TempermentalAnomaly
@TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world
- Comment on Do people really think setting up domestic manufacturing in the USA is easy? 5 hours ago:
Shawn Fain is the president of the United Auto Workers union. He successfully negotiated higher wages and better benefits for his member in 2023 after calling for and receiving authorization for a strike. He continues his efforts to unionize more shops and floated the idea that other unions have their contract expire in 2028 when the UAW contract expires.
He was on Meet the Nation this past week and when asked “Let’s start very simply on the question of tariffs on autos and auto parts. Fundamentally, and quite simply, why do you believe those are helpful for your membership?” This is what he said:
[A]ll you have to do is look at the history of the United States, especially in auto manufacturing in the last 30 years, with the inception of NAFTA and unfair trade laws. We’ve seen over 90,000 manufacturing facilities leave the United States. We’ve seen- in the Big Three alone, in the last 20 plus years, 65 plants have closed. You know- And so look, tariffs aren’t the total solution. Tariffs are a tool in the toolbox to get these companies to do the right thing, and- and the intent behind it is to bring jobs back here. And, you know, invest in the American workers. The American working class people have been left behind for decades, and they’re sick of it. You know, it’s a massive struggle. People are struggling just to get- to survive right now, to get by. And so, you know- you know- you know, there’s two parts to the tariffs though. I mean, the tariffs are a motivator. We have to fix the broken trade laws. And the other thing to me is, you know, these can’t just be just, you know, as with the Biden administration, when they did the stuff for battery work and EV work, we had to come in and say, no, these can’t just be union jobs or- or jobs. They got to be good paying union jobs that set standards. So the big part of this that gets left out a lot of times is, if they’re going to bring jobs back here, you know, they need to be life sustaining jobs where people can make a good wage, a living wage, have adequate health care and have a retirement security and not have to work seven days a week or multiple jobs, just a scrape to get by, paycheck to paycheck.
He goes on to agree with “Peter Navarro, a top adviser to the president on trade, says currently, automobile manufacturing plants are at about 60% capacity. He argues that there’s lots of untapped capacity, meaning jobs could be created relatively easy, and you didn’t have to need- you wouldn’t need to spend two or three or maybe five years building new factories.”
So I’m glad to hear that the UAW and their membership may be well positioned, but the increase in prices will result in inflation and that’s bad for all people including his members. Guess what we don’t buy when we aren’t sure how much groceries or everyday items will be … Cars? Yep. Cars.
- Comment on Today's Survey. One point for everything that you have NEVER DONE 2 days ago:
- Used the old broken 19" TV as a stand for the new, smaller, sleeker 19" TV.
- Your first video game console had a rotating paddle for a controller
- Comment on 90s band alignment chart 3 days ago:
Not saying it’s not a thing… More that everyone needs that to be in this shit post
- Comment on 90s band alignment chart 4 days ago:
The amount of comments saying “ANGRY AND HORNY IS A THING!” has me a little worried about y’all.
- Comment on What exercises should i do at the gym to correct winged scapula and rounded shoulders? 1 week ago:
- Comment on Definitely didn't waste half an hour making this 1 week ago:
#6 is the closest to what got me through dozens of blue books.
- Comment on Oh NOOOO 2 weeks ago:
I had this same experience yesterday. I recognized it from my youth and was sort of transported back to that time and thought, “It fucking sucked then and sucks now.” Then I moved on with my life.
- Comment on Found at work. Send help. 2 weeks ago:
Claude. To be fair, it had trouble OCR-ing it. After way too much back and forth about the pattern, it produced this:
=LET( rows, SEQUENCE(INT((667-30)/13+1),1,30,13), SUM(INDEX(AA:AA,rows)) )
Which is correct, but obviously the calculations would be best served by reorganizing the table and probably using a pivot table or at least grouping and subtotaling.
- Comment on Found at work. Send help. 2 weeks ago:
Wait till AI is able to help.
=TEXTJOIN("",TRUE,A330,A443,A556,A669,A782,A895,A1008,A1121,A1234,A1347,A1460,A1573,A1686,A1799,A2112,A2225,A2338,A2451,A2564,A2677,A2790,A3303,A3316,A3329,A3342,A3355,A3368,A3381,A3394,A5407,A5420,A5433,A5446,A5459,A5472,A5485,A5498,A5511,A5524,A5537,A5550,A5563,A5576,A5589,A5602,A5615,A5628,A5641,A5654,A5667) - Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 4 weeks ago:
Why not start the process of transforming it into a coop sooner? I know a business owner getting ready to retire, in the same boat as you. Except now he’s gonna have finance the sale for them and not all of them want to be an owner. To me, that is silly, but more power, more problems.
- Comment on Are there any non capitalistic technology companies still around? 4 weeks ago:
I agree with the OP’s response. It was well written and gave you several options. In particular, the point about cultural expectations sounds like the most pertinent. I don’t know what your working relationship is with your director, but the fact that they first apologized and second, when they understood your motives, lauded you.
It does suck having your good faith questions misinterpreted. However, it’s unclear what your director did or said that made you feel you were kissing his ring. Did he scold you? Or just explain how he felt about your question?
Others have given resources about coops and flat heirarchies, but this sounds like you want a very specific corporate culture. Even in the right fit, you are influencing people and will have to work with their personalities. Politics will always be part of the game as long as there are limited resources and risks in allocating those resources.
- Comment on Billionaires shouldn't exist 4 weeks ago:
I don’t see how taxation changes the balance of power. Their power is not, as you said, the size of their bank account, but in their ownership of the company’s assets. They also don’t create the value with their work. The employees do.
- Comment on Why can't we go back to small phones? 4 weeks ago:
This is more of what I remember.
- Comment on A crazy crazy world 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on I hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it. 4 weeks ago:
Sand worm’s maw.
- Comment on Stop touching your stuff! 5 weeks ago:
I hoping to ascend and not to climb. I’ve gotta say, I’m worried that after a while god might not be able to do it. Like he gets me half way up and then I just kind slowly drop down to earth… And hes like all apologizing … “Sorry, it’s been a long day. This has never happened to me before. Maybe we can try again in the morning.” So on and so on.
- Comment on What are the democrats actually doing to help? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on This used to be peak commercial humor 5 weeks ago:
Speedy Gonzales is laudable only because he contrasts the other sterotypes such as the drunken mice that occasionally help or Slowpoke Rodriguez, who I always thought of as super chill and awesome. But if I to pick which would stereotype would represent my minority, I’d also choose the model minority stereotype.
- Comment on Hardcore gaming 5 weeks ago:
What an odd way to spend ten months.
- Comment on How do we know this is actually Earth, and not just some torture chamber in Hell and we are just being punished? 5 weeks ago:
It doesn’t matter.
- Comment on anti-evolutionism 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on Spineless people have spines 5 weeks ago:
Ohio. A perfect cretic.
- Comment on i'm gonna need directions 1 month ago:
It’s been over 20 years, but why is 5s1 4d10 a correct representation and not 5s2 4d9?
- Comment on ACAB, no exceptions 1 month ago:
- Comment on I feel my life is empty. Is there any way to stop this? 1 month ago:
Most people bore me.
I don’t want to say that there aren’t boring people, but c’mon… You’re no troubador yourself. People don’t exist to keep you from being bored.
Living for the sake of not dying is not a living itself. People find meaning in lots of things: art, religion, bullshitting, pushing the bounds of knowledge, making loved ones laugh.
The meaning we make is our own and we share that living journey with a few others. It can be amazing and difficult and complicated. It’s rare to have someone truly get you, but we put ourselves out there because get got is so good.
- Comment on Would you consider me a “dry texter”? 1 month ago:
What do imagine a dry texter would responded in that situation?
- Comment on Why do the femcels and the incels not.... date each other? 1 month ago:
This is c/showerthoughts. You’re looking for c/fartsmarts
- Comment on It's not easy being cheesy 1 month ago:
Who left this just laying around?
- Comment on The more you know! 1 month ago:
Make sure to use the right type of bees. I once tried to build a computer with spelling bees and it was eeriely prospicient.
- Comment on Sinners!!! 1 month ago:
Should we tell him about Noah’s arcsin?
