This Could Be The Next Big Moment For The Labor Movement in America
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- Mercedes factory in Alabama are voting on whether they will joining the United Auto Workers. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola on The Young Turks. Your Support is Crucial to the Show: tyt.com/team
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"For two decades, Jeremy Kimbrell and his co-workers at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama could expect to hear the same thing when they raised concerns about pay, time off or working conditions: With no college degree, you should just be happy to have a job."
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i worked union for 33 years in south.retired in 2021 with a pension for life.southern folks need to wake up.
Union is a waste of money and dose nothing but protect worthless workers.
@@dozersdadyunions built america.
@@mmane257 that explains why it's falling apart 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@mmane257 And here I thought it was slaves.
Unions are needed for the next generations! I am 24 year UAW member. I can testify to the union's importance.
i fix air conditioners for a living. I see more retired union workers supporting extended families with their pensions, than I do anyone else. I know one man literally supporting a union hating son and his family! I've seen entire family groups vanish into the winds, when they die. No matter where you stand on union workers, there is no denying that they are the backbone and the lifeline of the American Economy.
Lol lol OK kid.
Anyone fighting AGAINST unions is fighting AGAINST fairness for workers. Bottom line. The fact that some people don’t get this OBVIOUS fact is surprising. It doesn’t take a genius.
We need a UNIVERSAL workers union!
As an Alabama native I stand with the workers and the unions. If this vote passes it will be a HUGE win for them and their communities. The governor should be absolutely ASHAMED of herself. But these people have no shame, no morals and absolutely no business our government. ✊ Vote ✊ Them ✊ Out
Nice, hope they unionize. Ive always supported the worker and worker rights. 🥰🥰🥰
Every high school student should learn about the history of the labour movement.
Indeed! How it has been crushed with a little help from 'Our Glorious Leaders' all over this land.
Including its infiltration by organized crime and rampant corruption. They did huge damage to unions. The previous 2 UAW presidents were sentenced to prison for corruption, as part of an investigation that resulted in charges against 16 UAW officials.
High school students are not learning anything at all. Going to college and still don’t know basic math
This is what I love to see. The south unionizing like we did in past years. The owners had a stranglehold on union busting and right to work laws for decades
Power to the people!
Every workplace should have a union
In Germany LABOR UNION'S ARE LITERALLY REQUIRED. For a German Company this should be a Slam Dunk. However this Alabama Bunch wants otherwise.
*Workers are not slaves!*
*Workers have rights!*
Unions = 💪💪
You are a joke
Yah, I’m sure the elites kind of see it differently than you. And since every man has his price, it will remain that way until money has no value. Until it does, your output equals your worth in money and you will be treated as such. Eg you and I are wage slaves and day by day we’re drifting closer to indentured servitude. If you want to be in a clan like a union, by all means, but it’s a short term solution, once the union becomes an institution, it’s just another overlord that’ll age like milk. UAW for example.
Unionizing creates more negotiating between management and workers. It’s laughable that Starbucks calls their workers “partners” and then when they say oh we’re partners huh? Ok let’s start a discussion and they say nah y’all fired.
Pro union!
Rock On UAW!!! From your brothers and sisters at Local 958
i dont understand the problem, Mercedes is a German company and they have a strong union and i don't have heard this is a problem
That is 100% typical Walmart union busting tactics! Almost word for word from Walmart corporate anti union tactics
Go Mercedes! Unionize now.✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼
If employers treated their employees with dignity, there'd be no need for a union.
1965 Pay ratio CEO to average employee 20 to 1
1989 Pay ratio CEO to average employee 59 to 1
2021 Pay ratio CEO to average employee 399 to 1
Then why were there unions in 1965?
@@Blake_the_Drake 20 to 1
@@Dyne191 Why were there unions in the 20's? CEO pay was way less.
@@Blake_the_Drake 371 to 1
Auto workers. Together. Strong.
An overpriced car like Mercedes does not have union workers? Da Fock
America works best when we say #UnionYes! #UnionStrong
See the corruption by policy makers, corporate, same thing is going in the Aerospace engine manufacturing market. Note
All of your stock footage is of mechanics not factory workers
This is really weird. Most of the car manufacturers in Germany are unionized including Mercedes. I don’t understand why Mercedes has a problem with it’s USA employees being unionized
The next big moment for the labor movement is the fight for work-optional lifestyle. This is arguably the civil rights issue of our day. We can finance work optional lifestyle with Universal Basic Income. A simple 10% tax on corporate revenue will generate $4.1 Trillion/year. This is enough to give $1000/month to every man, woman, and child in this country.
Not just no but fuck no I am not paying for you to be worthless nice try.
Stop begging for handouts you didn't earn.
Unions raise the bar for wages across all industries, that’s what the business council is worried about.
That's why Biden tariffs against China are only applied in renewable energy technologies and EVs since those sectors don't have powerful unions and are threat to fossil fuels industries
When someone is willing to spend a lot of money trying to convince you not to do something, you really need to ask why.
The answer is always money.
Im pretty sure there was a book written explaining all this about 175 year ago.... 😂
Also, the Alabama governor needs to be nicknamed "Poison Ivey." :P
All unions in Germany of course
German auto workers are ALL union!C'mon Mercedes-cough up the cash, all the money you charge for these vehicles!
Mercedes has union reps on the board in Germany.
I work for a Korean automotive battery company that has convinced even very conservative employees to say "I don't want a union but this place needs a union" because of how the leadership treats the workers. They act as if the workers are a burden and seem to think we should pay them for the honor of working for the company. There are constant attempts to push employees to buy there own PPE, and some people do comply. Cheap and fast as possible is the company culture, at the cost of safety and quality.
Good, God Bless You. Stand up to those Cheap Executives ! Especially on PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQIPMENT !
There’s a lot of misinformation about unions but I think the hardest part for people is that a lot of it is structured like our government. You vote for your rep and policies. You have to be informed and pay attention. The union isn’t gonna help you if you elect people that don’t want to help you.
Those interested in this topic, read "The Labor Wars" by Sydney Lens.
The irony of TYT talking about Unions when internally they are anti-Union and have yet to give their union a contract. Lol
Lots of love ❤
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Americans workers should unionize... unions are effective in protecting the workers rights.
Just ask the police to give up their unions and see what answer you'll get.
The difference is that with a police union, there is very little tension between management and the rank and file. Police unions exist to protect cops from outside "threats."
Fifty percent of profits must go to the workers.
They are the creators of wealth.
Communism is bad.
The uncle ruckus effect. Once a brother got a seat at the table. He suddenly become enlightened
Vote The Republican Politicians out of Office. Remember to Vote for the Pro - Union Party in November. I advise you to Unionized. It matters how you get treated where you work. Don't let The Politicians take away your. Rights to Unionized you have to protect yourself.
The UAW and the automakers also have to phase out ICE vehicles while phasing in EVs.
Why? So they can lose jobs?
@@spankyssurprise1361 No. So they can keep jobs. Same with mechanics.
Do not let them scare you.. they're scared they have to pay you a fair wage now ..if you unionize.. Alabama does not want to pay Fair wages
In Ohio republicans will not work if it’s not a union job
"Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and equitable but also to those who are perverse."
Good luck Anna being sympathetic to conservatives it won’t work we will never change enough of them
Fiduciary: refers to a person or organization that acts on behalf of others, and is required to put the clients interest ahead of their own.
I wonder what the MB workers here in Germany think about this?
They applaud and support the UAW effords.
Bet his church got a big $ donation!
This report should have mentioned that for a long time UAW did not welcome workers from foreign brands. Only American brands
@AFRE when was that ????
@@waynefrench756 It was from start of opening of foreign auto makers brands in the US. And do not forget in 2010 UAW banned foreign cars on union property in the Kansas City area.. Do not get me wrong. I support the idea that any worker should be able to join a union. But my point UAW has a lot of baggage that people do not know about.
Generally support unions but there's one important question unanswered here in terms of the stock buy-back: Does Mercedes foot decent incentives for employee stock options?
Funny, we have heard NOTHING about this on the news...and we live in PA.
Union Union Union
I'm pretty sure if there are lots of conservative GOP members in the John Deere plants in Kansas, Iowa, Gorgia just like the MB plant in Alabama. The way I see it unionizing is not about which president you vote for but about just wanting a fair wage/benefits for a days work. Hyundai, Toyota and Honda simply matched the UAW deal in their factories.
Anna is so beautiful. I just want to argue politics with her all day
I'm not against unions but in my experience, a union is only as good as it's leaders and often union leaders can be easily corrupted. The other concern I'd have is Mercedes shutting it's factory and moving everything to Mexico like Stellantis did and like GM and Ford are slowly but surely doing. It is pretty common knowledge that Mercedes Benz models have plummeted in quality in recent years so they could use that as an excuse to shut their operations in the US. So sad though that workers even need to do this. Perhaps if they were better taken care of, they would care more about their work and Mercedes could produce a half way decent car like they used to
It will not pass. My home state is hugely incompetent and believe corporations will look out for them if they stay loyal and never be fired. If democrats weren’t so closely aligned with republicans, they could fund public schools more and stop funneling money into charter schools and vouchers programs for the rich to save money.
But conservatives vote against thier financial interest
one lazy man who won't work on the line, bothers them more than 10 lazy men wearing suits and talking big talk for 1000x their salary, at the same company. They see the one, and not the other. Most of them inherit both their religion, and their politics, from their parents.
Another lie. I dumped the union and did so much better. Unions look out for. Union officers.
@@michaelarmijo2752 Bullshit. Pony up what union and what state you're talking about.
@@ashleybishop7248 CA. Union local 78. M y father was pres and held almost every office and I was a officer on the finance committee. Lol lol you'll find out.
@@michaelarmijo2752 In CA, journeyman plumbers belonging to Laborers local 78 make $38.55 hr. Non union plumbers average $31 hr. The union offers benefits such as insurance, vacation etc. But if you feel you're better off doing installs for big box stores and hack jobs for shady GCs go for it.
Nunca en mi vida me e considerado Mexica. Yo soy Huichol y si soy mitad y mitad.
Where is Cenk this week?
Helping setting up tents for palestine tent rallies. 😂
@@andyk9113 him and ya mama too!
do germany's mercedez employees have a union ?
I'm not sure but they are less likely to as they will be treated FAR BETTER than US workers
Yes
@@matwatson7947
Don't Google or take a minute to find out anything.
Just post your ignorance for all to see.
A right winger to the 'T'.
@@jaynecobb6711 Have you got any particular reason to have figured out I'm a classic right winger?
@@matwatson7947
My posts is clear.
Ana, I say this respectfully, calm down on the use of Riz. Ever since you learned the term, it has been constant. I feel like I see the sparkle in your eye when the opportunity arises... just don't please. The eye rolls and facepalms are adding up.
Pro-Unionization, good luck to the workers, thanks TYT
Now it makes sense.That pastor got a big donation to his church.
They will be able to strike fore MORE MONEY, MORE MONEY. Get the idea. I wish I did. Go for it
See now this is a Great NEWS story!! And hearing it from the side of labor vs. decades of always hearing managements perspective and all their hangers-on, their sycophants who come out of the woodwork wanting to voluntarily be a part of something destructive. Twenty or thirty years ago it wouldn't have even been possible for a union to breath in Alabama, especially one who's never tried to engage workers there before. Sorry, but this is almost high drama for some of us who've been in the union fight. Cool.
Say it cenk and Anna "thank you Biden "
WTF? M-B in 1germany is Union. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.
This is very good new but can i just say....Ana looks stunning not say she dose not look amazing all the time but she is stunning 😍. Now back to the news this would be big if this happens.
I'm so worried about TYT's hard right turn that I was white knuckling my TV remote and my keyboard mouse, fearing Ana was going to take an anti union stance. I'm all better now ...
There's some anti-union bots in the comment section.
Bipartisan cooperation over labor issues must be a very threatening prospect for the right-w for this reason, as a road to unionization & subsequent recalibration of power/resource distribution. Unlike other characteristics used to divide people over generations if not centuries that stall such progress tho, cohesion around work struggles tends to encompass not only economic, but geographic, & cultural elements. Capitalism of course needs co-workers/colleagues to be partners/comrades but not political allies for this reason.
So then this is where I too see hope, simply because it is so direct & concrete (unlike political & religious propaganda): ‘You don’t work, you don’t eat.’ So what happens when you work & still don’t eat because of wage theft of unsafe working conditions? People can overcome union-squeamishness & get on board when it gets close & bad enough imo, which it is. Just about everything else can -& so will- be NIMBY’d, sadly. Optimistic cynicism maybe, but 🤷🏻♀️
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Go workers!!! Unions YES!
He looked like an AI
What’s the support for a union at TYT like?
TYT has been Unionized for years now.
Who ya gonna call?UNION BUSTERS!!I aint afraid uh no unions!
I'm certain much like me that workers of Mercedes had to be thinking when they heard the words out of this guy's mouth, "I'm sorry, but I have to ask as I feel a bit embarrassed.....WHO are you & what's your interest on the company?"
imagine the cities aren't civilized. Instead of the mayor's office asking for tax money from federal government, you had to personally fill in the forms, and jump through 'company' hoops.
Vote Pro Union and blue for democracy and to stop Project 25!
The Democratic party is trash. Someday you'll realize this.
@@NonyaSmithThe Republican Party is the party of misogyny, as seen with the abortion bans, racism, as the overwhelming majority of white supremacists are all Republican, massive tax cuts to the rich, as we've seen for over 60 years, union busting, also the last 60 years, government shutdowns as we've seen for the last 30 years, oh and child marriage because as that one politician said a few days ago, they love impregnating those "fertile, ripe" kids
These two have no idea how business works considering there owner did union busting
They have a union, though.
Do they, how do you know that?
What a thoroughly terrible little old grandma.
I’m confused an article in Yahoo says they already voted. Union won
Voting ends tomorow, 5/17/24
@@hunternedib1119
Thank you
@@qtziu8908 You're welcome!
Mercedes Marge Schott
I had someone try to tell me, completely seriously, that teachers would be making 6-digit salaries if teachers unions weren't holding them back. Really? Explain teacher pay in Texas then.
texas pay is low across the board
Teachers unions only hold students back.
Keep making more and more unrealistic demands in an industry that will be all but completely automated in 10 years. Very smart move.
Yea. Keep on being doormats for the automakers, that make Billions of dollars in profits every year, all the while those Executive pay and compensation packages, with their hefty bonuses keep going up. Every year.
Iam SURE at some point, they will realize their mistake, take pity on their workers and do something to correct it by giving them better compensation.
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HEY Gravey for brains, I have a bridge to sell you for cheap if you are interested.
Just got painted, well maintained and connects two boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
A REAL money maker if you are interested.
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@@jaynecobb6711 What a company does with their profits is no ones business but the company and the shareholders. What you are compensated is a direct result of your skills and experience.
Here's an idea, start your own business and run it in whatever socialized manner you want.
@@waveygravey9347
Here is a idea
graveythefool, how about you work 12 hour days, 6 days a week, at hard scrabble wages, in dangerous conditions, with no medical benefits, vacation time or overtime pay?
Sick pay? There are more replacements that can do your job if you get sick with our products says the company.
Your family starves because you got hurt on the job?
Not my problem, says the company.
Heck, even your 6 year old children can go work in the factory's. or the plants.
And that's just to start.
Oh, don't like that huh...well thank your UNION for you and your children having to never work under those conditions.
So my question is, how does the boot leather taste champ.
@@jaynecobb6711 That's the great thing, no one is forced to work any job they don't want to.
@@waveygravey9347
Sometimes they are.
Expensive crap cars. No thanks.
Yeah, you wouldn't understand bc you've never driven one. I owned one and it was dope. Enjoy your Hyundai, loser.
Religious Leader = O.G. influencer 😂……
Ford workers thought the same thing, until the layoffs were announced (same goes for UPS workers). 😂
The United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with Ford, a pact that, along with similar deals with General Motors and Stellantis, will raise pay across the industry, force automakers to absorb higher costs and help reshape the auto business as it shifts away from gasoline-fueled vehicles.18 Nov 2023
@@steveinoz8188 Do you realize that you didn’t address what I actually said?
@@coryluke12 I read what you said. Things get better too.
i heard stellantis got f'd but i didnt hear tht about ford
Eyo honest question was that black brotha spouting anti-union propaganda AI generated? His facial movements seem to stiff and artificial... Like if you told me that pastor's video was AI generated i would absolutely believe it
The real question is
How much was he paid for the video?
😒😒😒😒😒
Laborers 2163
Sorry, but we can see how much TYT doesn't support unions when you go back and look at how they were doing the exact same anti-union things with their employees were trying to unionize, as well as how much they rail against police unions. Their history on Union support is shady at best.
You mean the next big catalyst for mass layoffs? 😂😂😂
Blame it on the workers
@@KCAATVWhy? The workers aren't the ones destroying the unions. That's the rich minority
Newsflash to
corythefool.
Layoffs have happened ever since the auto industry WAS the auto industry.
Unions and their members are not the cause of changing market conditions or poor management decisions, fool.
Layoffs happen wether Unions are there or not.
That pastor is a reminder of the real role of religion in society... to keep the poor down.
The message was a lie and anyone black can see thru him. Paid or was told he would be given a donation to his church. Anyone can see thru his bull.
Yep.
New parsonage, pipe organ and grand piano are on the way.
Would unionizing cause the cost of a Mercedes to go up or go down.
Up
They wouldn’t be making cars in Alabama any longer.
@@surfgreen60 I realize you have no concern for the hard-working lower class, but they're Americans and Americans deserve a living wage. You're just a corporate stooge. You value greed over fairness. PATHETIC!!!!!!
Ask yourself two questions. One, what's their hourly rate per worker, now, and how many man-hours are tied up in a vehicle. It takes about 18 hours of assembly to put together the vehicle at the plant. Two what's the hourly wage. So, if their hourly rate went up even $20 an hour, at best, it would add about $400 to the cost of each vehicle. It's like a hamburger, it takes about a minute to assemble one at McDonalds. Each one probably has 3 man-minutes tied up in it. If they paid them $20 an hour, each hamburger would have less than $1 worth of labor involved at the restaurant end of the chain. Something easy like a cheeseburger, less than 20 cents in labor involved. Fries, even less, with a higher profit margin. Soda, same, only again higher profit margin than fries.
Don't care. Workers need to be paid a fair and living wage. Unions are necessary.
this so-called pastor is a liar and a bought and paid for preacher.
The mafia loves unions! They’re a great racket.😂
that would mean Trump loves them too!
Jimmy Hoffa has been dead over 40 years. You sound like an imbecile. The head of the UAW is the frickin man.