ActionfigureJoe Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 (edited) New wave of strikes will test worker power https://www.axios.com/new-wave-of-strikes-worker-power-07f5df47-8825-4e76-a951-c8812d686d94.html Thousands of John Deere workers hit the picket line this week after the union smacked down a new worker contract from the farm and equipment maker. Why it matters: There’s a wave of worker angst spreading across the country. They wield new power that’s come with a historic worker shortage. “We’ve never had the deck stacked in our advantage the way it is now," Chris Laursen, a worker at an Ottha, Iowa-based John Deere plant told the New York Times. “The company is reaping such rewards, but we’re fighting over crumbs here.” From Hollywood studios to factories, the work stoppages could threaten America’s recovery — already plagued by a shortage of stuff. The union that represents Hollywood crews — 60,000 film set workers around the country — is threatening to strike starting Monday, putting more pressure on studios to offer better labor conditions and higher pay. If it happens, it would “bring film and television productions across the country to a standstill and would be the biggest Hollywood labor dispute in more than a decade,” the LA Times reports. And for the first time in almost 50 years, production at Kellogg cereal plants across America is in limbo as 1,400 workers walked off the job in a bid for better benefits (and worries about job outsourcing), threatening the supply of cereal on shelves. The big picture: Workers are harder to come by, possibly giving employees more leverage for demands. That could be one reason why strikes, while rebounding, are still well below pre-pandemic levels. But some employers aren't bending first, causing enough of a stalemate to invite strikes in the first place. The bottom line: Workers — fed up that employers’ pandemic-era boom times aren’t translating into better pay, benefits and working conditions — are hitting the picket lines. “Kellogg is making record profits. The executives are reaping the benefits off our backs,” Daniel Osborn, a maintenance planner at Kellogg's Omaha, Nebraska, plant told Axios last week. Osborn is the local head of the national union behind the weeks-long strike at Nabisco factories that ended after the company agreed to the workers' request to keep their health care plans intact. Edited October 16, 2021 by ActionfigureJoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Weird you post this but, you are weird. ”but…..Damn then to hell of they walk on vaccine mandates!!!!!” 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share Posted October 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, Zambroski said: Weird you post this but, you are weird. ”but…..Damn then to hell of they walk on vaccine mandates!!!!!” When is that going to begin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Just now, ActionfigureJoe said: When is that going to begin? What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 1 hour ago, ActionfigureJoe said: When is that going to begin? Ask them over at southwest . Already has and is going to happen a few more times before the new yr . Don't think I would be booking SW for holiday travel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 16, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 16, 2021 Good for the workers of this country.👍🏼🇺🇸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Good for the workers of this country.👍🏼🇺🇸 Corps have been raping the workers for years. Saying that $15/hr would be impossible for mcds workers. They’re at $17/hr now. Fucking liars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted October 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 17, 2021 Only in a Union can you stomp your feet and walk off the job just to try and get what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 There's still Unions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 #right to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted October 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 17, 2021 33 minutes ago, XCR1250 said: There's still Unions? Maybe not in the backwoods of bumfuck Wisconsin where you gobble down chain emails and thump your Bible but in the rest of the world yes there is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCR1250 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Maybe not in the backwoods of bumfuck Wisconsin where you gobble down chain emails and thump your Bible but in the rest of the world yes there is. I'm from Muskego, near Milwaukee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkisNH Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Maybe not in the backwoods of bumfuck Wisconsin where you gobble down chain emails and thump your Bible but in the rest of the world yes there is. # right to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Skidooski said: Only in a Union can you stomp your feet and walk off the job just to try and get what you want Like SW airline pilots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcticCrusher Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 21 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Maybe not in the backwoods of bumfuck Wisconsin where you gobble down chain emails and thump your Bible but in the rest of the world yes there is. Is the paint whisperer a union shoo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted October 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: Like SW airline pilots. So they did walk off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Skidooski said: So they did walk off? Trumpers say dat. Tucker does 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) 15 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Good for the workers of this country.👍🏼🇺🇸 Yeah those union longshoremen out on the west coast purposely working 1/4 speed unloading all the cargo ships, while making a couple hundred grand a year has been great for the country. Edited October 17, 2021 by DriftBusta 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted October 17, 2021 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, DriftBusta said: Yeah those union longshoremen out on the west coast purposely working 1/4 speed unloading all the cargo ships, while making a couple hundred grand a year has been great for the country. Send those boats to Florida to be unloaded. That ought to really piss of some Dems 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DriftBusta Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, Skidooski said: Send those boats to Florida to be unloaded. That ought to really piss of some Dems I guess thats exactly what is happening. Just the same, can you believe that bullshit, after what this country has been through for the past 2 years? Those rat bastards should be doing double shifts. Like they're all following the same marching orders. Like some people are getting greased to allow this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Worker solidarity!!!!!! …unless they don’t want to get the vax!!! Then fuck them! LOL…it’s got to be hard to be an ignorant hypocrite. I guess that’s why they don’t bother trying to hide it anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, DriftBusta said: I guess thats exactly what is happening. Just the same, can you believe that bullshit, after what this country has been through for the past 2 years? Those rat bastards should be doing double shifts. Like they're all following the same marching orders. Like some people are getting greased to allow this. It’s called worker leverage. Just the opposite of corporate leverage. I like worker leverage a whole lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Skidooski said: Send those boats to Florida to be unloaded. That ought to really piss of some Dems That makes economic sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: That makes economic sense. Better than sitting offshore for a month waiting for Californicate to get their shit together 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 53 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said: Better than sitting offshore for a month waiting for Californicate to get their shit together Spending an extra three weeks in transit and paying canal and fuel maintenance fees. Riiiight!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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