Comment on Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’

• ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know. I thought it was very odd myself.

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  • idiomaddict@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, tbh I’d see if you can get a different union to represent you, but it doesn’t look like there’s one union specifically for grad students. (I’m assuming you’re in the US, if UAW was an option)

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    • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I graduated. I tried bringing this up, but no one seems to care that they shaft us. The university puts out a ton of propaganda about how people will be punished for strike activities, and it scares the international students into being scabs because they’re scared they’ll lose their visas.

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      • idiomaddict@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, that’s a shitty situation all around. Just from what you’ve said, I blame the UAW about as much as the international students- it’d be great if the solidarity was there, but it’s natural that their priorities are elsewhere. The school is the real problem, but I definitely get how it’s hard to think so fondly of UAW after that experience.

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