UAW strikes
Posted on September 24th, 2007 by ecthompson
This could be big. It could be huge. This is going to dictate the direction of labor in this country for the next 20 years. I’ll have more on this soon.
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From AP:
In the end, the first nationwide strike against General Motors Corp. in 37 years came because the United Auto Workers want something that GM will find difficult to promise: Job security.
UAW officials said the 73,000 UAW members who work at about 80 U.S. facilities for the nation’s largest automaker didn’t strike Monday over what many thought would trip up the talks: A plan to shift the retiree health care burden from the company to the union. They said they also didn’t strike over wages. (more…)
This really is the issue of the moment. I’m looking for leadership from Democrats in Congress and the ‘08 candidates on this.
We need to find the path to decent jobs that does not involve immigrant bashing and we need to find a way to tell young people they have a future even if they don’t go to college.
Leadership. I’m looking for it also. Note that Bush hasn’t said anything. Not a word. Interesting.
Could anything be more basic to the future of most Americans than the issues in this strike?
How does a huge company compete in the global era? How do workers live decently?
This is bottom line stuff.