How does the UAW get away with thinking that a 46% pay increase—even over 4 years—is fair? AND.. being paid for 40 hours while working 32?! That doesn’t sound like anything but greed and entitlement to me. Magical, wish-list thinking.
They must know they’d be feeding the cycle— that their wage increase will translate to higher prices for the consumer. Seems they could be making a good living and benefiting from company profits without perpetuating the spiral of higher costs. I know—you have to start high, but there must be a sweeter spot than 46%. Shawn Fain and his allies appear confident in their bargaining position. But they have big eyes and greedy hearts and an inflated sense of themselves and their indispensible nature.
The companies have every right to manage their profits—not so the CEOs and others can pocket more while the workers struggle to get by, but so the companies have capital to invest in infrastructure and the needed move to vehicles with a smaller carbon footprint.
Isn’t it conceivable that the Big 3 autoworkers with their insanely cushy contract could be happily cranking out vehicles that no one should buy? Or will that never be the case, because we all like new stuff on a regular basis, even if we don’t need it?
Get your act together, everyone, and give us a product that’s actually affordable and sensible, given that fossil fuel burners should be going the way of the Edsel.
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