On September 15, the United Auto Workers began a targeted strike against Ford, GM, and Stellantis (the conglomerate that includes Chrysler) in an effort to secure higher wages, a four-day work week, and other protections in the union’s next contract. The strike is a huge development for American workers, but it’s also a big deal for President Joe Biden—these car companies are central to his green-infrastructure agenda. The union wants assurances that the industry’s historic, heavily subsidized transition toward electric vehicles will work for them, too.

Biden, whose National Labor Relations Board has been an ally of labor organizers in fights against companies such as Amazon and Starbucks, has called himself “the most pro-union president in American history.” He has expressed support for the UAW’s cause (workers “deserve their fair share of the benefits they helped create,” he said last week) and has sent aides to Michigan to assist in the negotiations.

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      1 year ago

      Ever consider punching right?

      If we were in person, yeah.

      I’m not to your right. But saying you want to punch me is also pretty divisive.

      But I’m ride or die for Biden.

      People to your left are not as comfortable in their current situation as you are.

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          1 year ago

          Imma just think for myself

          Why start now?

          and fight anyone that trashes him

          I expect that you’ll ignore anyone who trashes him from your right and fiercely attack anyone who dares to criticize him from your left.