While the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike against all three Detroit automakers – Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis – is roughly a week old at this point, it isn’t the only such labor-involved action taking place in the U.S. at the moment. In fact, a strike in Hollywood by screenwriters and actors has been going on since early May as those folks protest the way that technology has affected their wages, as well as their future in the industry. Both strikes have been squarely in the public eye, however, and as it turns out, a recent poll conducted by Reuters found that most Americans support both as well.
The poll found that 58 percent of Americans support the UAW strike, versus 32 percent who oppose it and 10 percent that indicated they were unsure which side to support. At the same time, a similar figure – 60 percent – support the Hollywood strike, versus 27 percent that oppose and 13 percent who are undecided.
In terms of the labor movement in general, this particular poll found that 61 percent believe unions have improved the lives of Americans in general, while 35 percent said that they aren’t necessary. Two-thirds of respondents agreed that worker pay should rise in conjunction with CEO pay, too. This study – conducted over the course of two days – polled 1,005 U.S. adults, and has a margin of error of plus or minus four percent.
In the meantime, the UAW and the Detroit Big Three continue to talk, yet remain far apart in negotiations – particularly when it comes to the topics of pay raises and tiered wage systems – all while battling it out in the court of public opinion. The union is claiming that automakers are a classic example of “corporate greed,” while Ford has said that its demands are “unsustainable” and could potentially “bankrupt” the company. The UAW also previously said that if the two sides don’t make substantial progress by tomorrow, it will strike at additional plants, too.
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Not sure who they polled. However, people don’t realize how in the end these strikes and their end results have a negative impact on their bottom line. Every thing is going to cost them more and they didn’t get a raise.
We don’t want to be on strike. We want what is fair for our members.
Well, then get back to work. It’s that simple.
I don’t.
That sounds like today’s Americans support what will cost you more in the end it’s the same political BS they tried to sell us when they wanted to pay McDonald’s workers $15 an hour they deserve it well how much does your Happy meal cost now bunch of dumbasses
The happy meal costs about 40% more than in 2018. Want to try that on your car ?
You probably forgot that the UAW made a big mistake when they gave up their Cost-of-Living Allowance in 2009 (COLA) to save the poorly managed automakers. Car prices have gone up 30% since 2019, UAW wages have increased only by 6% in that same time span. This along with McDonald raising the price of a happy meal by 40% is all about corporate greed.
Not to mention all the other workers at other facilities that are being laid off berceuse of the strike. It would be nice to know what their wages are so they could be compared to other manufacturing jobs. I think that would help people decide which side they are on.
I support the current generation of awful Hollywood writer strikes from now until the end of time. They’ve pump out pure garbage the past several years.
There is also an increasing number of ignorant people in this country.
You can say that again.
Another poll that is pulled out of idiots ass. I don’t support either strike.
This forum is supposed to be for and about Ford and Ford’s alike: Not Fast Food franchises!
No one asked me. I don’t support either strike. UAW should take the 20% raise, ratification bonus, cost of living increase stipulations (there were two, don’t recall the wording), and get back to work. Hollywood, while I don’t support it, they can strike and continue to strike as long as they want. I don’t care. Hollywood has only been releasing garbage for almost a decade now. There is literally nothing to miss out on by them being on strike.
58% is broadly? Loosely would be a better definition. I’m fine with pay raises but tell the public that they’re polling that they’ll see another price hike from mother Ford to offset the cost of the pay raise and I’m sure their answer would be different.
Thanks UAW! If you get what you want, the new vehicle purchasers will be paying for it. Not Ford. They just pass your raise to the consumers. Most UAW workers only know one small thing about making an automobile, not qualified to get a job in a automotive repair shop. No ASE certification, just a UAW patch. Look at the poor quality UAW workers have be turning out lately. Hope Ford shuts down all their US assemble plants and you have to learn how your going to live on strike pay or unemployment.
Untrue. The companies set the MSRP of the vehicles they produce. Labor is only 5% of the cost of vehicle production and our contracts are negotiated every 4 years. The cost of MSRP is dependent upon materials, market conditions, and competition. Ford is generous in the fact that they offer education opportunities so their employees can go out there and learn a trade or a skill. The poor quality is mostly due to supplier issues and poor engineering. It is not the UAW’s fault for the dual clutch failures and water pump failures in the 3.5l and 3.7l engines. I hope the UAW not only stays in the U.S. but also inspires more people to unionize.
You are so wrong that this won’t affect MSRP. Stop spouting your union lies. If I was in charge of Ford, I’d be raising MSRP’s to cover the costs of the UAW, at the unfortunate cost to the consumer
You’re definitely not getting what you asked for. So if you don’t meet them halfway you may not have a job to go back too.
A chance we are willing to take.
There’s a Hollywood strike?
Tell the strikers to learn to code.
They applied for a job. They got it and were happy. Now they want to run the company. A 40% increase in pay, and 10% fewer hours work, 36 vs 40, makes absolutely no sense.
Attendance and manpower are two of the major issues from Ford’s position. I wouldn’t claim that people are “happy” if they’re willing to picket in front of multiple plants for better benefits and pay. As for the 4 day work week, we will see what happens.
I wonder what the reality of that 32 hour work week is. I suspect it’s not that the standard work week for someone is reduced from 40 to 32, but rather that someone who works 32 hours or 4 days days a week is considered full time (with FT benefits) vs being considered part time. If that’s the case, that’s a very reasonable demand and is what is considered standard across pretty much the entire labor market.
I’ve heard it said twice so far that the workers are living paycheck to paycheck. If that’s the case it’s their own fault. Maybe they should try a budget. Just saying!!
Hard to budget when you’re only making $17 an hour and grocery store visits are a couple hundred dollars to feed a family.
Certainly, if every member in the family wasn’t walking around with a brand new iPhone every year, and 2 over priced cars with leases and loans, then they’d have more than enough money to get buy. People these days don’t make good economic choices. Maybe the UAW should invest some of their “bounty” that they get from this in classes on money management.
Since covid America has lost its work ethic. I don’t get it,,, our work ethic is what made us great.
I don’t care AT ALL about the Hollywood strikes. They could go on forever for all I care.
The UAW strikes are more important, they actually generate value. The problem however is that as many have said, any wage gains for the UAW are just going to result in higher consumer prices. Vehicle prices are already astronomical, causing big sales slumps and a very real danger for the automakers in the not so distant future. So you’ve got a no-win situation where the people who build the cars need more money to survive because the cost of everything else has gone up, but if they do that then prices for vehicles are just going to reach a point that the market will collapse.
The only real solution is to send the entire economy into haywire by forcing deflation of the US dollar.
Pay is above rate now. This is why every thing had gone out of site!!!!!