Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle

Again with the motherfucking passive voice! Yet again, car violence gets minimized by the piece of shit headline writers.

No, strikers were not "hit by vehicle," you sniveling sorry excuse for a "journalist!" A driver propelled his two-ton piece of heavy machinery into them. Quit minimizing the perpetrator's agency just because he used a car as his attempted-murder weapon!

I am sick and tired of this car-supremacist propaganda.

So sad seeing people hurt others who're just trying to get their fair share and make a slightly better life for themselves and their family

propaganda is a hell of a drug.

You just know this asshole was driving a car manufactured by UAW members.

Don't forget that we have 8 hour workdays, weekends off, payed time off and other benefits all thanks to union efforts. All of them we take granted for. They were not granted because of the kindness of employers.

*paid, since it sounds like you speak American English
And for a view into what jobs could look like without unions "interfering" with the owners' wishes, look at the
. That factory had long hours, horrible working conditions, doors locked to prevent workers from leaving (the owners claimed it was to keep employees from stealing scraps of fabric), and more. When a fire broke out, nobody could open the doors to escape and close to 150 workers died. Many fell to their deaths because they got to high windows and jumped out - hoping to survive the fall rather than be burned alive.
- Several likely knew it would kill them and took the quick death. I know I would.. I don't care if it would take several minutes or 10 seconds to kill me, fuck that I ain't burning alive.
  The shirtwaist factory incident definitely needs to be taught from like third grade onwards as an example of why unionization and labor laws are in fact necessary in a capitalist society.
  The jury acquitted the two men of first- and second-degree manslaughter, but they were found liable of wrongful death during a subsequent civil suit in 1913 in which plaintiffs were awarded compensation in the amount of $75 per deceased victim. The insurance company paid Blanck and Harris about $60,000 more than the reported losses, or about $400 per casualty.
  Jesus fucking Christ not only did they get off, they ended up making money off the whole thing. It really feels like not much has changed in 112 years

Hit and run too.

They'll be back, and they'll be arrested.

~~Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle~~ Motorist hit-and-run striking workers with vehicle, causing injuries

fixed it

I think they should block more roads
Effective protests are disruptive.
Do you understand hiw picket lines and striking work or are you just missing the fundamental knowledge base?
- Do you understand that breaking the law while protesting could be more detrimental to the people that are protesting for better pay and a better life?
  I'm not defending the corporations in any fashion. I'm simply noting that it could risk their numbers in doing so.
  Edit: added a missing "s"
Fuck off. Your inconvenience is not worth more than their livelihoods.
- And you are putting words in my mouth.
  I never said it was an inconvenience.
  The UAW protesters should be protecting themselves. They are already putting themselves on the line with the protest. They shouldn't put themselves in more danger just so they can be taken out of the fight.
  Try to think rationally, educate yourself on the real world and how it works.
Ill join you on the downvote boat. Protest all you want, but they were blocking a exit, not an entrance. They were not blocking people from working, they were blocking them from going home. Protests should not impede traffic.
- Protest without civil disruption is impossible. There's many many examples of this throughout history. I wish it weren't necessary, because yes I know things have become so bad under the current capitalistic economy that even a few hours or a day can make/break livelihoods, but it is necessary if we as a society want to have any hope of reclaiming power from our corporate and governmental overlords. They're simply too entrenched and empowered in comparison to those they abuse at this point to fight with mere words alone.
- "Protest all you want, just don't do anything effective." Gotcha.
- What other kinds of people do you believe you have a right to hit with your car?