Extra Individuals Again UAW Strikers Than Automakers: POLL

Extra Individuals assist the United Auto Employees (UAW) over the main auto corporations as their strike for larger wages and extra advantages nears its fifth week, based on the Related Press.

The UAW is presently partaking in a partial strike in opposition to the Large Three automakers — Ford, Basic Motors and Stellantis — and have expanded to 44 totally different vegetation throughout the nation since its Sept. 15 begin, most just lately leading to staff at Ford’s greatest and most worthwhile plant strolling out of the job on Wednesday. Round 36% of Individuals sympathize with the hanging UAW staff, whereas solely 9% assist the automakers within the dispute, with the remainder of the 53% of Individuals not swayed both method, based on a latest ballot from the AP’s NORC Heart for Public Affairs Analysis. (RELATED: Inflation Stays Scorching As Excessive Costs Continues To Plague Individuals)

Amongst these polled, 51% mentioned labor unions assist American staff and 15% mentioned they damage staff, whereas round 1/3 of respondents mentioned unions assist the financial system versus 22% who mentioned they damage the financial system, based on the AP. Democrats are extra sympathetic to the union staff, with 55% saying they assist the UAW within the dispute, whereas solely 22% of Republicans mentioned the identical.

Solely 25% of Individuals surveyed accepted of President Joe Biden’s dealing with of the strike, whereas 34% disapproved, based on the AP. Individuals belief Democrats extra to deal with points dealing with staff, garnering 35% assist in comparison with Republicans’ 24% assist.

The Large Three auto CEOs speak an enormous sport about staying “aggressive.”

Right here’s what they actually imply.#StandUpUAW pic.twitter.com/SLrEvHaN4W

— UAW (@UAW) October 11, 2023

The assist for auto staff falls in need of the 55% of Individuals who assist the hanging Hollywood actors who’re part of SAG-AFTRA that started picketing in July, based on the AP. The Writers Guild of America additionally striked this yr, having began in Might and reaching a tentative deal in September, whereas the Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters narrowly averted a strike for its 340,000 supply drivers who work on the United Parcel Service after reaching a deal simply days earlier than their July 31 deadline.

The UAW additionally launched a strike at Mack Vehicles on Monday, with 4,000 union staff strolling off the job after 73% of members voted to reject a tentative deal that had beforehand been agreed upon by the corporate and union management. The rejected deal included a ten% basic wage improve within the first yr of the five-year contract and a compounded 20% wage improve throughout the entire time period.

The ballot collected outcomes from 1,163 adults from Oct. 5 to 9 and was designed to characterize the U.S. inhabitants, based on the AP. It has a margin of error of ±3.9%.

The UAW, Ford and GM didn’t instantly reply to a request to remark from the Every day Caller Information Basis, whereas Stellantis declined to remark.

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