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Cake day: October 1st, 2023

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  • Absolutely. This is collective bargaining 101. Look at the historic UAW strike of 2023 and what they asked for at the start. Discounting that it was the first trilateral strike against the big three automakers union history, they asked for an historic amount of benefits and workplace changes.

    -46% pay increase over contract duration

    -Restoration of pension

    -Retiree healthcare

    -Healthcare benefits for all

    -Cost of living adjustments

    -End to the wage tiers system that divides the laborers into different “classes” of workers

    -32-hour workweek with no loss in pay

    If you don’t go for audacious, you will get far less than you need.

    They got:

    -25% pay increase in wages over the 4.5 year contract, 11% at outset

    -Cost of living adjustments

    -$5k bonus

    -Elimination of the tiered wage system (Fucking huge)

    If they never went to bat for the audacious, they never would have gotten the tiered system removed. Now they have far more solidarity and collective bargaining power for the next negotiation. All because of audacious demands and striking unilaterally across the big three.

    This is just one contract negotiation and strike. Much work to still be done.