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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by mlrtime on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:26AM (#20984334)
Isn't it true that if if they didn't have a reduced work load and compensation then the company would be closed and nobody would have a job today?
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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by atonse on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:30AM (#20984377)
That's not what the parent is saying. They're saying that now that GM is back to being profitable, the union wants those things raised again.

That seems totally reasonable to me too (and I'm not one of those blindly pro-union people, especially massive unions like UAW)

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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by josefresco on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:30AM (#20984382)
No. You can't really blame GM's financial troubles on worker compensation alone. You can blame the quality and desirability of the products they create however.
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Re:G.M. Strike: 50k Union Workers Walk Out Over Wages and Id... by harimau777 on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:32AM (#20984396)
Perhaps, but I'm not sure that the fact that the reduction was the proper response to the situation at that time changes the fact that the situation no longer applies.
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