incentives knowing full well the market wasn't providing that compensation to themselves, & if not to know what excuses ? How to Captain or hold such a position of steering the company's assets...into liabilities is permissable on any level of business competency? Gross incompetence or fuckery? I say the latter, though I think evil intentions of the stupidest proportions any mind can pursue, for who can retain anything in this world they beg, borrow or steal from? Not taking it with us upon departure, is my humble opinion. Yet, these so-called top-notch thinkers clueless the warning signs posted on economic bubbles to burst..showered in persistency to be heard, still they proceeded as deafened, it was either fuckery or totally incompetency to run a company, not to heed the cautionary signs & sail the ship over a waterfall onto the rocks of mayhem's destruction below. I venture knowing full well where they were headed & they continued on course raping the finances of the company. Doing so, allowed a speculation they perceived their rescue beforehand. Evidence that corporate America, thru legal channels paid for by the mega corporations, bought a politically favored standard & achieved a personal bankruptcy status. A corporation is not a person, it a 'thing' comprised of 'a group of individuals in league with one another with an agenda in hand to overcome all individual resistance to themselves,' & does not warrant a personal bankruptcy status nor violate excuse to pay themselves enormous amounts completely irresponsibly & avoid accountability. What are they but glorified accountants to begin with as heads of corporations. Parasitic inventors in this case. Incidentally, this corporate pack formation to wield immense power, as affluence over lawful conduct is nature's equivalent to a pack of wolves or a lion pride. A group that serves the isolate center at the top, in short & nothing warrants under true law, this position of indemnity for bad financial decisions. Who thru political affluence ( via campaign donations) merely enacted legal mandates posing, as Laws. Before this if a company fell into insolvency, responsible parties assigned restoration thru removal their assets, the assets were sold to pay debts, it was dissolved & personal assets seized to pay debts. However they were allowed to walk free with bonuses paid in hand. Forgiven all, because that changed thru this paid for legal standing beneath a curiously farce 'Law' to preserve, even under notoriously questionable conduct a pathway out was provided & the tax-payers were forced to foot the bill for corporate greed, plus worker's forced to take concessions for this ultimate heist & kidnapping of tax monies at the uppermost echelons of government, by politicians beholden to corporate donations, provided hand in hand the means for corporate greed to flourish abundantly while everyone else did with less. Not a single vile crook was punished for their crimes of corporate thievery either is despicably how the political wheels turn.

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@RajDeelishThe Unions are part of the common people. That is an underestimation of how much effectiveness the Union jobs reflect on other workers, their combined dollars support many businesses, supportive private mom & pops & other companies. If the Union had it their way, all would be represented, but some places don't wish that or being to small to afford payment likely & manage effectively on their own keeping fair practises or violations at minimum & that's their choice to do so respectively can't force & that wouldn't be Independence at work. Unions where suitable, still reflective the positive thru monies of taxation paid & purchasing power.

[@jennyb489]

Shawn Fain has immeasurable patience for these same hostile, bad faith questions that he has answered numerous times. It would be funny if it wasn't so frustrating to watch all these corporate puppets desperately flailing to put all the blame on the workers. It is so satisfying to watch him swat this nonsense down point by point. Shocking that corporate media doesn't come at the other side like this. 🙄

[@AndrewSmith7]

You can tell who she speaks for

[@dansamson7081]

100%

[@dustoff499]

Her mannerisms and tone certainly confirm this.

[@stbam1965]

​@@dustoff499exactly,she is acting like a hunt. Minus the H and put a c in the place of the H. She would be crying from one day on that line working. Ppl just don't understand it. I know because i didn't before i spent all those years and tore my body up so bad it hurts to walk . Been in PT so many times and steroid injections from over use of my body. She is so ignorant to what she is talking about.

[@supahfly2106]

Absolutely, you could smell the b.s. every time she opened her mouth, n this beast never let her dictate the interview once. Good on ya Mr. Fain

[@edwardsavela]

I love this guy Sein Fain. It's about damn time someone spoke out this boldly on the rights of workers. God bless you Mr. Fain. Hopefully this reignites a long overdue resurgence of the labor movement in the USA. Workers at many levels have been exploited for too long.

[@Mikecarr5124]

Your blind he's asking for too much lol andi lies about strike everyone goes from 46% to 30 something lol he bit off more then he can chew hate to say it

[@MrSyphen6]

​@@Mikecarr5124Corporate shill

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

edwardsavela: absolutely, unions created prosperity in the 50s. Since the 80s, the pursuit of "trickle down economics" has created a dangerous wealth gap. More than overdue to fix the mistakes and go back to a model that we know can work for working class people.

[@twincat800]

The strike by GM last contract lasted 40 says, workers were fools taking that one! It's laborers time!

[@carparthero]

@edwardsavela it's spelled shawn fain. not sein fain LMFAOOO 🙃

[@bigtimefirebreather214]

I like the fact that she brought up Musk and all of these right-to-work states that have weak unions and how they're better for the CEOs and crapping on their employees. That just makes the entire case that he's trying to make.

[@zedzed5276]

the non union shops benefit from UAW wins with higher wages as well. And they don't have to pay union dues. If Toyota in the south doesn't raise wages, the workers will have an incentive to unionize.

[@oeleveoleve.7562]

not only the ""the right-to-work states,,, "" is the golbalized capitalism that not alowed the unionize jobs... and the new electrification era of XXI. ,,, the other car fabrics honda toyota,,,, pay more and give lot of benefits to their workers,,, they take care of workers....

[@Darthmaull0101]

It doesn't. Tesla employees get paid less than the union shops because they are already at 63 an hr (according to a Ford line worker). But Tesla employees make out with stock options. And they have decent Healthcare. 63 an hr is alot

[@donnieburger3721]

​buy a tesla

[@Dennis-ff2pf]

​@@donnieburger3721nobody will get a car to much cost.

[@motube2389]

This guy in the only man with balls I have seen in a while, I salute you sir! We live in a dark era where speaking truth is almost shocking to hear, incredible

[@x-raymind7778]

Yup it’s a mindset of do what the rich masters say

[@m.s.7926]

Why don't people like this run for president? I'd gladly vote for him!

[@stick9648]

It will earn a suspension on yt.

[@tommerry2814]

The people at Honda Toyota and tesla sure love him!

[@sarahcarder7076]

Shawn Fain thank you for being the one saying the truth of the billionaire class stealing from the workers on the ground. Perfect points; yea why ceo’s getting 40% pay increase and the ones on ground zero are going backwards? Someone needed to say this and about the 2008 financial crisis not curbing any of the greed because they get away with it and get rewarded more!!

[@razzberry1262]

Why do you blame the billionaires and not the government? If we turned 100% of all the US billionaires' wealth into cash, and issued it all as one big tax collection, it wouldnt be able to fund the government by itself for more than 8 or 9 months. Youre being wilfully lied to. The source of economic destruction lies with the ones who print money, not the buisness leaders. Power rests with those who wield guns and cages, not the ones with money....because the money itself is controlled by those with guns and cages.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

The interview with Representative Dingell was very helpful. One of the things auto workers gave up in 2008 while trying to help save these mismanaged auto companies was their Cost of Living Adjustment. Therefore, they have been going backwards for over a decade. The auto companies are doing very well now. It's time to restore the cost of living adjustment (COLA) and provide wage increases that match the bounty the CEOs have been enjoying. That's only fair. Period. These companies owe a debt to these workers, pay your debt. Period. Yours in solidarity. 🗽

[@advicemaster1365]

Dead wrong. No laymen deserves the same % increase as any CEO in any business. @@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288

[@advicemaster1365]

Dead wrong. No laymen deserves the same % increase as any CEO in any business. Imagine what the price of a vehicle would be if you all got a 40% increase! C'mon man.

[@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288]

Can't wait to see what those cars look like once the CEOs roll up their sleeves and try to build them by themselves. Lol Would you drive a car built by a CEO? Solidarity with UAW all the way.

[@susancoddington6393]

I'm so impressed by UAW President Sean Fain, for every interview he's done he has consistently given the same answers no matter how many interviewers ask questions with incorrect numbers and information. When someone is speaking the truth there can't be any gotcha questions from corporate media whose job is to make people want to sympathize with the billionaire CEOS thankfully those days are over

[@hakujin1]

Average General Motors Assembler hourly pay in the United States is approximately $21.42, which is 39% above the national average. Average Tesla Assembler hourly pay in the United States is approximately $22.01, which is 43% above the national average. Avg salary is over 50/hr. What's this guy talking about 'pitiful' Tesla pay' & 'greedy' Musk shooting rockets into outer space (with goal to colonize Mars)? When assembler positions go virtually extinct, this will be amusing to look back on.

[@timloo6191]

The fact trump is earning tons of money and pay no taxes. Yet 100 millions Americans loving him. Soon all these workers are dead meat. All hail trump the great one

[@stick9648]

And in the end the unions can shrug their shoulders and walk off into the sunset with no more questions.

[@johnwright9372]

The bias of the interviewer is blatant.

[@timloo6191]

@johnwright9372 what do u expect? Plus have u noticed that Donald j trump get away scot free. He will be next president. And usa is as good as.......long live p

[@rbiscuit7458]

What an absolute beast. Lets go UAW

[@Dennis-ff2pf]

There a joke and I would shut them out.

[@JohnyMo88]

​@@Dennis-ff2pfgo pound sand

[@cs1992]

32 hour work week, 40% pay raise, aligning yourself with a Marxist like Bernie Sanders... hahahahha, no thanks. I'm no fan of corporate, but the UAW is a politcally driven machine along the lines of the NEA. Plenty of folks ready to take their jobs.

[@BobSmith-qn8gx]

​@JohnyMo88 let them starve they will relocate to Mexico 😊

[@daveforgot127]

Go What. The will end up like Big Steel. Game over. 40% is a joke Sorry.

[@randallferguson9279]

We’re all behind you Mr. Fain! Keep fighting for us because we have your back!! UAW!!!! ❤

[@susancoddington6393]

Anyone who watched this interview and works for a non union employer but have benefits like vacation, healthcare weekends off sick pay it's thanks to unions remember that

[@MaryJaneJones.]

It's called living in Europe And other 1st world countries.

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

lol ... no, it's because I am educated and my market value dictates I be compensated based upon the actual value I add to my employers bottom line. It has absolutely nothing to do with any union.

[@susancoddington6393]

@@PANIC_aka_PinD No it doesn't if unions didn't fight for the rights of American workers I don't care how educated you are,you don't own the company right if organized labor from the 19th century didn't fight for their rights no owner of any business would ever give benefits and if your truly educated you know that

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

@@susancoddington6393I have worked in non-unionized companies and countries around the world and never had an issue. I have worked mostly in Mexico for about a decade in both union and non-union environments helping American auto companies do business. In my lifetime no union has ever helped me.

[@RajDeelish]

Unions are not fighting for me or my job. When this is all over I'll have the same job, the same pay, and the same benefits.

[@UBJibbs]

The real historic offer was when the UAW took concessions in 2009. - Solidarity brothers & sisters, stay strong ! ✊

[@advicemaster1365]

Dead wrong. No laymen deserves the same % increase as any CEO in any business. Imagine what the price of a vehicle would be if you all got a 40% increase! C'mon man.@@detroitfunk313

[@BR540E]

​@@detroitfunk313what happened?

[@fmgmack]

@@BR540Ethey agreed to no raises lost their retirement and more to help save the auto industry in 2008 now that they’ve been making record profits for a decade straight they still haven’t paid them back

[@MrDarkjustice30]

@BR540E gave up pensions, retirement Healthcare, raises, cola, lots of other benefits in order to keep the companies from going belly up. Its even written in the contract all that is supposed to come back once the companies were profitable again. The Big 3 are pretending like that was never the case now

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@fmgmackYep, like spoiled children kicking & screaming they want their way, cause they had their way for so long now, completely without gratitude, just want more. Wealth hoarding speculators.

[@stpaff]

I really like how the UAW is going at this. If the CEO gets 40%, the workers should as well.

[@advicemaster1365]

Riiiight. That's not how it works.

[@johnt6673]

Go in and ask for a 40% pay raise, see how that works out for you. I do not believe in the ceo's getting 22 or 29 million in pay at all. They can give some of that money to the workers. The uaw asking for 48% is stupid.

[@justinmyers9515]

I have worked in these shops these union workers are not worth what they getting now

[@jrawk4140]

​@@advicemaster1365well, we're going to make it work like that, watch us!

[@jrawk4140]

​@@justinmyers9515neither was the teacher that taught you spelling and sentence structure...

[@benjaminbennett4101]

Mr.Fain and his peers are doing an amazing job! It’s time the American people stop being a door mat for these over paid corporate crooks! Let’s fight this fight together and STAND STRONG! 🇺🇸 UAW 685 🇺🇸

[@cherylannebarillartist7453]

I’d like to hear a second interview where she grills the CEO’s and e execs of these companies about their greed and lust for hoarding company profit… if that’s what they’re doing??? This interview sounds like the workers are being blamed by design of her questions.

[@Power_to_the_people567]

@@SeekingAlfalfaNo. the overwhelming majority of people support the UAW

[@MrDarkjustice30]

​@Power_to_the_people567 unfortunately the detractors and anti Union /worker people seem to be the loudest

[@justme-ti1rh]

The workers are the greedy ones.

[@TheUrekMazino]

​@@SeekingAlfalfaYes, there's literally polling data supporting this. Google is quick and easy to use. But you already know that

[@antihero105]

Unions are responsible for incredible leaps forward for the working class. The weekend, the 8 hour day, child labor, living wages, pensions.. For decades the American people have witnessed the unbridled greed of CEO's and "Right to Work" beneficiaries... I hope this sets a precedent for the entire working class, without us nothing happens. People deserve better, the country deserves better.

[@clairjunior5291]

Solidarity with UAW. Shameful corporate media doesn’t stop at anything to attack the working class. So proud of Fain to stand up to them.

[@michaelnunley7609]

@@dreamscap_eYTHell yeah, the working class get bars on the windows of their sweat shops so they don’t jump! These $40anhouraires own the politicians 🙃

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@dreamscap_eYTCorporate shill.

[@paulieramos]

I'm in solidarity with the UAW, I AM a united steel worker (USW), we are coming up on a bargaining unit contract in early 2024. God bless the union.

[@ANTAGONIST1776]

😂😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

[@CrabbyE8]

@@dreamscap_eYT$40/hour is only $80k a year. That’s not extraordinary, all. It’s not the 80’s or 90’s anymore. Not sure that should be the entry wage for the person in their first 2-3 years, but if you work for 4+, etc, that’s middle of the road.

[@87GTdude]

this dude is an angel, he is going down in history and doesn't even know it yet. Because hes a genuine human.

[@shou635]

He will end up in jail like several UAW leaders.

[@HarryManback0]

Thousands of employees at suppliers and salaried IT employees at GM and Ford are going to lose their jobs in the next few weeks because of the totally unreasonable demands of the UAW. That fact should be what's in the headlines.

[@nextfriiday]

This anchors salary is 300k. Lol.

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@HarryManback0Not true, they will be laid off & paid unemployment. In addition those who have 401 accounts will borrow from themselves & not lose a dime & furthermore we can bet they are in support of this strike, have to be completely uninformed not to be. Stop not telling the truth, all the workers are behind Just compensation .

[@maxpayne7419]

The companies have put themselves in a very awkward position in giving the CEO’s huge raises and record compensation. That was a big mistake. CEOs deserve to be well compensated- but the differential between CEO wages and average worker wages has become ridiculous.

[@MrDarkjustice30]

They keep talking about how they want to be 'competitive', yet they dont compare their 'competitive' CEO wages to that of competitors. Compare the CEOs salary of Toyota and Nissan to the Big 3. Then compare the company earnings and profit. Makes you go hmmm

[@SlumberSource]

Where he derailed in his interview is mentioning ELON who takes a $1 salary at Tesla and relies on the performance of his stock alone, so he is in a better position to do battle with the workers in relation to the Delta of pay. Mary Barra and the other CEOs need to be taking a $1 salary. As she says 92% of her compensation is tied to performance, then great. She will be rewarded handsomely based on her stock holdings which is how many of great companies are run today. If the leadership team gets a 40% pay increase, then the workers should too, but they did not think about that.

[@jamestyrer907]

​@@SlumberSource

[@butwhytharum]

If the CEO walked off the job the company would still function... if there are no workers the the company stops... these CEOs need to realize they aren't gods gift to everyone.

[@SlumberSource]

@@jamestyrer907 yes sir, that's me. Just stating facts.

[@thegoldengatesound]

This man’s a fighter

[@jrawk4140]

​​@@49ersfan834have you ever thanked a union member for your weekends off you enjoy? You really should!

[@Scottcombs-o7v]

FACTS!!! LET'S GO UAW!!!

[@markaruski]

Chevy owner here, supporting the UAW!

[@advicemaster1365]

How about when the price of your Chevy doubles because the UAW gets everything it wants? What you get is automatically passed on to consumers.

[@bigpicturethinking5620]

@@advicemaster1365The poster revealed his foolish nature when he admitted ownership of a Chevy. Surely he does not understand what he is saying, otherwise.

[@johnnyindiana1330]

Unions are a joke.

[@Ryan-093]

​@advicemaster1365 labor makes up about 5% of a vehicles cost. Paying workers will not jack up prices. If that were actually true then why didn't prices go down when they first started producing some vehicles in Mexico? The only thing jacking up prices is corporate greed.

[@jrawk4140]

​@@Curtelliott9then join us by going after the greedy auto execs...instead of blaming workers who have no skin in that game...don't you see it's just a charade by corporate to blame workers for car prices? 5-6% for a car, that's how much it costs them and you think that's why they raise prices? The companies owe them for concessions given up during the recession too...do your homework or don't speak about things you don't know.

[@antihero105]

Unions have always set the precedent for working class people- I hope this puts the owner class on notice and becomes the standard ... Wages have been stagnate for decades, it's about time people earn enough to lead a normal life... We need to bring back healthcare, pensions and wages that afford the working class to afford and operate in the world we live in... Add to that a 4 day work week and we could truly put the US on a positive trajectory

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

And yet they would still retain so much, there's really no logical excuse for this excessive greed. Me thinks there's something sinister behind this wealth hoarding. Something more that's untold..not disclosed in all of this. It must be about power acquisition, money equates power if people can be bribed, if a person refuses to be bribed money has no power over them.

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

Put precisely. 👌👍 I really do agree with that positive assessment, that would bolster the economy so much we'd likely be shocked the luxurious dividends paid out to every American. 👌

[@KieranMullen]

Union workers are not working class. They are paid very well. $100+ hr

[@Miles-wy1zr]

This dude has a 10 incher and balls of steel. These MSM puppets can’t break him.

[@corrosivedevourer]

Postal worker here! And i fully support the UAW

[@Frontosa1023]

We had a group of postal carriers join us yesterday on our picket line in Toledo!!

[@BenNSyder]

Your in a socialist union

[@danf1862]

I wish the postal workers delivering in my neighborhood had your esprit de corps. They fall short of every expectation for timely and accurate delivery.

[@ItIsColdHere]

This was definitely not Margaret’s finest interview. She was openly hostile toward him. At the end of the day, is anyone running a public company worth nearly $30M in pay? No, in my view. That person just happens to be at the right place at the right time and is cashing in on it. The guy is right…firms making billions should be sharing the wealth with more than the executives and shareholders. A rising tide should lift all boats, in my opinion.

[@jelef001]

she was uninformed too! her claims about toyota are wrong

[@Wes-Webb-5921]

Margaret knows where her bread gets buttered. She is on CBS. She makes a whole lot of money.

[@alexdevcamp]

They made $21 billion in profit so far this year alone, it's not about cutting her pay, it's about paying the workers their fair share too. They have the money

[@RandalColling]

@@alexdevcamp Didnt Ford lose $2B last year??

[@hangender]

indeed. libs have betrayed unions

[@jordash9992]

Sean is a gift from god going down in history as the man who saved the working class. His actions and words will have an ripple effect across the nation. This isnt about the auto workers but all the workers across the nation. Listen to this man. He is speaking the truth! A lot of workers are becoming fed up with corporate greed and living pay check to pay check!

[@MrCoopersLife]

I don't like the interviewer she's defending the greedy company not the hero

[@TheMrDamp]

That’s what corporate media does

[@lashandaallenredmon2109]

UAW family here. My husband has worked at Ford Motor Company for 10 years. And, two Uncles have been there almost 30 years as well. I support you!! 💪🏽💪🏽

[@shannalogan347]

My family's a IRON WORKERS FAMILY AND IM A UNION DRIVER AT JEEP.....

[@darrenmccullough2180]

GM CEO compensation is based off of stock price and not the performance of the company. That’s why they are buying back shares with profits. That Reagan era loophole needs closed and then the wage gap between them and the workers will start getting more in line.

[@chumps7974]

Facts. The rich make laws to protect the rich.

[@TheRogueEmpire]

every policy of the failed reagon administration needs to be reversed.

[@nickthompson1812]

Probably the best comment here so far.

[@derrynelson4637]

@@TheRogueEmpirewell they are going to have to Get rid of Those Trump Tax Cuts also. And Remember Bush43 Had Tax Breaks For The Wealthy Too. It’s almost like every Republican that gets in the White House does that. But the Middle and Working Class pays more in taxes. To make up for the Wealthiest Americans Households Tax Credit.

[@jrawk4140]

​@@derrynelson4637yep and that's the fight...buckle up, we need to get moving already! Down with corporate greed!

[@sleepinglady2778]

The CEO can have 30+% increase in pay but oh no the workers can't? They make the company run not the other way around. No excuse. Y'all got my support. Stand up and stay strong.

[@darrincarter8350]

In Solidarity ✊🏿 Local 551 Chicago

[@sunnyisland6709]

Insane ! I regular workers only get 3% raise , not 40%

[@wazup3333]

The CEO wage increase is chump change when considering their stock options. They're making millions per year. Greedy shareholder scum

[@JRich-yz3he]

Thank you Shawn Fain for telling it like it is!!! Bless you and your team.

[@lindseyyah1]

great information interview.... UAW Shawn Fain is 1000% Correct.... and they should be asking for 60% pay increases

[@mattc3385]

Fain said at a rally in Detroit recently: "We are not wrecking THE economy. We are wrecking THEIR economy." He was referring to the financial sector and billionaire class. I think this is a brilliant point. This economy is already wrecked for the mass of the people. God Bless You, Shawn Fain.

[@goatfunction]

Yep, love that quote.

[@splendidsnapshot9915]

There may not be that jobs anymore later on. Good luck.

[@jrawk4140]

​@@splendidsnapshot9915will you please learn how to form a cohesive sentence before letting your fingers just press all the letters on the qwerty board?

[@matthewneesley761]

@@jrawk4140 translation: their jobs will go to Mexico or China! UAW = Usually Always Whining 🙄

[@tonyd4151]

It's all about profit margins, period. How much is enough? It's never enough for them. It's reached a point now where people know the system is rigged. If you target your own citizens, they will eventually target you back.

[@m.s.7926]

*waits angrily for the government to figure this out* ..... ......

[@PhilMoskowitz]

Profit margins don't include long term debt.

[@Davidthestratman7]

If this strike is successful. The right to work states might think twice because all workers, especially in the auto mobile industry, are paying attention to this

[@AZbluedot196]

It disgusts me that we bailed out these companies, their employees made huge sacrifices in the 2008 recession, and all they want is to be made whole!!!!!!! I am so damn tired of big corporations taking advantage of the working class!!!!

[@jaelancaster5506]

Vote RFK wherever he runs….he is the Only one calling out and standing strong against Corporate Rule of the whole damn country

[@DavidRamirez-ch5pg]

UAW 💪🏽 Maybe she should also scrutinize the ceos just shows who they support

[@jimsummers487]

EV labor will be highly technical The workers must be trained The assemblers will be mechanized The taxpayers will pay for the transition and the CEO’will take credit

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

The average line worker has a 6th grade education equivalent. In engineering we are told to make simple products that a grade schooler can assemble ... literally. We on the technical side have been told for years "if the plant CAN assemble it incorrectly they will on purpose".

[@willitnitro8506]

And the service technician will work for free on all of your warranty claims...

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

The Mach-E is assembled completely in Cuautitlán Mexico with nearly all locally sourced parts.

[@Almighty_Hebers]

​@PANIC_aka_PinD If we're so dumb and youre so smart, then why is it most of the engineering team gets most things wrong on a daily basis? I work in one of these plants. This is our actual experience

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

@@Almighty_Hebers You are making a leap as I never used "your terms". There is no reason to be defensive ... I simply put some well-known facts on the table. I have not been in engineering for about 15 years but you have given the typical response of labor. "It's all your fault".

[@LeopardKing-im4bm]

Shawn Fain does something that I like a lot. He disentangles market principles from value choices. Markets do not compel human behavior. For so long there has been a narative that the hands of CEOs are tied over market demands when in fact they are just doing what they please. Why don't we sell human organs? Why can't we forego FDA regulations? Why not make life support for anyone over 65 illegal? These are all money making/saving opportunities we dissalow. The market does not make you do anything you don't want to do. Break the hipnosis of inevitable austerity. Workers don't have to be treated as stowaways in an upper class economy.

[@chadwilliam1]

Keep up the good work Sean.

[@hectorcapote5887]

100% for the workers

[@lucyjackson9408]

At least!

[@JT-5525_]

If the federal government told these greedy CEO'S that they could force us to work for 10 dollars an hour at gunpoint they would do it in a second! Time for these swindlers to take a pay cut ! Lets go UAW !!!

[@jamesmasters2386]

Keep going Mr.Fain! The workers and the informed middle class are with you. Don’t let the 1% price gauge the consumer AND underpay the workers. They have to pick one or neither. And they’ve already price gauged us so…..

[@angelaking8324]

Sending prayers out.

[@neil3858]

Is that you Mary??

[@shannonk.6528]

Corporate Greed is alive and well. Vehicles have gone up 30% in the last few years and the UAW workers have had no raises. The tiered system was based on the workers just starting out make poverty wages so the executives can pad their own paycheck.

[@RandalColling]

Wait didnt Ford lose $2B last year??

[@RandalColling]

Yeah "strong unions" to cause car prices to go so high the middle class will need to take the bus....

[@Almighty_Hebers]

​@@RandalColling Your hubris must have been in the way of what he wrote, preventing you from reading it. Is that it?

[@aprildouglas7005]

actually, the cost of labor to every vehicle is less than 1/4 the actually price of a vehicle

[@shannonk.6528]

@@RandalColling AFord spokesperson said that more than 90 percent of Farley's $21 million in compensation last year was made up of variable components based on how well the company performed. Farley's compensation was up by 21 percent compared to his predecessor Jim Hackett's in 2019, according to Ford.

[@jaelancaster5506]

We are sick of being indentured servants and cogs in the wheel of Corporate Rule and their greed

[@cadenspointofview8406]

Dude has got balls of steel!!!!!

[@billaddington831]

THIS is what real leadership looks like. If elected leaders in Washigton and elsewhere represented their constituents the way Sean Fain represents the workers who elected him, our hard working people and nation would be a whole lot better off. Respect! To an elected leader who truly has the welfare of his workers. Viva Sean Fain!

[@allenaxp6259]

The strike is also a reminder of the importance of unions. Unions play a vital role in protecting workers' rights and ensuring that they are treated fairly. Without unions, workers would have much less bargaining power.

[@douglas61920]

Auto workers in Mexico who work double the hours for 10% of the pay will gladly take a 21% increase.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Have you even been in one? I was. My first shop over 20 years ago. Been non union since. They are worthless. I am a Diesel mechanic. We can find a job in one day with the shortage the last 10 years. We get to call the shots these days. Seniority is the worst with unions. You have to be close to retirement to get all of the overtime and holidays off. Everyone makes the same. My sister shop is union. Because of my skills. I get paid 4 dollars an hour more. Also. I don’t need the company insurance. Being non union. I can demand to get money every month for not using it. I get 350 month extra. Unions you pay the same union dues and insurance regardless of your job.

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

You can take 0 Shawn ... thats 0 pecent of any job. All of this has been systematically shifted from the US to low cost corporate friendly countries. You don't have anything unique or special to sell.

[@ocampbell1954]

Unions are outdated. They served a purpose back in the industrial revolution. Now all the leaders do is steal money. I use to work with a company that has a union. The most mediocre people ever. Do the bare minimum, smoke break, bare minimum, smoke break.

[@liamellis9018]

But Unions have also added to the issues since the days of Hoffa; and no one is really factoring that into all of this. Problem is both sides are trying to recoup as much as they own BS as possible in one Contract and that’s foul on both sides.

[@darrylwilson9718]

God bless Shawn

[@distorta]

These Reporters have no clue, they are living in their cushy million dollar homes themselves leveraging class and connections for their own benefit as well.

[@LTB528]

We the people! God Bless the UAW. Thank you Mr Fain for not backing down.

[@jrawk4140]

​@@49ersfan834nobody is speaking for you corporate shills, so why are you still hanging around the post?

[@shawnsmith4651]

Working class hero!

[@30fromscratch]

This guy is with it. Love him to death

[@antihero105]

100% ✊

[@kingdomfreedom8323]

​@@antihero105Indeed, been a long time coming. A glorious sight to see someone who actually cares & isn't on the take.

[@deborahlukovich8006]

Go Shawn.

[@DeeWeber]

Stay strong, we’re with you. ❤

[@Thenostolgicdude]

That’s my president 💪 saving the American Dream 🇺🇸

[@سعودالقحطانيمطنوخ]

F16

[@TheDbear42]

"Competitive is a code word for race to the bottom" Best quote

[@davidellis5141]

Made In The USA 🇺🇸 & should be paid 💸 in the USA 🇺🇸.

[@lynneurbanik8703]

I agree

[@mariealexa9670]

workers must strike for same percentage hikes of ceos(34%) . . . and that CEOs be replaced with those who will start at $500,000, and end at million. . . replacement with new talent continuous at CEO level to avoid corruption. No to poverty wages!

[@hamms35]

Good point. My question is what work if any do CEO's do for so many millions of dollars. In fact , why do they need so much management in any company. Their wages drive up the cost. Not the people that are making the products out of raw material.

[@jrawk4140]

​@@hamms35that's just it...they don't "work"...they only know how to dupe the system and very poorly I might add...their secret of making millions doesn't lie in the foundations of labor, they lie in deceit and greed. It's shameful really...that being said, I'm sure they don't feel bad about anything...it's our job, the working class, that needs to make sure they do know that we're on to their bs

[@nomooon]

@@hamms35 ceo pay doesn't drive up cost nearly as much as workers pay. but it's the principle here, pay disparity shouldn't be that much.

[@alwayslearningthefacts5881]

Share! Share! Share! Go UAW. Shawn is for all of America. Well, 99% anyway. @6:34 my fav.

[@mrdma6262]

Go UAW!!!

[@williamlivengood2190]

Automation is reducing the need for human labor . The UAW is dying on the vine . This extortion doesn’t help.

[@Scottcombs-o7v]

Keep fighting!!!

[@CuNguyen-ct8nk]

Not in a union but I definitely think workers need to be paid better. GM and the 3 automakers were on the verge of complete collapse in 2008 and Obama bailed them out. The automakers should be thankful otherwise our only choices would be foreign vehicles. Do the workers right and meet their demands or at least come as close as possible.

[@PANIC_aka_PinD]

Obozo didn't really do anything. Ford mortgaged their logo for cash. Stop drinking the koolaid and get a grip.

[@abstractbard]

Fight on! Best of luck from Serbia!

[@ontheplayground1871]

Workers unite

[@donna8243]

Well done Shawn. Stay strong!

[@EmilyTienne]

Go UAW! It’s time to unionize those other auto manufacturers, especially in the south!

[@gbarraco8888]

Great job Shaun Fain!

[@21AirDrop]

What makes me sick if they want to be paid for 40 hours but only work 32 hours and want 5 weeks vacation and such a huge pay raise.

[@jelef001]

thanks for interviewing Fain and not just the bosses!

[@elbertmoreno2159]

Agreed 👍

[@eddiekulp1241]

I can't believe that employee cost are only 5% of the value of a vehicle. If that's true than workers are getting robbed

[@jordash9992]

Very true assembly lines make 450 cars in 8 hours. 450/8 = 50 cars an hour. An employee makes 30 an hour so do the math. An employee gets paid just over 50 cents per a car he helps build. At my plant where I build transmission we make 1,000 every 8 hours. I get 20 cents for every part I help make. I know we have a lot of people to help but guess what when you break it down our wages account for a very small percentage of the cost. It's not fair that we make pennies to the dollars when we're the ones who are the essential workers.

[@bensonvision]

The automakers need to build better quality products. We are losing faith in the big 3

[@Africanknight88]

Hold the Line UAW! ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼. We need more new stations to spread this message.

[@سعودالقحطانيمطنوخ]

F16❤

[@2stage90]

I spun wrenches for 15 years. I worked on 5 EV's in my life and honestly a good chunk of mechanics dont really like working on them because if you look at all the safety gear you have to wear just to work on them one slip up and you can be dead from shock....Hence every Orange wire under the hood. If you live rural you aint going EV. When its -40 degrees outside you pack your family up and hope the battery holds charge cause they diminish quicker over time just like RC cars in winter. Even my Old Chrysler instructor said they are targeted for people who live in the city and our charging grid is not up to par for them. Automotive in general is getting bad, mechanic walking away, the pay scale and the assemblers. Wishing the best to the UAW.

[@TheDarklady28]

Exactly!! Thank you! Our infrastructure is not ready for them any time soon!!

[@paulgarcia1147]

100% agree with this guy. Stand your ground. If you people want to buy cars made in “right-to-work” states by a holes like Elon Musk then so be it. Hope you are proud of yourselves.

[@scrubjay93]

Go unions! Corporations have been increasing executive pay and starving employees since the 1970s. Since covid, millions and billions more in profits yet price-gouging Americans. For those of us who are older, we know how different things used to be!

[@Lords1997]

Hero🔥

[@jeffbinkley1404]

Greedy unions. You are turning down 21%?? . You are the reason price of vehicles are unaffordable. Shame on you!!!!!

[@DavidDailey-d8g]

How about ending the unconstitutional fed, and restoring the value of a dollar?

[@RobertL.Peters]

How about both?

[@jimspence715]

I feel bad for the big 3 auto companies. The UAW continues to cause them financial hardship. But the auto companies continue to provide health insurance for them and their families.

[@t0030tr]

Let's see how long those transplants are against unions after these contracts get inked. Shawn is the man. I knew this was going to happen.

[@waltershink6878]

Amen!!!!

[@levishorkie2554]

What happened to a strike being a strike ? All union auto workers should have gone out on strike. This bit by bit strike will just drag things out.

[@dennisdavis6799]

The endorsements of a candidate or politician is won by the policy they push, endorse and enact.

[@postscript5549]

Labor is only 5% of the cost of cars?! That surprises me and strengthens the UAW's case.

[@jordash9992]

Yep the ceos don't want the world to know that but now the truth is coming out.

[@johndemore6402]

A 20% raise is 13% below current living wages

[@johnkozlowski8782]

The Unions have to keep up the fighting for the Union auto workers my dad worked for GM for 35 years and I side with the Union workers.

[@dardaniussmith2953]

Love it I hope they get what they're worth

[@Victoria3232-j7o]

Cheap labor is flowing into the USA they can all be let go and replace them them with Migrants

[@greenvelvet]

This is the first time I ever saw somebody with an actual spine. I only wish our politicians had one-tenth of the courage and integrity in actual actions behind their pretty little speeches. You get what you settle for. Corporate America has been stealing from Working families for 40 years. When is enough going to be enough?? How can you survive on a pension of $1900 a month when rent is 1500 in RISING. And if you collect social security that will be deducted from your pension. These workers are simply asking to get back what they gave up to help these companies survive during the pandemic. And now these companies are reneging on their promise America isn't a bad place and as much as corporate media is shoving this messaging down our throat Biden nomics is not working.

[@downrivercomputer]

🎤 drop!!!! #Solidarity

[@Quarin12]

Biden ain't no pro union guy it's all talk. Bernie Sanders is and this anchor like the rest of the corporate media always asks about their endorsement and I hope they never do! Love Shawn he's the leader all workers need!

[@mranonomousperson]

If anyone doubts that corporate media is biased in favor of big corporations and the rich, just listen to the questions she asks, and remember that 75% of Americans support the UAW in this fight. Every question is talking about how weak the union supposedly is in terms of leverage, and how generous what the companies are offering is.

[@ryanwomack7563]

The bailouts they were given need to be given back to the employees!

[@pumpkinporter1108]

I work at the truck plant in flint, mi. We are doing our own maintenance on our robots, we go 8 hrs with a 10 min break & 1/2 hr lunch, doing the hardest work ever to keep our numbers up. GM has brought in sub contractors for many other jobs! This is a fight, we need to win!

[@WatchfulHunter]

This woman serves these corporations. She tries to get him to agree to 21%. Uses fear to get him to bow. But in truth, when cars go electric and fewer people and parts are needed for assembly, the car price won't go down, so there will be an abundance of profit to double and triple employee pay. This is the problem with big corporations. Concentrated decision making power at the top. Greed wins. Big corporations should be owned by the employees. NOT shareholders. NOT executives. There should be NO executives, just empowered employees. THIS form of capitalism works well.

[@sophianguyen3759]

Inflation, Inflation is the roof of the strike. UAW employees stand up for all American people ❤️👍❤️👍❤️👍