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The Treasury Department has released a comprehensive report on the role of labor unions in the American economy, as part of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment led by Vice President Harris. The report highlights that unions help address middle-class challenges like stagnant wages, high housing costs, and reduced mobility, contributing to a stronger economy. Key findings include unions raising member wages by 10-15%, improving workplace benefits, and fostering civic engagement. Unions also reduce wage gaps and promote economic growth by reducing inequality. The Biden-Harris Administration supports unions and plans to advance their role through various actions, including passing the PRO Act and expanding the National Labor Relations Board’s funding and enforcement activities.

  • Fecundpossum@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Let’s have a round of applause for the ghost of Henry Ford folks, and don’t forget your anti-Semitic pamphlet on the way out the door.

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      Fuck off, that has nothing to do with the analysis I offered. It’s had nothing to do with Ford since the bastard died. It would have been actually more accurate if you had said the ghost of Harry Bennett, who actually did union busting for Ford back in the 40’s and 50’s, but you were too lazy for that.

      There was a time and place for unions in Automotive, but where else are workers with no skills or education going to make $32/hr, overtime, retirement, and Healthcare (better than 90% of the industry according to Jim Farley)? The offer that they considered was trash was a 15% raise plus COLA and elimination of the tier system.

      Meanwhile, the imports and Tesla do not have this setup and are now more competitive. In case you didn’t notice, the Teamsters refused to consolidate the plethora of unions that were under Yellow, failed to reach and agreement, and then Yellow went out of business. That is a real threat. Ford alone makes up about 0.5% of the entire US GDP, and that’s before you factor in the interconnected supply base and derivative industries they support. So, this is a much more serious issue than Lemmings here are considering it to be

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          1 year ago

          This isn’t a fucking joke. This is an existential threat to the livelihood of a huge sector of the American economy. The blind acceptance of “company bad, union good” here is ridiculous. I offer legitimate analysis based on an industry insider’s perspective and I get down voted while your stupid attempt at a joke gets up voted. At least on reddit people would offer thoughtful responses occasionally. Have yet to experience that here

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            1 year ago

            Lol you’re still mad a week later. Go away anti union shill, you’re having a bad experience here because no one likes your shit opinions