• ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      On August 26, 1935, the United Auto Workers established an elite union for all auto mechanics. Its purpose was to teach the lost art of collective bargaining and to ensure that all the union members were the best compensated mechanics in the world.

      They succeeded

      Today, the UAW calls it a union. The mechanics call it:

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      3 months ago

      Actually, my office is in the maintenance building, so I see all those guys every day. It really could make for an entertaining movie. Like a handyman version of Waiting.