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The UAW’s Twitter account was stripped of its blue verification check shortly after the the UAW strikes began, a UAW official told the Intercept.
According to the official, the UAW’s verified account, which the union paid for, was verified until Friday morning when the blue verification check was no longer there.
A screenshot of the UAW’s Twitter account showed the missing blue icon next to UAW’s Twitter handle.
Elon put the blue check back up. Maybe the Big Three will fold this fast too. pic.twitter.com/tnHY6Zzomd
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) September 15, 2023
The Intercept reports that the UAW’s blue check was restored once again after its initial story of the removed verification began circulating online.
As of Friday afternoon, the verification icon can be seen alongside the union’s handle.
“Class solidarity among the nation’s elite has long been a feature of the American political economy, and the move by Musk, the richest man on the planet, is in line with that sense of allegiance, even as he promotes himself as a populist friend of the working man,” the Intercept reports.
“Musk is also the owner of a non-union automaker, Tesla. Wage increases won by union workers often trickle down, so to speak, to non-union workers, requiring even bosses like Musk to pay workers more from his share of profits. That gives Musk a direct financial incentive to help break the strike, even beyond whatever ideological affinity he may have with the capitalist class,” it added.
Musk, a vocal opponent of unions, previously dared the UAW to try and unionize Tesla workers.
Last March, the billionaire CEO tweeted, “I’d like hereby to invite UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Tesla will do nothing to stop them.”
Our real challenge is Bay Area has negative unemployment, so if we don’t treat and compensate our (awesome) people well, they have many other offers and will just leave!
I’d like hereby to invite UAW to hold a union vote at their convenience. Tesla will do nothing to stop them.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2022
20m ago12.40 EDTBiden: Companies should go ‘further’ in strike negotiations
In brief remarks on Wednesday, Joe Biden said that auto companies should “go further” in their negotiations with striking workers.
“The…
2023-09-15 11:40:01
Original from www.theguardian.com
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