Workers at a Volkwagon factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are now voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Is this the restart of a unionized nation?
Wouldn't it have been cheaper for VW To install a hoist rather then pay for workers time off and compensation for all of the injuries that are happening at the plant? I do not understand the logic of not taking care of your people. Because in the end it cost you more money, aren't they trying to save money? Please explain this to me.
Yo! Mike, great report. Thanks for sharing with BIG. Somewhere in California, my partner's daughter is organizing big tech workers, and she is inspired by the work of the UAW.
My father worked for the old International Harvester and was a member of the UAW, retiring in 1981. Dad hated the Union, saying it protected bad employees (sleeping on the job, stealing, etc). So, I grew up with a negative view of unions. However, now as an old person, I look back on the past and realize we had great insurance, dad had a pension and he and my mom raised a family of 14 on my dad’s one salary. Was it perfect? Nothing is perfect. This resurgence of unions is the pendulum swinging.
from the Economic Policy Institute Sept 2023
Cumulatively, however, from 1978–2022, top CEO compensation shot up 1,209.2% compared with a 15.3% increase in a typical worker's compensation. In 2022, CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker in contrast to 1965 when they were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker.
The tide has turned. Unions went from champions of labor to corruption machines (think Jimmy Hoffa) but leaders like Shawn Fein are a new breed. That, along with the intense greed of Wall Street and business CEOs will intensify unionization to bring the labor/management back into balance.
Wouldn't it have been cheaper for VW To install a hoist rather then pay for workers time off and compensation for all of the injuries that are happening at the plant? I do not understand the logic of not taking care of your people. Because in the end it cost you more money, aren't they trying to save money? Please explain this to me.
Yo! Mike, great report. Thanks for sharing with BIG. Somewhere in California, my partner's daughter is organizing big tech workers, and she is inspired by the work of the UAW.
My father worked for the old International Harvester and was a member of the UAW, retiring in 1981. Dad hated the Union, saying it protected bad employees (sleeping on the job, stealing, etc). So, I grew up with a negative view of unions. However, now as an old person, I look back on the past and realize we had great insurance, dad had a pension and he and my mom raised a family of 14 on my dad’s one salary. Was it perfect? Nothing is perfect. This resurgence of unions is the pendulum swinging.
from the Economic Policy Institute Sept 2023
Cumulatively, however, from 1978–2022, top CEO compensation shot up 1,209.2% compared with a 15.3% increase in a typical worker's compensation. In 2022, CEOs were paid 344 times as much as a typical worker in contrast to 1965 when they were paid 21 times as much as a typical worker.
Union yes! This is positive news. To change the culture of work in the Red States should help elevate living standards and thus life expectancy.
“UAW = Biden.” Nice of Volkswagen to offer free campaign advertising like that.
VW employees in Tennessee vote 73% for the union. (https://apnews.com/article/volkswagen-union-vote-united-auto-workers-chattanooga-51544590d8a06efddfa2f6ac7db00fbe)
The tide has turned. Unions went from champions of labor to corruption machines (think Jimmy Hoffa) but leaders like Shawn Fein are a new breed. That, along with the intense greed of Wall Street and business CEOs will intensify unionization to bring the labor/management back into balance.
The problem with unions is the same problem that exists with government. Corruption and greed. Of course that exists in big corporations too.