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RichardAwesome wrote:Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:RichardAwesome wrote:Really depends... They have their purpose, but there's nothing like crippling the ability for US companies to compete in the world market. Has the UAW taken any concessions to help keep the auto industry running or are they just content to let it be driven into the ground? Yes, the UAW has conceded a lot of ground, meanwhile executive compensation keeps on going up. Pretty much every union in the US has spent the past few decades conceding shit that took decades to win, all while worker efficiency and corporate profits have skyrocketed. A lot of ground such as? It varies from contract to contract but pretty much everything under the sun has been watered down to some degree, wage increases, COLAs, pensions, health care, vacation/sick leave, etc. Razor wrote:Killing people is good therapy.  
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Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:RichardAwesome wrote:Dick Cheney's Mechanical Heart wrote:RichardAwesome wrote:Really depends... They have their purpose, but there's nothing like crippling the ability for US companies to compete in the world market. Has the UAW taken any concessions to help keep the auto industry running or are they just content to let it be driven into the ground? Yes, the UAW has conceded a lot of ground, meanwhile executive compensation keeps on going up. Pretty much every union in the US has spent the past few decades conceding shit that took decades to win, all while worker efficiency and corporate profits have skyrocketed. A lot of ground such as? It varies from contract to contract but pretty much everything under the sun has been watered down to some degree, wage increases, COLAs, pensions, health care, vacation/sick leave, etc. Well that's good. Don't get me wrong, I think both sides should make concessions. If there's no company there's no jobs and no profit.
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Filliam H. Muffman wrote:The bus drivers union here is driving the city bankrupt with BUS drivers making 100k+.
Wow. That's fucked.
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