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

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/13/shawn-fain-president-uaw-union-interview

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In Star Trek, Irish reunification and the Bell Riots both occurred in 2024. I used to think that was was a coincidence, but c’mon: you can’t have a guy with almost the same name as the Irish nationalist political party who’s also an American labor leader without him being the thing that connects the two events somehow!

    Anyway, dude’s gonna have a busy rest of the year. I wish him luck!

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    • htrayl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Welp, civil war, escalating to nuclear war, starting 2026? See you all there.

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  • minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mr Fain, I’m a UAW member with a 2.5% 401k match. I’m getting a .75 cent raise in July that puts me at $12 an hour.

    Please explain to me more about how I’m getting screwed.

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    • stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m confused–do you think that $12/hour is a livable wage? It should be more like $25 - $30.

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      • minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        No, I do not – and I agree.

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    • Sunforged@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Do you need any help organizing your co-workers to put up a fight for the next contract?

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You know unions are democracies right?

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  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Fuck the UAW. They approved ending grad student strike activity at my university with only 19% approval.

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    • idiomaddict@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That sucks. Sorry, but why are the grad students represented by UAW?

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      • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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  • anarchist@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He should join Sinn Fein

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