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"The 40% raise that the UAW is asking for (and that the CEOs are saying is so unreasonable) would move workers’ wages to where they would have been had COLA been in place since 2008." (freethoughtblogs.com)
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"The money is absolutely there, and anyone claiming this would bankrupt the companies is lying."

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[–] Kungolicious@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Honestly they should apply the same CPI-wage index that social security/va pensions use to all means based testing and social nets.