Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’
Shawn Fain, president of the UAW: ‘Workers realized they’ve been getting screwed for decades’
The union leader has galvanized organized labor in a critical year, after securing a historic deal with the big three carmakers in 2023
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!
26 0 ReplyWelp, civil war, escalating to nuclear war, starting 2026? See you all there.
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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.
12 7 ReplyI'm confused--do you think that $12/hour is a livable wage? It should be more like $25 - $30.
27 0 ReplyNo, I do not – and I agree.
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Do you need any help organizing your co-workers to put up a fight for the next contract?
17 0 ReplyYou know unions are democracies right?
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Fuck the UAW. They approved ending grad student strike activity at my university with only 19% approval.
4 2 ReplyThat sucks. Sorry, but why are the grad students represented by UAW?
7 0 ReplyI don't know. I thought it was very odd myself.
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He should join Sinn Fein
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