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Originally Posted by Tbone98
Like the whole state of Michigan.
Honest question, who do you think is affected more when all three strike? The OEMs from lack of sales, or the union members when their strike funding/budget starts to run low?
I think the OEMs have more staying power in the long run. Once strike funds run low, members tend to be less ambitious and wanting to go back to work to support their families.
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When the OEMs and UAW start playing “Mine’s Bigger Than Yours,” the suffering translates quickly to the workers. No matter how strong their belief in their union, workers also feel a connection to their company. With one company involved, their workers have a stronger feeling of “protection” - the sense that ultimately their company will do what’s necessary to take care of them. That connection fades somewhat with all three companies involved, because the workers have no feeling of connection/protection from two of them. Long before the strike funds run out, thousands of UAW workers will tire of not being able to live their normal lives, even if they support the goals of the strike.
The big challenge for the OEMs and the UAW is that they’re negotiating a contract for what may be a very dark and unprofitable future. The federal government is trying to put the OEMs out of business by forcing them to produce EVs that their customers generally don’t want to buy. Faced with expenses for this total industry makeover that already are pushing OEMs to lose billions of dollars, we may be looking at the necessity of a total government bailout of the auto companies.