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“It’s likely that more than 100,000 United Auto Workers could go on strike by the end of next week as contract negotiations have slowed, and that could mean car prices will soar even higher.”
✏️ Perspective is everything.. words matter, and this will sway people against workers and strikes. 🔗 View Highlight
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Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis made a combined $21 billion in profits in just the first six months of this year. According to the UAW, they’ve earned a quarter trillion dollars in profit since 2013. Automakers have reported such large profits over the past few years in part due to a pandemic-era production slowdown, which allowed them to raise prices to all-new levels.
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These profits, it’s worth nothing, have been heavily subsidized by the federal government’s recent Inflation Reduction Act, which could provide, in just one example, up to $5.5 billion in tax breaks to General Motors.
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asserts, without evidence or skepticism, that “for the Big Three, they need those profits in order to fund the development of electric vehicles.” Ah, see, the Big Three are making obscene profits — not for their own benefit, but to reinvest in saving Mother Nature. LeBeau doesn’t mention that Ford, according to the UAW, has paid out 2 billion since last year. Le Beau doesn’t offer any evidence that a significant percentage of profits are funding infrastructure investments in electric cars — it’s just a vibe.
✏️ Making specious claims without any evidence, about “needing” profits in order to contribute to R&D for electric vehicles… for the environment. 👓 propaganda 🔗 View Highlight
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What would the strike mean for the worker? And worker power? What would it mean for both Big Three workers and the upward pressure on wages for all American workers in the event that a strike leads to meaningful concessions for workers? It’s not clear,
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NBC Nightly News has zero interest in interviewing any actual workers, only wealthy car dealers, and part suppliers, and echoes the talking points of Detroit C-suiters.
✏️ Either they’re bad at their jobs as journalists, or, more likely, they’re biased in favor of their corporate partners. 👓 propaganda 🔗 View Highlight
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where unions have the numbers, management has a well-funded PR team, with ready-made talking points about greedy union workers shutting down the economy, wanting to cut hours, and preventing Ma and Pa America from getting a cheap car quickly.
✏️ Propaganda tactics by the capitalists 👓 propaganda 🔗 View Highlight