US car giants gripped by history-making strike
&gt; &quot;I’ve been working here for 40 years and I haven’t received a raise in 10 or 12 years&quot;<p>&gt; &quot;We made a lot of concessions in 2008, but now it’s 2023 and inflation is skyrocketing, everything is through the roof, and we’re just asking for something back. We didn’t even ask for more than we had before.&quot;<p>&gt; &quot;We are defending our way of life, trying to get enough money to take care of our families and stay in the middle class. They work hard here, six days a week, 10 hours a day. We don’t see our family, and we have to work longer hours to earn the same as what we did 20 years ago&quot;<p>I suspect that a lot of Americans are watching their standard of living decline and seeing their kids have to struggle in ways they never had to at that age. It&#x27;s no surprise that employees will try to fight to keep what they have, and it&#x27;ll be interesting to see how much more effective unionized workers are at that.<p>I imagine that a lot of companies are terrified that if these unions succeed it will lead to the creation of new ones for non-union employees looking for the same thing.