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Wednesday, 13 February 2019
quote [ A Mexican union has declared total victory in a mass strike at 48 border assembly plants, but now the movement has spawned a storm of wildcat walkouts at other businesses. The union won 20 per cent wage increases at all 48 “maquiladora” factories in Matamoros, a city across the border from Brownsville, Texas.
The Industrial Workers and Laborers’ Union also won a one-time bonus of about 32,000 pesos, about $1,685 at current exchange rates. The strike involved about 25,000 workers. Now workers at about a dozen non-union businesses and factories organized by other unions have started wildcat walkouts to demand the same increases. ]
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Paracetamol said @ 8:59pm GMT on 13th Feb
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mechavolt said[1] @ 10:42pm GMT on 13th Feb
[Score:1 Underrated]
The best argument I've heard against unions is that they can be bloated and corrupt. Try telling that to someone who has just been unfairly let go and you'll understand why even that is a shitty argument. And if you don't like your union leadership, vote the fuckers out. Tell me how you'd vote your CEO out of their job without buying half the company.
EDIT: Wasn't supposed to be a reply, but fuck Activision/Blizzard. Record-breaking profits and downsizing at the same time. Fucking bastards. |
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steele said @ 11:47pm GMT on 13th Feb
[Score:1 laz0r]
From the "Rising of" article:
Through corruption, partnerships and shared class interests, the ruling class capitalist parties — especially the PRI and PAN, which have historically controlled the local and state governments in the maquiladora zones — have worked hand in glove with maquiladora owners and the fake charro unions to use various tactics to squash authentic labor movements to ensure a “friendly” environment for investors. ... In fact, on January 12, 2,000 of the most militant workers from the struck plants marched on the offices of the union to demand Villafuerte Morales’ resignation for failing to adequately represent them and their demands. According to one account: Amid booing, whistles, and cries of “Villafuerte out!, Sell-out! and Cacique!, the workers arrived at the union headquarters. The leader opened the doors of the building and asked the workers to come in, but they refused and told him to come out onto the street to face them all directly. After Villafuerte Morales made a feeble attempt to blame others for his failed leadership, the workers shouted him down. They demanded that he immediately declare and organize a strike in the 45 plants that have refused to concede. Even though he asked for more time to negotiate their demands and urged strikers to return to their jobs in the meantime, the workers continued on. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿 |
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spazm said @ 7:55pm GMT on 13th Feb
[Score:1 Good]
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R1Xhard said[1] @ 3:44am GMT on 14th Feb
"The Tridonex auto parts company said in posts on its Facebook page Monday that pickets had prevented employees from entering its Matamoros plant and cancelled some shifts."
For those unfamiliar to the term scab "The Industrial Workers and Laborers’ Union also won a one-time bonus of about 32,000 pesos, about $1,685 at current exchange rates. The strike involved about 25,000 workers." Honestly good to hear they achieved something for the workers, just hope that's 32000 pesos per worker and not split between all 25000 of them. |
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captainstubing said @ 12:11pm GMT on 14th Feb
Oddly enough, most folk seem pretty relaxed about organised capital. Surely it has to be both or neither? You know, to be fair.
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steele said @ 7:33pm GMT on 14th Feb
[Score:1 Insightful]
I think that may depend on where you are. Millions, if not billions, of dollars are spent every year in the US to shit on unions and I've met quite a few people who buy into it. Neoliberalism is pretty much anti-union by nature.
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captainstubing said @ 9:27am GMT on 19th Feb
Oh I was having a larf. But really, if we are going to have organised capital I think we should be similarly liberal in terms of organised labour.
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Background on the Mexican strikes:The rising of the maquiladora workers
BuzzFeed Journalists Agree to Unionize in Wake of Layoffs
Also Comrade Cher is apparently on board with a general strike. Is this even real life anymore? :D