Call it the Great Reset. Across the US, labor unions are winning surprisingly large contract settlements as workers have reset their expectations to demand considerably more than they did just a few years ago, and that has in turn pressured many corporations to reset – and increase – the pay packages they are giving in union contracts.
  • UFO
    244·
    1 year ago

    Their “big gains” are pretty much just standard of living increases they should have already received. Is it really winning then or just no longer losing as hard?

    Edit: My comment above sounds negative on their accomplishment. Not what I intended. I’m just upset this was even required. Them achieving proper compensation now does not make up for the past decades of being underpayed IMO.

      • UFO
        112·
        1 year ago

        Definitely a win in the short term view. But that isn’t a win in the long term scale. That’s just a reset to normal. A long term win would be ensuring they receive appropriate raises for the next two decades and more

        • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
          41·
          1 year ago

          Stopping something bad from happening is always a good thing. If your house is burning, getting out is still a win even if you are now homeless.

        • seang96@spgrn.com
          3·
          1 year ago

          From what I read in another post it can be as much or more than 33% after the end of those years due to cost of living increase, so it looks like that is factored in the contract as well.

  • Pilkins@lemmy.world
    131·
    1 year ago

    I hope it keeps going. America is fucked when it comes to worker’s rights. We need a huge push from the majority of the working population and maybe we’ll get to 20% of the protections/benefits most western European countries have.

  • SuiXi3D@kbin.social
    111·
    1 year ago

    It’s good for those that are able to get these gains, but the rest of us work for union busting, overworking, underpaying, understaffing fuckwads.

    • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
      71·
      1 year ago

      Workers in one sector making gains puts pressure on ither sectors to increase oay yo stay competitive. A cahin link fence factory that has a starting pay of $16 an hour wont be able to stay staffed when the car factory across town starts pay at $22