Unions DRIVE Forward Into SOUTH; UAW Scores FIRST WIN in Tennessee and Poised for VICTORY in Alabama

Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss United Auto Workers' big week with Hamilton Nolan, an author and journalist who focuses on labor and unions. #MercedesBenz #UAW
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[@williambarry8015]

All thats going to mean is a bunch of auto workers are going to lose their jobs. Has anybody noticed all those modern factories and assembly lines are 99.9% Automated. The present skeleton workforce are all just Tokens.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

lol That old fear-mongering isn't going to save your precious oligarchy, that ship has sailed.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Glory to God! His truth is marching on!

[@canadianroots7681]

Want to increase unionization in the south and elsewhere? Remain corruption free and stay reasonable.

[@michaellowe3665]

The dude is proud of how they drove the jobs out of other states and wants to continue until he chases them out of the country.

[@user-fe5ns7ts6v]

Funny how some people not only like to fail, but wish for all others to fail with them. I anticipate high cost of living because of this.

[@davidl5119]

You are proving of an economic system that acts like a parasite and wants to exploit workers more and more.

[@michaellowe3665]

@davidl5119 you are correct. Unions are parasites that exploit workers and corporations. They will milk them both of their last drops until they drive the jobs out of the country. The workers get some short-term gains, but the union officials walk off with completely unearned profits. Why do you think the mob was so involved. They don't touch anything without a high margin.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Nope, that fear-mongering isn't going to work. The cat's out of the bag, people know their strength to fight down this despotism and get real representayion comes from worker-solidarity, and collective bargaining-power it brings. Wage-slavery, price-gouging, workers' rights violations, your days are unbered.

[@michaellowe3665]

@davidl5119 you are proving of an attitude that believes people are owed a job no matter how useless they are. The Soviet Union tried the "workers run the world" plan. Before they were done, they killed 100 million people.

[@zeke5491]

Now they can price themselves out of the market too

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

lol fear mongering, that's all you oligarchs ever had. That ship has sailed. Sorry to burst your bubble. lol

[@bropitt]

cool, what's the track record for states that have followed this dudes dream advice?

[@rhys5567]

Right to work just means freedom to choose between joining and not.

[@teebone2157]

and be fired without cause

[@johnrborowski]

It's funny that instead of choosing to put money in working class peoples pockets, you'd rather support a company's freedom to choose to pay less. amazing!

[@brandonjohnson1257]

That isn't how the real world works. They will lay people off and cut cost to make up the difference.​@@johnrborowski

[@brandonjohnson1257]

They're entry level jobs anyone can do..where do we draw the line of how much someone with no skills makes?​@johnrborowski

[@johnrborowski]

@@brandonjohnson1257 and then people complain that post secondary school is woke, costs too much and isn't worth it. your circular argument is a huge W for the rich. Just look at the last 50 years of less unions and increase in billionaires and poverty

[@LAMemorialColiseum]

In the short term this may be good for the workers but in the long term this can lead to businesses leaving. In an extreme example unionization can lead to political corruption as labor power is centralized and begins to make donations to politicians. I grew up in California in the 70's. My father any many family members were union. These industries and business that were unionized are long gone.

[@alexmeyer2222]

You can thank neoliberalism for that. It doesn’t have to be the case that US workers are competing against third-world workers making pennies. That was a choice our gov’t, at the behest of their billionaire buddies, made.

[@tina50ify]

I belonged to a union for 10 years in California. It was totally corrupt. I would never join another union again. They never did anything but take my money (you had to pay unions dues whether you joined the union or not), and never did anything for the workers. And when the union went on Strike, we were given $25 dollars a week to survive, while the union officers continued received their full salary.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

lol That's what the oligarchy shills ALWAYS SAY! It isn't going to work, give up.

[@jerryhughes5380]

Stop buying non-union built cars!! Ford makes cars in Chicago which are Union built.

[@rafters35]

Car sales are stagnant they will be bankrupting the manufacturers

[@Migwelp]

Bankrupt the dealers first and let consumers buy from the manufacturers. Middlemen industries like that are long overdue for extinction. Real estate brokers, too.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Price-gouging if anything is what's doing it. You're propaganda game is lame.

[@strooomon]

What a shame. Unions r evil. I voted against our union in the 1980s. Dues further reduced my paycheck. The Union did nothing to make things better. The UAW like our government, drives costs up. If u r exploited at your job,, either talk to your boss, or quit.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

anti-union = anti-worker. No amount of rhetoric or fear-mongering is gonna change that. Keep dreaming!

[@martyb3783]

​@@ToyotaGuy1971 The UAW is about greed and corruption. They don't care about their "Union brothers and sisters" They just care about collecting dues. And for the record, I was a UAW member for years. Never again!

[@michaellowe3665]

They will just move south again. Ole'.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

Nope.

[@michaellowe3665]

@ToyotaGuy1971 yep. If Mexico gets too expensive, there are 100 other places. If you can believe the hype, the entire workforce will be robots soon, and they won't need to move at all.

[@Marty234]

Wow that guy couldn't name a single "abuse" he was just going on about after Robby asked him for some examples 😂😂

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

Robby apparently didn't feel like pursuing harsh examples. Maybe in union shops you get 15-minute breaks and non-union 10-minute breaks.

[@play030]

Google is your friend. Stop being lazy.

[@davidl5119]

Dude. All it takes is a few minutes of googling to find them 😂 stop being lazy, expecting handouts

[@Marty234]

@@davidl5119 Expecting a person doing an interview to be able to give examples of THE THING they came on to talk about is "expecting handouts" 😂😂😂

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

@Marty234 And you think that rhetoric proves something bad about people standing up for each-other and themselves/ lol So delusional!

[@user-lw2sh4ss7o]

Many of these workers many of whom will lose their jobs due to higher wages and costs won’t be able to have the life they have now and the cost of vehicles of all types will be out of reach for many more.

[@kurtsakslsvideosaks9185]

I say any job they can't export make it pay $50 an hour. Let the husband or wife stay home like the good old days. Don't need $1k a weak for daycare and raise your own kids.

[@wjwelch40]

Good now we can drive the jobs in the south to Mexico too. Good job

[@user-fe5ns7ts6v]

"Jobs keep leaving the US!" I wonder why.

[@davidl5119]

@@user-fe5ns7ts6vif you were smart, you would say bc capitalism tries to exploit labor and move when they no longer can.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

lol same old propaganda, same old fear-mongering. Get some new material, chumps!

[@batscientist150]

Real news for a change! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@nerdobject5351]

These factory jobs offer good benefits and competitive pay. Its arrogant and ignorant to assume this is a net good or the workers even want this. We have low cost of living high quality of life down here and that’s not by accident.

[@medhue]

Tesla is already training their robots in their car factories. These southern workers should be strengthening their bonds with management, not breaking person bonds by joining a mob to bully the company. Robots will be welcomed with open arms instead of dealing with people, whom can be irrationally driven by a mob. If people want to get ahead in life, or doesn't like their work, there are many things you could do. It's almost unlimited. Joining a gang is not likely going to improve your situation tho. The real benefits of AI are ultimately expressed in robots. All other AI is a side show.

[@kurtsakslsvideosaks9185]

TESLA GOING BANKRUPT BCSE THEY'VE ATTACKED THE WOKE WHO FUNDED THEIR GROWTH LOL

[@alexmeyer2222]

Have fun bootlicking.

[@medhue]

@@alexmeyer2222 ROFL!!! I don't need to lick boots. I've worked for myself for 20 years. I don't own an EV but I might just buy a Tesla robot. I'm from Detroit, where the Unions destroyed the industry.

[@shaunamcnally188]

@@medhue unions did NOT destroy Detroit! That was NAFTA. Anyone who can still get a union job in Michigan does so.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

lol more fear-mongering.

[@tinchothegreat3743]

Funny, people ask "why don't we have that" well, you have their jobs because you don't have that.

[@jerryhughes5380]

It's about time! Unions are the only way to push back against the tax dodging OEM's (Original Equipment Manufacturers).

[@patriot9487]

Everyone in this comment section seems to be an NPC

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

An oligarchy shill, yeah, same mentality.

[@shaunt7301]

The UAW will soon need to drive south to Mexico because that's where all these jobs will go soon if they keep pushing their luck.

[@forgottenhelm1299]

Ah. The American Dream, asking for workers rights and better pay is somehow going to make American jobs leave us domestically. Just saying the quiet part out loud now are we? LOL

[@billsmith9737]

@@forgottenhelm1299he’s not wrong .. do some research.. Stellantis is laying off American workers left and right since the uaw strike has been over … I’m not saying it is the nice thing to do it’s just fact … I’m a big believer in unions .. I belong to a union but to say the uaw contract isn’t gonna move jobs outa the country your just lying to yourself

[@shaunt7301]

​@forgottenhelm1299 they can ask for it all but the companies can leave as well... just sayin.. there is a reason they are not making cars in Detroit anymore...

[@bengalpixie082]

@@shaunt7301 So economic slavery is our only option. Not sticking up for ourselves. Our quality of life all for the sake of the rich?

[@forgottenhelm1299]

@@shaunt7301 exactly. Without Toyota employing literal children in their factories and unions demanding oversight or even prosecution, what has America come to?? The children yearn for the mines! Give it to them! It's their human right!

[@forgottenhelm1299]

If companies were gonna move the company bc of unionized threats bc it costs them less then they wouldnt spend money fighting against unionizing when its cheaper to move LOL

[@l.j.r.8448]

Move where? They’re already in the south.

[@ToyotaGuy1971]

They can run, but they can't hide. lol Not in this country! They won't run, that's just an idle threat. A used up, tired old threat.

[@bn09185]

There are basically no worker protections in the south. Having lived in the north for most of my life, and now living in the south-its a HUGE difference how workers in many different jobs are treated/paid.

[@mehtacotute]

How long until they all need bailouts with my tax dollars?

[@l.j.r.8448]

Banks will need another bailout sooner.

[@tearl5676]

Stunning upset in Alabama. UAW told to go pound sand.

[@HughRGlen]

Very telling that when the clear request for examples of shht clnditions was asked for, the guest just repeated the same talking points which assume reality but cant prove it. 😂😂😂

[@rafters35]

Learn to code.

[@VenturaSewerInspections]

Unions are the squatters of the work place.

[@marktenzer2253]

robbie is explaining why capitalism doesn't work. Thanks, Groot.

[@SEEKERONE1]

Yeap, a Union president told me the majority was against unions in the South, because of the equal pay and the good old boy systems will fall. The majority would rather not get a dime than to see other get a penny. Ole 1938 German Rob will be at his best on this topic. Get them colonel Klink.

[@gorgonismztruth1551]

its funny and sad watching yall pretend to fight the obvious negative side effect so capitalism lol..

[@stephenleblanc4677]

Tell the blond Ken-doll pseudo-conservative guy not to GLARE at the camera even before the guest has been introduced.

[@HughRGlen]

It's funny that both Robbie and Bri are visibly obvious if they agree with the guests before a single word is spoken. Robbie has that narrow eyed glare and Bri looks like a half powered down android. Lol

[@trace7936]

TRUMP 2024.