Union members need to answer just one question. Who do they think is looking out for them and their families? This the same question non-union workers should be asking themselves. Even retired workers and those workers who can’t work should be asking themselves.
Now, labor knows the GOP does not want unions, and their billionaire supporters want all unions gone because unions are the only army large enough to slow down the billionaire from taking over this country.
Union and non-union workers members now must pick which side they are on and if it is unions then they need to do all they can, like vote for who supports them. And then work with all unions to win in the 2024 election.
If we lose this election, we will lose the life we have now for unions will be one of the first protections to go, followed by voting rights. We will not be able to go to the streets to protest against laws that abridge our rights. The next six months will be the life or death of the working people and unions.
We must keep up organizing workers for a better defense is a good offense. We must keep up the organizing of new shops, and corporations like Amazon and Starbucks.
For the billionaire class, the election is about two things: keeping rich peoples’ taxes low and power. Wall Street billionaires like JP Morgan/Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzmer, and Nelson Peltz are all giving money and their votes to Trump to keep their taxes low. The tax cut Trump imposed on behalf of the billionaires is due to expire in December unless Trump is re-elected and extends the tax break that is expected to grow the deficit by $4 trillion. If Biden wins, he will end the welfare to those who don’t need it.
Political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said during the French Revolution, “Eat the Rich.” Today, UAW’s Shawn Fain asks which party allowed people to become billionaires who are actively destroying our democracy while allowing workers to go backward. Sixteen billion dollars was given to shareholders made off the back of workers. There is no end to these people’s greed as they look for ways to screw over the workers, like taking away their pensions and replacing them with 401K plans or tied to the stock market while half of the workers have zero in the bank when they retire and are too old to work, but too young to die, as Walter Reuther said.
You have to decide which side you're on, working for our betterment or continuing bending over to the billionaires.
Unions’ long game is to get all union contracts to expire on the same day nationwide. The United Auto Workers combines contracts ends on April 28, 2028. This could then result in a mass national strike starting on May Day beeginning that year. This could then put enormous pressure on employers, but also on lawmakers. It’s the muscle and sweat of the workers that keeps this country great, not the individual company or corporations. This May Day strike would be the time to change the workers’ world for the better by negotiating for a 32-hour week with the same pay, and the U.S. adopts a healthcare for all with no out of pocket costs. This would also help the employers as they would no longer have to provide healthcare. By striking, the UAW won same pay for new workers, all UAW contracts will end on the same date, a 25-percent pay increase, a cost of living adjustments, a guaranteed right to strike over potential plant closures, and also the right to vote to unionize through the card che
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