I think they have been intentionally making a bad offer so the union strikes and thus production is cut while they blame it on the union to stockholders.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the play but it is has expiration date, hopefully strikers will out last these brain dead lEaDERShIP

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They just make a reasonable offer then. Most strikers cannot afford to last much longer - the union pays less than minimum wage for carrying signs (I haven't checked this strike, but that is typical)

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure what this particular contract looks like but UAW is huge. Likely with a lot of money in their strike fund. I'd suspect they're getting something like 60+% of whatever their pay was.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe the managers should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and run the plant on their own.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

While I sympathize with the workers wanting more money, I'm not looking forward to new vehicles being more unattainable than they already are.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Did you learn economics 101 from your teevee?

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This particular plant is making premium SUVs and pickups, by the sound of it, so already luxury vehicles. It's not like they're making economy cars.

[–] JillyB 2 points 1 year ago

It's still going to affect the whole car market. A truck buyer might switch to a smaller car, limiting those, driving up used car prices. If workers get what they want and we get more appetite for car alternatives, win win.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ford thinks they can weather this since they needed to cut output anyway.

[–] fosho@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm seeing double here. 4 krusties!