The union leader has galvanized organized labor in a critical year, after securing a historic deal with the big three carmakers in 2023
  • minibyte@sh.itjust.works
    127·
    7 months ago

    Mr Fain, I’m a UAW member with a 2.5% 401k match. I’m getting a .75 cent raise in July that puts me at $12 an hour.

    Please explain to me more about how I’m getting screwed.

  • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    42·
    7 months ago

    Fuck the UAW. They approved ending grad student strike activity at my university with only 19% approval.

        • idiomaddict@feddit.de
          1·
          7 months ago

          Yeah, tbh I’d see if you can get a different union to represent you, but it doesn’t look like there’s one union specifically for grad students. (I’m assuming you’re in the US, if UAW was an option)

          • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            2·
            7 months ago

            I graduated. I tried bringing this up, but no one seems to care that they shaft us. The university puts out a ton of propaganda about how people will be punished for strike activities, and it scares the international students into being scabs because they’re scared they’ll lose their visas.

            • idiomaddict@feddit.de
              3·
              7 months ago

              Yeah, that’s a shitty situation all around. Just from what you’ve said, I blame the UAW about as much as the international students- it’d be great if the solidarity was there, but it’s natural that their priorities are elsewhere. The school is the real problem, but I definitely get how it’s hard to think so fondly of UAW after that experience.