• communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
    25·
    3 months ago

    To them it’s a huge loss compared to what would’ve happened without the union - max 5% annual raises, if that.

    This is a ridiculous and liberal lesser-evilism. A pay rise below inflation is a pay cut. This is such an important point which trade unionists have been pushing since forever. We consistently see trade union leaders accepting pay cuts of this nature, against the will of rank and file unionised workers, when there is plenty of momentum for escalated strike action and an actual pay rise, with inflation, is entirely achievable. We absolutely need to be criticising the labour movement shooting itself in the foot.

    • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      The labor movement here is probably getting a 10x bigger raise than your average worker in the same timeframe. I can damn near guarantee Walmart isn’t going to raise its wages more than 1 or 2 dollars per hour in the timeframe these guys are getting 24 extra dollars per hour. Hell, they might not give ANY raises since there are mass layoffs happening and unemployment is on the rise.

      Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

      • communism@lemmy.mlEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        Accepting pay cuts only serves to aid the capitalist class and dampen working class militancy. Please stop spinning losses as wins. It helps nobody.

        • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          It’s not a pay cut if you’re getting an 8% raise YoY when the historic average inflation is closer to 3% and 2024 is shaping up to be lower than that, with 2025 forecast to be lower than 2024.

          If they repeat this 6 years from now, they could be making $200k+ annually soon enough, that’s a huge amount of money for your average person.