Potential UAW strikes

[aix_xpert]

I know the media is pro-union, but even with its baking, do you think strikes by UAW will be popular or unpopular? Will they get support from the public while asking for 32 hour work weeks and 40% raises? Or will it earn disdain from the public? How does Biden respond? Thoughts?

 

[OUSOONER67]

I know the media is pro-union, but even with its baking, do you think strikes by UAW will be popular or unpopular? Will they get support from the public while asking for 32 hour work weeks and 40% raises? Or will it earn disdain from the public? How does Biden respond? Thoughts?

Vehicles are too expensive, quality sucks and they already make too much.. Fu$% em and feed em fish heads. 😁

 

[22LR]

Vehicles are too expensive, quality sucks and they already make too much.. Fu$% em and feed em fish heads. 😁

I purchased a Wrangler over ten years ago. Paid too much for it at the time. $30K. The 2023 version is over $50K. Screw those aholes. Hope they ultimately lose their jobs.

 

[2012Bearcat]

GM offers 10% wage hike in contract talks that UAW calls 'insulting'

General Motors on Thursday made a counterproposal to the union representing its U.S. hourly workers in a bid to avoid a costly strike, but United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain called the offer "insulting."

www.reuters.com

GM offered a 10% wage increase and the Union said the offer was insulting? How many of those working today have been offered a 10% wage increase and told their employer they were insulted?
My opinion, fvck em let em strike for several months.

 

[OUSOONER67]

I purchased a Wrangler over ten years ago. Paid too much for it at the time. $30K. The 2023 version is over $50K. Screw those aholes. Hope they ultimately lose their jobs.

I did the same in 2014. Got the Willy's Edition for 30 grand brand new. Its 9 yrs old and has 24,000 miles on it. They told me then that the prices were getting ready to up quite a bit the next year and they did and they have just gotten crazier since then. Its my second Jeep Wrangler and likely my last.

 

[Sunburnt Indian]

Wife's 2017 Jeep Renegade has 47,000 miles. It is one of the 2.4's with excessive oil burn. At 43,000 miles Stellantis (Chrysler owner) coughed up $4000 for a brand new long block. Dealer loaned us a Renegade while engine change occurred. The rare, rare times I've had major problem with Mopar they fix it.

I still drive my like new 2007 PT Cruiser with 154,000 miles. I take care of vehicles. They cost lots of money. I could still be driving my first new 1967 Plymouth Belvedere 2 door hardrtop if I so chose. But back then a guy could afford to buy a new car once in a while.

 

[22LR]

I did the same in 2014. Got the Willy's Edition for 30 grand brand new. Its 9 yrs old and has 24,000 miles on it. They told me then that the prices were getting ready to up quite a bit the next year and they did and they have just gotten crazier since then. Its my second Jeep Wrangler and likely my last.

The Wrangler mentioned above is a 2013 JKU Sport. I also have a 2014 JKU Rubicon. As much as I love them (and work on them), I too will soon be done with Jeeps. Price and the stupid duck craze turns me off.

 

[Sunburnt Indian]

Oops! I fixed it. I typed '56 PLymouth. I meant '67 Plymouth.

 

[OUSOONER67]

The Wrangler mentioned above is a 2013 JKU Sport. I also have a 2014 JKU Rubicon. As much as I love them (and work on them), I too will soon be done with Jeeps. Price and the stupid duck craze turns me off.

My 2014 was supposed to come with a Red Jeep Bag with Warn Straps, Gloves and a tool to remove the top. Didn't get mine, called the dealer and asked where it was and they told me they don't come with them. Called Jeep and she told me yes they most certainly do come with them and she contacted the dealer and made them give me mine. The Dealership was keeping them and selling them for 100 bucks. Imagine that!

 

[Forpetessake]

I know the media is pro-union, but even with its baking, do you think strikes by UAW will be popular or unpopular? Will they get support from the public while asking for 32 hour work weeks and 40% raises? Or will it earn disdain from the public? How does Biden respond? Thoughts?

Kind of hard to sell these new fangled Evs if you do not make them. Of course those ev shops are uaw I’m sure. Nope

 

[Marocain Poke]

Fvck Joe Biden for rallying these loons.

 

[aix_xpert]

Kind of hard to sell these new fangled Evs if you do not make them. Of course those ev shops are uaw I’m sure. Nope

Thats actually a big issue for UAW. The auto manufacturers are currently UAW shops, but the battery makers aren't. And since the battery is now the engine for all intents and purposes, that potentially cuts hundreds of the highest paying Union autoworker roles.

 

[AC2020]

My 2014 was supposed to come with a Red Jeep Bag with Warn Straps, Gloves and a tool to remove the top. Didn't get mine, called the dealer and asked where it was and they told me they don't come with them. Called Jeep and she told me yes they most certainly do come with them and she contacted the dealer and made them give me mine. The Dealership was keeping them and selling them for 100 bucks. Imagine that!

Out of morbid interest, who was the dealership?

David Stanley?

Johnson's of Kingfisher?

 

[Forpetessake]

Thats actually a big issue for UAW. The auto manufacturers are currently UAW shops, but the battery makers aren't. And since the battery is now the engine for all intents and purposes, that potentially cuts hundreds of the highest paying Union autoworker roles.

Exactly my point. The big three is the us are all uaw shops competing against free market. All the while politicians are milking the unions and the politicians push ev mfgers instead of their union constituents.

 

[2012Bearcat]

Labor Unions Spend $25 Billion on Political Campaigns, but Most Is Never Made Public: Analysis

Political campaign spending by labor unions not reported to the government could reach $25 billion, 90 percent of which goes to Democrats.

www.theepochtimes.com

If you had any doubt which side Biden and the Democrats will fall.

 

[Forpetessake]

Labor Unions Spend $25 Billion on Political Campaigns, but Most Is Never Made Public: Analysis

Political campaign spending by labor unions not reported to the government could reach $25 billion, 90 percent of which goes to Democrats.

www.theepochtimes.com

If you had any doubt which side Biden and the Democrats will fall.

They splay. Like a toxic ooze getting in every nook and cranny. Politicians in general

 

[LAY THE WOODY]

Last vehicles I bought new were '99 Ford expedition, '99 f-250 fx4 and an '01 ram 2500 magnum 4x4 off-road. Still driving all to this day. Haven't had any issues with a one of em.

 

[Ponca Dan]

I know the media is pro-union, but even with its baking, do you think strikes by UAW will be popular or unpopular? Will they get support from the public while asking for 32 hour work weeks and 40% raises? Or will it earn disdain from the public? How does Biden respond? Thoughts?

It won’t be long before robotics replace the 32-40 hour human work weeks with 24 hour work days, 7 days a week. The unions are trying to cash in while they can.

 

[windriverrange]

I know the media is pro-union, but even with its baking, do you think strikes by UAW will be popular or unpopular? Will they get support from the public while asking for 32 hour work weeks and 40% raises? Or will it earn disdain from the public? How does Biden respond? Thoughts?

I absolutely won't buy a union made vehicle. While my 4Runner isn't that old the one before it was & kicked ass. Hope these fools go on strike & remain there until they ruin one of the last manufacturing bastion in the US.

Biden will end up stepping in though, he has to because if they lose the union lackeys it is huge trouble on top of the minorities fleeing, 3/4 of his own party saying the old cogger is too old to run for re-election & the economy getting ready to tuen back down thanks to that dumbasses energy policies.

 

[22LR]

It won’t be long before robotics replace the 32-40 hour human work weeks with 24 hour work days, 7 days a week. The unions are trying to cash in while they can.

Robotics eh? Won’t be long, eh? lol. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

 

[OUSOONER67]

Out of morbid interest, who was the dealership?

David Stanley?

Johnson's of Kingfisher?

Landers in Benton Arkieland

 

[LAY THE WOODY]

It won’t be long before robotics replace the 32-40 hour human work weeks with 24 hour work days, 7 days a week. The unions are trying to cash in while they can.

Is very true. Won't be long before robots are delivering mail.

 

[OUSOONER67]

My 2014 was supposed to come with a Red Jeep Bag with Warn Straps, Gloves and a tool to remove the top. Didn't get mine, called the dealer and asked where it was and they told me they don't come with them. Called Jeep and she told me yes they most certainly do come with them and she contacted the dealer and made them give me mine. The Dealership was keeping them and selling them for 100 bucks. Imagine that!

This one is on Amazon for 119.00.
Either Jeep got greedy and stopped giving them with a new jeep purchase or Dealers are still keeping them so they can sell them.
They were pissed when I went to get mine.

 

[SquatchinPoke]

At UPS I got into it with union reps all the time. Dumbest shit ever. One night the rep yelled at a supervisor who was helping me so I could dip out before 3am to go study for a test. I almost beat his ass on the dock. I told him if he took the time to write up the guy over helping me he would never talk again. Unions are a good idea but people are evil and become more with power.

 

[2012Bearcat]

At UPS I got into it with union reps all the time. Dumbest shit ever. One night the rep yelled at a supervisor who was helping me so I could dip out before 3am to go study for a test. I almost beat his ass on the dock. I told him if he took the time to write up the guy over helping me he would never talk again. Unions are a good idea but people are evil and become more with power.

I think I've told this one before but it's worth repeating.
When I was in college I worked third shift for LTV running a huge CNC Mill making parts for the Space Shuttle Auxiliary Fuel Cell. Huge pieces of aluminum where we were cutting material out leaving spars for strength. Running a 2 inch ball nose end mill at 3600RPMs at 100 inches a minute. Threw aluminum chips out that look like a snow blower. It required constant coolant to keep the aluminum from gumming up on the end mill. Anyway the machine was running low on coolant and I had to shut the machine down to fill the coolant tanks up. We had a light on top of the machine like on old style police car we turned on that started blinking. The guy whose job it was to fill the machine saw my light turn on and he turned around and walk off. I sat there for a few minutes waiting on him and when he didn't return I said fvck it, went and got the tanks and started filling the machine myself. About this time I see the guy is watching me fill the machine and didn't do anything but watch. I finished up made sure the tanks were wiped down, clean and put it back where I got it. Guy sat and watched me the entire time and walked off when I finished. I didn't think anything about, went back started the machine back up and went back to work. About 30 minutes later here comes the Union Steward, my supervisor and the Shop foreman They told me to shut down the machine and come with them. We sat down in an office and they proceeded to chew my ass out, write me up and threaten to fire me because I had the audacity to take it upon myself to fill the machine up with coolant. It was that lazy POS job and I had to wait until he got good and ready to do it. They didn't give a shit he saw I needed coolant and decided he had better things to do at the time. That wasn't my first time of having to deal with the union mentality of laziness and slow work but i swore then and there I wouldn't make a career of it. As soon as I could I left that really good paying job to make less money working in the business world. One of the best decisions I ever made.

 

[OUSOONER67]

I think I've told this one before but it's worth repeating.
When I was in college I worked third shift for LTV running a huge CNC Mill making parts for the Space Shuttle Auxiliary Fuel Cell. Huge pieces of aluminum where we were cutting material out leaving spars for strength. Running a 2 inch ball nose end mill at 3600RPMs at 100 inches a minute. Threw aluminum chips out that look like a snow blower. It required constant coolant to keep the aluminum from gumming up on the end mill. Anyway the machine was running low on coolant and I had to shut the machine down to fill the coolant tanks up. We had a light on top of the machine like on old style police car we turned on that started blinking. The guy whose job it was to fill the machine saw my light turn on and he turned around and walk off. I sat there for a few minutes waiting on him and when he didn't return I said fvck it, went and got the tanks and started filling the machine myself. About this time I see the guy is watching me fill the machine and didn't do anything but watch. I finished up made sure the tanks were wiped down, clean and put it back where I got it. Guy sat and watched me the entire time and walked off when I finished. I didn't think anything about, went back started the machine back up and went back to work. About 30 minutes later here comes the Union Steward, my supervisor and the Shop foreman They told me to shut down the machine and come with them. We sat down in an office and they proceeded to chew my ass out, write me up and threaten to fire me because I had the audacity to take it upon myself to fill the machine up with coolant. It was that lazy POS job and I had to wait until he got good and ready to do it. They didn't give a shit he saw I needed coolant and decided he had better things to do at the time. That wasn't my first time of having to deal with the union mentality of laziness and slow work but i swore then and there I wouldn't make a career of it. As soon as I could I left that really good paying job to make less money working in the business world. One of the best decisions I ever made.

Same kind of things I witnessed in the Teamsters. Laziness run amok. The guys that had been there the longest were the laziest. The lift drivers would sit on their forklifts all night drinking spiked coffee out of their thermoses until the Company finally figured out what they were doing and banned thermoses on the dock. Man those old timers were pissed and got the Union involved but they couldn't do anything about it. Ha ha.

I hear from friends its very similar to the Rail Road. Lazy lazy lazy all over the place.

 

[davidallen]

...the politicians push ev mfgers ...

Elon asks "what the **** you talking about bro?"