There's plenty of things to be pessimistic about: the US is starting up 6 different proxy wars, Israel is doing genocide, the planet is on fire, etc. Seeing union action is one thing that gives me some hope is a ocean of despair.
UAW just won a very good new contract last month which includes the right to strike over plant closures. After winning their contract UAW announced that within in the next 5 years, they want to unionize 3 more non-union car companies. UAW announced that they want to organize a general strike with other unions to potentially happen on May 1, 2028. UAW is currently attempting to organize 13 non-union car companies, including: Toyota, Tesla, Volkswagen, Nissan, BMW.
Will the UAW unionize all 13 companies in the next 5 years? Probably not. I'm happy if they unionize 1 more company. I need something to be happy about. This is a hopium post. We're getting high on hopium.
I mean hopefully there's some sort of tipping point, but if it takes until 2030 to get 70%, then I can't help but be pessimistic.
There's plenty of things to be pessimistic about: the US is starting up 6 different proxy wars, Israel is doing genocide, the planet is on fire, etc. Seeing union action is one thing that gives me some hope is a ocean of despair.
UAW just won a very good new contract last month which includes the right to strike over plant closures. After winning their contract UAW announced that within in the next 5 years, they want to unionize 3 more non-union car companies. UAW announced that they want to organize a general strike with other unions to potentially happen on May 1, 2028. UAW is currently attempting to organize 13 non-union car companies, including: Toyota, Tesla, Volkswagen, Nissan, BMW.
Will the UAW unionize all 13 companies in the next 5 years? Probably not. I'm happy if they unionize 1 more company. I need something to be happy about. This is a hopium post. We're getting high on hopium.