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Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford called on autoworkers to come together to end a monthlong strike that he says could cost the company the ability to invest in the future.

In a rare speech during contract talks in the company’s hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, Ford said high labor costs could limit spending to develop new vehicles and invest in factories. “It’s the absolute lifeblood of our company. And if we lose it, we will lose to the competition. America loses. Many jobs will be lost,” said the great grandson of company founder Henry Ford.

The company, he said, builds more vehicles in America and has more United Auto Workers employees than any company, which has increased its costs in a highly competitive industry.

Ford has 57,000 UAW workers compared with 46,000 at GM and 43,000 at Stellantis. “Many of our competitors moved jobs to Mexico as we added jobs here in the U.S.,” Ford said.

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[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Decent ownership would sacrifice most of of their profits to see the company through difficult periods, as was done prior to the Jack Welch/Ronald Reagan corporate culture sociopathification half a century ago when the oligarchs decided to abandon any mutual respect for their workers and exploit everything away from their labor force, after sabotaging labor power legislatively of course.

That doesn't happen anymore though. Bill Ford will never encounter a moment of concern about how he'll afford groceries or a mortgage, regardless of the outcome of this strike. Fuck these capitalist manipulators, and fuck this country for bowing to the desires of the haves while ignoring the needs of the have nots.

Why should the laborers, America's paycheck to paycheck losers, care about the future of this exploitative country's ability to remain as it is, systematically fucking them over? Why would they want their children to be subject to this rigged system as it currently is?

If the laborers weren't propagandized from birth by the capitalists to believe this rigged economy to be the only way, they'd be actively burning this crooked place down to the ground.

[-] hiddengoat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

As much of an antisemitic piece of shit Henry Ford was, I think he'd skullfuck Bill Ford for even trying to pawn this shit off on the workers. The entire crux of the Dodge brothers lawsuit against him was because he wanted to pay workers more and give them more benefits rather than pay the Dodges back quicker (VERY simplified). And now this shitstain is asking workers to take less money so the company can do R&D.

Here's an idea, shitstain, MAKE AND SELL BETTER CARS AND NOBODY WILL HAVE TO WATCH THEIR WAGES DWINDLE DUE TO INFLATION.

Like, these idiots think capitalism can continue with infinite growth without wages being part of that growth. It's clear what they all are... wannabe slavers.

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