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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by TaylorAlexander on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:37PM (#37564272)
This is why global worker solidarity is so important.
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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by elforce002 on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:50PM (#37564362)
Interesting. What's that if I may ask?
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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by edgyquant on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:52PM (#37564374)
It’s also unrealistic. Different workers in different nations have different cultures and compete with each other for a scarce supply of buyers.
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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by TaylorAlexander on Monday September 18, 2023 @09:08PM (#37564494)
> Different workers in different nations have different cultures and compete with each other for a scarce supply of buyers.

This is a description of the status quo of capitalist competition, but is not a fact of nature. We can arrange our economies to work in cooperation with one another, rather than in competition. Competition is used specifically to depress all worker wages for the benefit of the ownership class, and we do not have to accept that at face value.

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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by ummonk on Monday September 18, 2023 @08:52PM (#37564376)
Why would workers in the global south feel any solidarity towards workers in the wealthiest country on earth who earn global top 5% wages?
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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by orange_joe on Monday September 18, 2023 @09:06PM (#37564473)
well, the unions pushed for wage requirements in the auto industry within the USMCA (NAFTA2) and required Mexico to (effective) legalize unions alongside lots of other rights enshrining measures. So Mexican workers benefited greatly from the work of these unions.
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Re:Striking auto workers want a 40% pay increase–the same ra... by daddylongstroke on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:31PM (#37616614)
Other than the 10 million+ of Mexican farmers impacted.
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