cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/73689
Even with its profits skyrocketing, multinational corporation ArcelorMittal refuses to give workers at its Contrecoeur-Ouest plant an additional $5 per hour, even though they have been hit hard by inflation in recent years. Faced with this stonewalling and difficult working conditions, members of Local 6951 of the United Steelworkers went on strike in early August. As a result…
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Plot twist that I pray for:
The government nationalizes the plant as it’s a key part of it’s effort to address the housing crisis.
LOL could you imagine? Me neither.
It’s what a competent government that serious about addressing the problem might do. The bar is low - all we are hoping for at this point in time is to not be sold for cheap to American corpos, to at least negotiate getting us a dinner before fucking us. :D