I'm very glad to see that US workers finally start to make their voices heard on a meaningful scale!
And a little amused at the utter inability of managements to deal with a world in which "just boss the underlings around, because we can" isn't a viable tactic anymore.
Very happy to see workers from different industries finally standing up for their rights and forcing the companies to the negotiating table, and winning.
kentucky truck refers to the ford plant in kentucky that makes a number of trucks for ford, mostly their commercial fleet, that accounts for around half of ford’s revenue
the meaning here is that the kentucky truck plant has ceased operation as part of the strike
The largest truck plant Ford has. They manufactured everything from industrial diesel trucks to pickups. Now they're on strike, this promises to be a huge blow to Ford's quarterlies.
Is there a way I can donate to a pool that directly helps striking workers? If there's not, is there a way to start a go fund me and hand control over to a union representative?
The closest the U.S. has ever had to a socialist candidate becoming president, he was in prison at the time. And even then, he barely got any votes comparatively speaking.
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