▲ 248 ▼ UAW strike could disrupt EV rollout. Environmentalists support it anyway. (www.politico.com) submitted 2 years ago by the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rekhyt@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Show me the (unbiased) research that says American auto makers' problems are having a unionized workforce. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AA5B@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* Clearly not, but if they’re already struggling to remain relevant in this transition, paying significantly more to employees won’t help. I mean, they offered 20% raises, UAW counters 40%: let’s all meet at 30% with retraining, job transfer guarantees, insourcing, and get back to work. Given all the press about fewer parts, fewer workers, legacy automakers’ habit of mass layoffs to start over with newer cheaper labor, previous policies of outsourcing to non-union contractors, there’s a lot more to good quality jobs than just the pay permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AA5B@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* Clearly not, but if they’re already struggling to remain relevant in this transition, paying significantly more to employees won’t help. I mean, they offered 20% raises, UAW counters 40%: let’s all meet at 30% with retraining, job transfer guarantees, insourcing, and get back to work. Given all the press about fewer parts, fewer workers, legacy automakers’ habit of mass layoffs to start over with newer cheaper labor, previous policies of outsourcing to non-union contractors, there’s a lot more to good quality jobs than just the pay permalink fedilink source parent