Strike??? Thoughts, insights, predictions.

[StephenPT]

Does the UAW union control the workers at the Toyota assembly plants in the states?

There have been efforts, but currently Toyota/Honda/Nissan have no unions in their USA production plants.

 

[Polo08816]

There have been efforts, but currently Toyota/Honda/Nissan have no unions in their USA production plants.

This is the way.

 

[Polo08816]

i'm just waiting to see how much prices end up going up for both new or used, while this mess gets sorted

Yes, new goes up because of the agreements reached and when the public cannot afford the new vehicles, the used vehicle market surges.

Does the UAW union control the workers at the Toyota assembly plants in the states?

I predict that the price of new cars will go up if the strike lasts for a long time. The big three will run low in inventory and the other OEMs will see demand spike. Then we'll be back to 2021 pricing for used cars... argg.

... no matter what.

Part of me hopes the Fed comes in and says, "We'll just raise the interest rate by 500 basis points. There will be significant deflation so no one will need a wage increase. But only 25% of you will have jobs so you all figure it out."

 

[George B]

Lol gold luck selling a job to a kid like that. Maybe that's the problem...'hey man this job is better than prison'

Many are disenfranchised because there's no safe bet anymore. Menial jobs used to provide people with everything. Now even six figures isn't really enough. Def can't be a grocer and make it. Trades ruin your body. Education is expensive. They don't want to work because they don't see the payoff.

Stay at home parent? Good luck with that.

Average high school graduate reads at a low middle school level. And billionaires tell then not to go to school so they become a wage slave.

Millennial and younger inherited a really crappy problem thanks to previous generations.

GenX got caught right at the turn! We know the value of the labor and would do it. We remember the time it would pay and have seen that slip right through our hands. I worked my way up in the company I am with and have made an upper-middle management position in 23 years. I have a HS diploma and lots of self taught skill but no additional schooling. Bought my house 20 years ago and mom stayed home with the kids until just 5 years ago. She now works part time. We used to be able to bank money but not so much anymore. The cost has out paced wages by a large margin.

 

[George B]

Too many kids are being raised by a younger generation that believes in getting all they can "with little to no effort" on their part. Too many think that the government owes them something. Most of the kids entering the work force are spoiled rotten and think they are owed something, just like their parents. I feel for the ones that work hard for their money because this world/country is going to hell. I will be dead when it all comes down but the younger crowd have to "reap what they sow".

I make side money from the neighborhood block on the vehicles they pay me to fix. I have, and will continue to, offer to show the younger kids in the family, how to diagnose and repair the family vehicles and even the driving teenager's vehicles, and have only been taken up on that ONE TIME. IMO, that is pitiful.

One fine example of the younger generation laziness, is readily apparent here on this forum. How many times have we all had to labor through a posted thread by a member that is using all lower case, no periods or question marks, poor spelling and punctuation..............and on and on and on and on. I get lost trying to make heads or tails of the question/concern/context.

You watch. Someone will get their feelings hurt because of this statement and complain. Sometimes, the truth hurts. Man oh man, it is an observation for criminy sakes.

Ron….

Not all of us raising kids are like the parents described here.

But… there is a booming population of morons out there!

Plus, the kids these days have their own sense of entitlement that seems grass roots to me. I work daily to break it here in my home. It’s exhausting.

 

[OR VietVet]

Ron….

Not all of us raising kids are like the parents described here.

But… there is a booming population of morons out there!

Plus, the kids these days have their own sense of entitlement that seems grass roots to me. I work daily to break it here in my home. It’s exhausting.

Yea, I know that. That is why I said most and too many.

 

[vinbart]

Part of me hopes the Fed comes in and says, "We'll just raise the interest rate by 500 basis points. There will be significant deflation so no one will need a wage increase. But only 25% of you will have jobs so you all figure it out."

Part of me hopes that I had a time machine to go back to the year 2000 and convince to the fed to NOT keep interest rates as low as they did for 20 year. The amount of un-realized inflation that drove into the economy is unreal.

 

[Banks22]

Part of me hopes that I had a time machine to go back to the year 2000 and convince to the fed to NOT keep interest rates as low as they did for 20 year. The amount of un-realized inflation that drove into the economy is unreal.

That’s not what is driving inflation, shutting down our own oil production and our stupid govt spending massive amounts of money are the problems

 

[vinbart]

That’s not what is driving inflation, shutting down our own oil production and our stupid govt spending massive amounts of money are the problems

Yeah, I'm not a monetary/currency expert by any stretch, so my opinion is just that.

 

[DuraYuk]

That’s not what is driving inflation, shutting down our own oil production and our stupid govt spending massive amounts of money are the problems

That's not true at all.
Inflation today is largely driven by greed. There's a reason corporate profits are higher than ever. https://www.epi.org/blog/corporate-...to-inflation-how-should-policymakers-respond/

The Fed has it wrong: Corporate greed is to blame for inflation, not rising wages, SocGen analyst says

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has repeatedly said undercutting wage growth for American workers is essential for tamping down the worst bout of...

www.marketwatch.com

Our oil production is record highs. So again not factually correct.

U.S. crude oil production will increase to new records in 2023 and 2024 - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

www.eia.gov

US Oil Output to Hit Record This Year, Helping Counter Saudi Cuts

US oil production this year will rise faster than previously expected, providing additional crude supplies to a market that has tightened because of Saudi Arabian output cuts, according to a new government forecast.

www.bloomberg.com