It’s no great surprise to see that a possible strike in a traditional industry is being accompanied by some old-school class-war language, but in this passage in a speech he gave recently, UAW president Shawn Fain added a new post-Covid twist (emphasis added):
“They get out-of-control salaries,” he said. “They get pensions they don’t even need. They get top-rate health care. They work whatever schedule they want. The majority of our members do not get a pension nowadays. It’s crazy. We get substandard health care. We don’t get to work remotely.”