Why I’m rooting for the G.M. strikers

Labor unions vs. income inequality. 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The reverse is true, as well: Failures by labor unions — and the workers they represent — lead to more failures. For this reason, the current strike by almost 50,000 General Motors workers matters well beyond the auto industry. Organized labor is in the midst of a modest winning streak right now. Teachers in at least seven states have [staged walkouts](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wNC8yNy9vcGluaW9uL3RlYWNoZXJzLWFyaXpvbmEtd2Fsa291dC5odG1sP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDM2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). Last year, thousands of Marriott workers went on strike, as did other hotel workers in Chicago and health care workers in California. Many of these job actions led to pay increases, as employers decided that they would rather increase wages than continue to deal with the chaos and costs of walkouts and strikes. A high-profile successful strike by one group of workers, in turn, encourages other workers to take the risk. “When, say, teachers in Oklahoma see their West Virginia colleagues walking out and winning substantial pay increases, there is a contagion effect,” as Jake Rosenfeld, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, [has said.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9zcGVjdC5vcmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9yZXR1cm4tc3RyaWtlP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDM2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)“They start to believe, ‘Hey, we can do that, too.’” Over most of the past 40 years, of course, the dynamic has been working in the opposite direction. President Ronald Reagan famously fired striking air traffic controllers in 1981, which encouraged companies to play hardball with their own workers. As more companies did so — refusing to grant raises and firing strikers — workers became afraid and disillusioned. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMTkwOTE3VwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODcmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMTkwOTE3VwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODYmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMTkwOTE3VwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ For years, the United Automobile Workers union — the one that went on strike this week — has been suffering from this kind of vicious cycle. Some of its problems have been self-inflicted, including corruption. U.A.W. leaders have recently been the subject of a corruption investigation, in which a few have been convicted of accepting bribes. In some cases, they took the bribes from employers in exchange for accepting concessions during contract talks. When the U.A.W. narrowly lost an election to unionize workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee this year, some workers said — understandably — that they voted against it because they were skeptical the union would really fight for their interests. The G.M. strike is in part an effort by the union to halt this cycle of defeat. By calling the strike, the union’s remaining leaders are trying to demonstrate a new willingness to fight for their members. “A successful strike at General Motors could persuade U.A.W. members that the union is willing to take significant risks to fight on behalf of its members, potentially opening the door to more organizing in the anti-union South, where many auto plants have migrated,” [Mike Elk](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9zcGVjdC5vcmcvYXJ0aWNsZS9vdmVyLTQ5MDAwLWdtLXdvcmtlcnMtaGVhZC1vdXQtb24tc3RyaWtlP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDM2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) wrote in The American Prospect yesterday. The striking workers are asking for a pay increase and for the reopening of idled plants, among other things, and they are arguing that G.M. is now profitable enough (having earned [$8.1 billion](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP4QqAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVkaWEuZ20uY29tL2NvbnRlbnQvUGFnZXMvbmV3cy9lbWVyZ2VuY3lfbmV3cy8yMDE5LzAyMDYtZWFybmluZ3MvX2pjcl9jb250ZW50L2ljb25yb3cvdGV4dGZpbGUvZmlsZS5yZXMvR00tUTQtMjAxOC1QcmVzcy1SZWxlYXNlLVBERi5wZGY_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MTc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI0MzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA4MyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACFozYBd8W-fOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) last year) to afford both. Given the wage stagnation that most workers have suffered in recent decades — and the larger import of the G.M. strike — I’m rooting for the workers to win a better deal. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEyJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDE5MDkxN1cDbnl0QgoAIWjNgF3xb584Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODEzJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDE5MDkxN1cDbnl0QgoAIWjNgF3xb584Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjAxODE0JmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDE5MDkxN1cDbnl0QgoAIWjNgF3xb584Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ I’m also rooting for the U.A.W. to solve its corruption problem and make sure its leaders are looking out for the workers rather than themselves. For more The strike by British Airways pilots this month, wrote Vox’s [Alexia Fernández Campbell](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0TgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudm94LmNvbS8yMDE5LzkvMTAvMjA4NTcxODAvYnJpdGlzaC1haXJ3YXlzLXN0cmlrZS1wYXktcmFpc2U_dGU9MSZubD1kYXZpZC1sZW9uaGFyZHQmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAxOTA5MTc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTI0MzYmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNzA4MyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKACFozYBd8W-fOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), was “the latest sign that general labor unrest is not isolated to the US. Workers around the world have been getting a smaller and smaller share of income growth, and that frustration is surfacing abroad too. For example, Amazon warehouse employees in Europe have been striking to protest low pay and tough conditions.” Greenhouse, who’s a former Times reporter, also has a new book that tells the larger story. It’s called “[Beaten Down, Worked Up](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP4QCAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlbmd1aW5yYW5kb21ob3VzZS5jb20vYm9va3MvMjQ2Nzk4L2JlYXRlbi1kb3duLXdvcmtlZC11cC1ieS1zdGV2ZW4tZ3JlZW5ob3VzZS85NzgxMTAxODc0NDMxLz90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDE5MDkxNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjQzNiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDgzJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAIWjNgF3xb584Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~),” and [Nick Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOC8xMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9sYWJvci11bmlvbnMuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPWRhdmlkLWxlb25oYXJkdCZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDE5MDkxNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjQzNiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE3MDgzJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAIWjNgF3xb584Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) has called it “superb, important and eminently readable.” “Unions were … a formidable political force,” Nick wrote, “and it’s perhaps not a surprise that their enfeebling has been accompanied by a rise in far-right policies that subsidize the wealthy, punish the working poor and exacerbate the income gap.” Where will the next strike be? Perhaps in the health care industry. “Unions representing more than 80,000 Kaiser Permanente workers said their members will participate in a weeklong strike starting Oct. 14 to protest the company’s labor practices,” The Los Angeles Times’s [Suhauna Hussain](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfY1JoP4QKAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmxhdGltZXMuY29tL2J1c2luZXNzL3N0b3J5LzIwMTktMDktMTYvbW9yZS10aGFuLTgwLTAwMC1rYWlzZXItcGVybWFuZW50ZS13b3JrZXJzLXRvLXN0cmlrZS1pbi1vY3RvYmVyP3RlPTEmbmw9ZGF2aWQtbGVvbmhhcmR0JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMTkwOTE3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyNDM2JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTcwODMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAhaM2AXfFvnzhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) wrote this week. 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