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Thousands of John Deere workers walked off the job early Thursday after members of the United Auto Workers union rejected the tractor maker’s contract offer, launching the latest strike by an emboldened labor movement.
The company’s offer included raises of 5 to 6 percent, but union officials said the proposed contract didn’t meet workers’ retirement and wage goals. With companies nationwide struggling to fill jobs and grappling with supply chain tie-ups, union officials say they are seizing the moment to regain benefits they lost in the late 1990s, when an era of assembly-line layoffs and outsourcing diminished unions’ leverage.
“The cards are in our favor right now … it’s never been lined up this well for us,” said Chris Laurson, a longtime worker at the John Deere plant in Ottumwa, Iowa.
This is not happening in a vacuum Kellogg Cereal workers are on strike. Across the piers of the country, there is a severe shortage of drivers as few want to work under those conditions People , union and non union are rejecting exploitation Politically, I understand our “plates are piled high and full” The Build Back Better, COVID-19, Critical Race Theory (if anyone of its opponents even know what it is but they’re against it)
But now is the time to speak of solidarity, workers rights, the right to a decent wage and benefits Be like Bernie; take the time to show up at a Pickett line and speak like you mean. it Challenge the Republicans; Where are you on this? The folks in Indiana, Michigan , Wisconsin ,even Iowa might want to listen. They might even…….gasp Change their vote. They use to be Democrats Act like they count ; We are not sure the consequences of taking these steps. But we damn well know the outcomes if we don’t