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The only hope i feel for the future of this country is workers unionizing. Its the only leverage the poor and middle class have. We need more unions.

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At this point it’s a race to see whether the workers will band together before the magats go full fascist. This decade is about to get really interesting.

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I don’t want interesting, I want a decent life, preferably not in slavery to the rich… Is it time to move to Sweden?

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Idk… recently I read about a guy that actually moved from there to America…I was perplexed 🤔.

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Same thing happening here. 20% of people voted for the fascists last election. Now they’re trying to pass a law forcing teachers, doctors, nurses, etc. to report illegal immigrants to the authorities.

Also, massive cuts to welfare, scrapped environmental goals. The list is expanding

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Maybe workers should have more power to influence government decisions as opposed to the current situation where the people with money have the most influence in government?

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“Ford’s Kentucky Truck plant builds the Ford F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The plant is one of the largest auto factories in the world and accounts for $25 billion a year in revenue, according to Ford which issued a statement shortly after the walkout.”

Fain wasn’t bluffing, they’re hitting them where it hurts. Go UAW!

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It’s gonna take everyone being on strike I think. Ford doesn’t give a single fuck as they’ve made clear through years and years of abuse towards its workers.

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I would love to see a few go bankrupt over this. Considering last time car companies were at risk they got a bailout, I’m sure the government will quash the strikes if they start to hurt.

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I believe it’s become much more apparent to people including law makers that we can afford to live without these companies. So many startups for electric cars these days could take over those plants and offer better pay (hopefully). We should’ve moved past these shit companies as a world back when that bailout happened, maybe we learned our lesson and can do it this time.

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Unfortunately I don’t think any of the new electric car manufacturers are unionized. So a lot of these people would lose union gigs and end up with less pay/benefits at a non-union shop. Sire they could unionized again but that’s it’s own battle just to get back to where they started.

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Good.

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Maybe the managers should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and run the plant on their own.

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