UAW strike is about more than threat to economy

[WorkDoctor]

Getting sick of MSNBC "coverage" of the pending UAW strike against auto makers. They frame it only as costly to the poor corporate auto makers and its impact on future car availability for consumers. Yikes.

Alternative coverage ideas:
- showcase how Shawn Fain challenged former UAW rules & entrenched "leaders" that never allowed one member/one vote to democratize his union
- have union people on as guests (Labor Day was not just a shopping holiday)
- visit diners where union families eat, interview them as you always do with Trump voters
- find labor economists who can support unions, not just stock shareholders
- the UAW flexing its muscle is part of the larger movement to embrace unions (unless MSNBC is anti-SAG/AFTRA, too), celebrate it and the generational enthusiasm to balance power
- embrace support for workers who are powerless to effect change in their workplaces without unions to balance the power held by corporate masters
- research salaries required to match what it costs working families to live, is the raise requested really too much?
- detail the profits of auto makers - at some point profit margins have to be branded obscene & unconscionable
- critique the threat to move more jobs in Mexico by the auto makers as blackmail and anti-American
- didn't auto makers get huge federal PPP funds during COVID, talk about obligations to the country (meaning its workers)
- and if the strike happens, visit the picket lines, interview strikers and ask about hardships they will have to endure to get justice

I'm not naive. I know NBC-Universal is massive corporation. I know anti-pharmaceutical industry coverage is taboo, given that it seems that over half of all advertising is for new drugs.

But workers are good Americans who just want a piece of the profit pie that they create for the C-suite. Tell their stories.

And while we're at it, Democratic Party, see the above list to recruit enthusiastic voters. We're gonna need them in about 400 days.

[Biophilic]

1. So now I know why a couple of my friends were all upset about the UAW strike.

They were even claiming it would "destroy the whole structure". That was a sentence they kept repeating. They are more conservative than I am, but pretty basic Democratic voters. I couldn't figure out how they got their tails all knotted about this issue. They watch NBC. Sigh. I don't watch TV (haven't for 30 years or more). I wish I could keep all my friends from watching the so called news. It really does mess with people's minds.

[mitch96]

2. Another thought from the "youtube auto experts" and I use the term loosely is that

the big three have a shit ton of inventory even after shutting down assembly lines at times.
If the UAW strikes, it would stop the lines and if people keep buying at the same rate (low)
this would be a way for the big 3 to reduce inventory and And AND not pay workers.
A thought...
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[DetroitLegalBeagle]

3. Was just at the Ford Rouge River plant last month

They assemble the F150 and F150 Lightning there. Per plant management there, they had close to 90 days of inventory on hand. The holding lots nearby were absolutely full of trucks.

[mitch96]

4. How are they gonna sell these trucks with the added problems of "dealer adjustment fees"

of between $5 and $10k.. plus, Plus PLUS people are defaulting on loans and interest rates going sky high for new cars....if you can qualify.. uff what a mess
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