• Wooster
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    10 months ago

    But even with those historic gains, they don’t bring workers back to where they were before 2007, when wages and benefits were slashed amid tough economic times.

    Headline makes the strikers sound greedy, but this context puts things into perspective.

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      10 months ago

      Looks like it’ll still pass, but these individual truck plants (which produce the more profitable pickup trucks and such) voted “No” in large numbers.

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    This is the point-

    But even with those historic gains, they don’t bring workers back to where they were before 2007, when wages and benefits were slashed amid tough economic times.

    They’re still taking a pay cut. I think Sean Fein is a good leader overall, but the deal just didn’t go far enough.

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    If someone is making a profit, then they can do with less.

    Profit, by definition, is excess. Have higher standards.