China is often accused by the US and EU governments of using forced labour and using low wages as a competitive advantage for exports. That claim is not false, but this should always be seen in the context of how theses states and companies exploit there own labour and try to keep wages down while profits flow to the top.
And yes they never complained as much when it was their own companies exploiting Chinese labour, which they massively continue to do!
👎🏻😡“Workers at two Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, #Alabama, voted on Friday against joining the United Automobile Workers, a stunning blow to the union’s campaign to gain ground in the South, where it has traditionally been weak.” #UAW
This authorizes the eboard to call a stand up strike similar to UAW's autoworkers strike last year. Our initial demands include amnesty for all students and workers who are facing any disciplinary action for protest, divestment from "weapons manufacturers, military contractors, and companies profiting from Israel's war on Gaza," disclosure of all investments, and the ability for researchers to opt out from funding from sources tied to the military or oppression of Palestinians (including a transitional fund for those people).
This strike is in response to our employer first allowing a vigilante mob to brutalize our students and workers, and then calling the police to further brutalize them the following night. Our union is responding to a pattern of employer violence that's as old as unions themselves, allying with police-aligned vigilantes to chill and crush organizing.
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article below]
University of California Workers May Strike After UCLA Raid
A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges against #UCLA, and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week.