re: Trump to Speak to Striking Union Members in Detroit, Skipping 2nd G.O.P. Debate

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If Trump gets re elected and reins in the NLRB, that is a good thing. The current problem with 'private' sector unions is that government rules are slanted towards them. So they are barely 'private'.

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The notion that Trump can corner the union vote in the Midwest is as misguided and wrong as the notion that he’ll get more that 12-15% of the black vote.

So they've been on strike, but the only day he's available is the day of the debate?

Don't be upset if Brandon or whoever is the D nominee decides to skip debates for whatever reason.

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Watch the Cult suddenly become pro union.

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Actually, as the union membership slowly but surely turns towards Trump, watch the Dems suddenly become anti union. It will be quite the mask drop.

The real reason UAW on strike

Their real issue is existential, and will change the whole narrative around EVs. It takes 40% less labor to make an EV car. That means thousands of UAW jobs go away. That eventually means all those car mechanics in gas stations and suppliers of parts to gas fueled cars go away. And on out the chain. The UAW is saying, NO to all these EVs. So here is the dilemma for the White House. They are pushing for all EV by 2032. That means the UAW loses big in 9 years if DNC pushes its EV plans

Dragn dem nutz on deir faces! ??

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The strike is all about EVs.

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Exactly!

Jon Scam has the sads.

Ford CEO Jim Farley On Auto Strike: ‘Transition To EVs’ Is Top Priority Despite Losing $4.5 Billion

CNN anchor Jake Tapper grilled Ford CEO Jim Farley during an interview this week about the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike that is impacting America’s big three automakers.

Around 13,000 auto workers stopped working as picketing began outside a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan; a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. The strike comes after weeks of negotiations between the union and leadership at the automakers.

A CNN reporter was interviewing Farley when Tapper interrupted her and to point out what the head of the UAW was saying.

“I just wanted to pass on a question based on something he told me the other day which is that over the last four years, each of the Big Three car manufacturers’ CEOs, in addition to their multimillion dollar salaries, they received on average of 40 percent pay increase,” Tapper said. “So why are the auto workers wanting a raise beyond what’s been asked, why is that so offensive compared to the 40 percent raises they have given themselves?”

Farley said that the company was “really open to huge increases” in the “double digit” range, “increases we have never seen before, 20-plus percent.”

Farley said that going to 40 percent would put the company out of business and that he refused to cut the company’s push for electric vehicles, despite losing $4.5 billion in the endeavor.

“There’s a fine line here that we won’t go past, which is we want everyone to participate in our success. But if it prevents us from investing in this transition to EVs and in future products like the ones we have now, like new F-150, bestselling vehicle in the world --- in the U.S., then everyone’s job is at risk if we don’t invest,” he said.

Tapper pushed back, “It’s just there have been record auto profits, bailouts by the U.S. government. These huge raises that these CEOs are giving themselves, and I just wonder, why there isn’t more of a desire of the CEOs to have the workers share in the profits that are coming in to these automakers who just need we remind him were bailed outside by the U.S. taxpayer a few years ago?”

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He has to tread a fine line here. A lot of conservatives are anti union so too much support could hurt him elsewhere

It will help his support in crucial swing states up there

So when these US automakers sign this ridiculous contract with the unions will tax payers bail them out again? Of course they will.

I will never buy another American made car. They are shittier than European or Japanese anyway. We have two GM SUVs and two Honda cars in my household. The GM vehicles were way more expensive and we have way more issues with them.

I hope these US automakers go belly up and guys who are demanding $100K+ for 32 hours a week without any specialized skillset get shite canned. They can then enjoy $15 an hour working at Auto Zone.