Because the C-suite are the people making the big decisions which resulted in the huge profits.
The worker who attaches doors to the car on the shop floor had almost zero impact on the surge in profits because they are very restricted in scope of tasks.
And yet those decisions would remain inert thought experiments without the workers, so maybe you, magic c suite geniuses aren't as unilaterally crucial as you think you are? Those workers did all the material enacting of those illustrious "big decisions". Record profits? Record wages.
Inert thought experiment is one way to cope with this reality.
How are the Detroit automakers, which are the only unionized ones meant to compete with the companies that completely ignore fair wages and don't even have unions begging for them?
I'm not against paying people fair wages but automakers aren't exactly train companies that run at a loss and for the public good (being propped up by the government)
I guess we could prop up automakers with tax funds and pay fair wages and somehow ignore all the other market forces but... Why? We already prop them up with subsidized roads and infrastructure...
Why should we subsidize auto makers with exploitative labor if they are already subsidized by roads, infrastructure, bailouts and still claim struggle?
let the market dictate their death. it's just those free market forces. and if it's a matter of national security that we make autos then it answers itself; some kind of military subsidy.
Exploitative labor seems like a silly thing to _justify_ as a free market force.
I agree we should stop subsidizing our automakers because it's clearly not working out and they are still exploiting labor and the goodwill of the government building roads etc
Because the C-suite are the people making the big decisions which resulted in the huge profits.
They aren’t the ones making the cars, though. Your whole point is nonsense. It’s maybe an argument for paying CEOs 10 or 20 times the average worker’s salary, certainly not for the stupid 20+ millions we see.
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I mean, the C-suite have had a 40% pay increase, why shouldn't the worker have the same?
Supply and demand
Hence the strike, which changes worker supply.
Because the C-suite are the people making the big decisions which resulted in the huge profits.
The worker who attaches doors to the car on the shop floor had almost zero impact on the surge in profits because they are very restricted in scope of tasks.
And yet those decisions would remain inert thought experiments without the workers, so maybe you, magic c suite geniuses aren't as unilaterally crucial as you think you are? Those workers did all the material enacting of those illustrious "big decisions". Record profits? Record wages.
Inert thought experiment is one way to cope with this reality.
How are the Detroit automakers, which are the only unionized ones meant to compete with the companies that completely ignore fair wages and don't even have unions begging for them?
I'm not against paying people fair wages but automakers aren't exactly train companies that run at a loss and for the public good (being propped up by the government)
I guess we could prop up automakers with tax funds and pay fair wages and somehow ignore all the other market forces but... Why? We already prop them up with subsidized roads and infrastructure...
Why should we subsidize auto makers with exploitative labor if they are already subsidized by roads, infrastructure, bailouts and still claim struggle?
let the market dictate their death. it's just those free market forces. and if it's a matter of national security that we make autos then it answers itself; some kind of military subsidy.
Exploitative labor seems like a silly thing to _justify_ as a free market force.
I agree we should stop subsidizing our automakers because it's clearly not working out and they are still exploiting labor and the goodwill of the government building roads etc
They aren’t the ones making the cars, though. Your whole point is nonsense. It’s maybe an argument for paying CEOs 10 or 20 times the average worker’s salary, certainly not for the stupid 20+ millions we see.