https://xcancel.com/MorePerfectUS/status/1816116306459922848
https://xcancel.com/jacksonpCTU/status/1816135168866054255
https://xcancel.com/AFTunion/status/1816137016578617829
Awesome to see they’re planning this out and giving time for support to build. With wildcat strikes being illegal in the US timing the auto workers contact dates to end on the same day is a clever way around that.
Found this from Shawn Fain (UAW President) that goes into some more detail.
Scheduling it during an election year guarantees the DNC will attempt to undermine and dismantle it in the intervening 4 years under the cover of the second term carte blanche and if Trump wins then the state's urge to deploy the Supreme Court hammer down on the concept of unionism increases
Interesting strategy, I assume the union leadership understand this move falls outside of the electoral anti-Trump DNC/Union consortium that's defined labor talk these last 4 years, this is throwing down the gauntlet and a direct challenge to the state, a state that will be even more decomposed in 4 years
This has the potential to be the biggest Pikachu face since the PATCO Strike or the funniest series of happy accidents
I like the idea of this. Get this going now so a huge strike becomes a talking point during primary season. Shaun Fain is awesome
They're trying to get as many unions as possible to have their contracts expire in 2028, so strikes will happen simultaneously without violating the law against solidarity strikes
This general strike was announced in October 2023 after the UAW had just finished striking to secured a new contract. The UAW received the best contract in decades, which includes COLA and the right to strike over plant closures, as well as the largest wage increases in the industry, to the extent the non-union plants had to raise wages to prevent people from quitting. UAW will strike before 2028 if the car companies try to close any of the plants.
The UAW announced that it was their plan to grow union power over the next 5 years with the intention of having a powerful strike at the end of their contract. The UAW chose to end their contract on April 30, 2028 in reference to international labor day, May 1. The UAW said it was their intentional to unionize 2 or 3 more major car manufacturers before 2028. In April 2024, the UAW unionized the Volkswagen VW plant in Chattanooga TN. This shows that UAW is working towards their goal of expanding the size of their union beyond "The Big Three": Ford, GM, Stellantis.
Today, the AFT union announced that they ending their contract on the same day as the UAW so that they can participate in the same strike. Which shows that the momentum towards this general strike is growing.
There will be a general strike organized every six months between now and then. They will be organized on Discord and will not have any support from or coordination with the major unions. Nothing will come of them. 2028, as planned by a major union, has a reasonable chance of success.
Why don't you try tweeting that one's gonna happen next month, surely that'll do it
how do you think mass cross-profession strikes work. do you they happen spontaneously
We’re throwing a general strike at @BearOfaTime@lemm.ee’s house next Thursday so make sure to be there, workers!
What the fuck is this?
Hey
FYI we are going to majorly disrupt things in like 6 months before the end of the next lame duck session 4 years from now as to not inconvenient you in any way or freak your major bribers out.I'm not sure what you expect. You're describing how most strikes happen. Unions have contracts that they follow. Strikes only tend to occur when the the company violates the contract or during the contract negotiation period. The UAW is asking that a bunch of unions align their contract expiration dates. Then the unions will make demands for new contracts. If the capitalists comply to the demands, then a strike won't happen. If the capitalist don't comply, then the strike will happen. The purpose of a general strike is greater bargaining power for the unions. The general strike is a threat. The goal is to receive concessions.
Almost every strike in the US is announced and voted on before it happens. Wildcat strikes (unauthorized strikes) were made illegal in the US in 1935.
Might be helpful information to include that while no-strike contracts are standard practice, they aren't a requirement for a collective bargaining agreement.
I thought most strikes seem to be precepted by an event or particular grievance. Not as some pre planned formality.
