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About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers (www.michiganradio.org)

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[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

“They could double our raises and not raise car prices and still make millions of dollars in profits,” Fain said. “We’re not the problem. Corporate greed is the problem.”

This is every major corporation in America right now, not just the auto companies. It's scandalous. We should all be unionizing and striking for better wages and benefits.