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.
It's giving me hope for the future of workers, I'm thinking of deeper effects strikes like this could have. Thousands of people going on strike, a lot of them likely for the first time. If these get results, thousands of people will know first hand the power of class-consciousness and collective action, without relying on voting or petitions but concrete action. It will inspire their views going forward and inspire other workers.
Very happy to see workers from different industries finally standing up for their rights and forcing the companies to the negotiating table, and winning.
Unions are awesome, and strikes work.
I used to truck drive for a while and if there is any industry that needs to stand up for themselves it is that on.
I worked for Warner and the CEOs slogan was " You make less now to make more later" super dumb.
That's fucked up. You should have been a teamster. Those boys have a pretty strong union.
I am a dues-paying member of IUPAT Painters Local 10 and will be till the day I die!
What is a Kentucky truck
Quick search says
Kentucky Truck is Ford's largest plant and one of the largest auto factories in America and the world
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.
Kentucky Truck is one of the biggest Ford plants.
Too fucking right! Local 10 till I die!
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?
A-ha ! sounds good ! Did they seize the means of production or what ?
That's a little too far for America, unfortunately.
It's way too far in any capitalist country. These shithead will send armies of cops if you do that.
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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs
And no, I don't count Bernie. He's not really a socialist. He's just to the left of everyone else in the Senate.
Looks like they just expanded their strike, so no... not yet.
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