The St. Louis Labor Tribune continues it’s outstanding coverage of the UAW strike against the Big 3, particularly at Wentzville. This week’s edition includes a cover story about negotiations with Transformative win for UAW as GM agrees to include electric battery plant workers under master agreement.
The news coverage continues with a review of UAW video details autoworkers concessions since the Great Recession, promises broken by the Big 3.
PROMISE WAS BROKEN
“The American auto industry was on the brink and the American autoworkers sacrificed everything,” Fain said in the video. “The deal was that UAW members take some short-term cuts for the long term survival. That’s the promise we made and that promise was broken.”
From the front page to the opinion page the UAW slant continues with a piece written by former President and CAP Chair Glenn Kage for MSNBC, Josh Hawley is a fraud; he doesn’t stand with workers, he just poses…
n Missouri, he supported the anti-union “right-to-work” scam in 2018. (We beat that back at the ballot by huge margins.) He opposed a minimum wage increase. (We secured that at the ballot, too.) He is opposed to the PRO Act. And in the Senate, he’s gotten a zero percent score from the UAW for his votes on the actual priorities of America’s autoworkers.
Last and maybe least the opinion page continued with my latest, From the picket lines to Nightmare Kitchens: Shut It Down!
SHUT IT DOWN!
Occasionally, a nightmare kitchen refuses to resolve the issues Chef Ramsey brings to their attention. In the same vein, the automakers have refused to address some of the problems raised by the UAW. It is at this point that the UAW and Gordon Ramsey have the same solution. Gordon’s tag line for this situation is what the UAW has been forced to do – Shut It Down!
If history is any guide, this shutdown benefits both the struggling restaurant and the automakers. Nightmare Kitchens can take the time to resolve their issues and resume operations with a more efficient and enjoyable restaurant. The automakers can return to their standard as a business that helped create the Middle Class while supporting millions of jobs in related industries throughout the American economy.
(graphic via clipart)
