New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich
New U.A.W. Chief Has a Nonnegotiable Demand: Eat the Rich
Shawn Fain’s disdain for the “billionaire class” informs his showdown with Detroit’s automakers. Now he must prove that his hard-core tactics pay off.
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Observe how the NYT starts carefully crafting a narrative…
Funny how "Eat the Rich" is not a quote from the article. Doesn't appear anywhere in there. It's quite the phrase to pull out of nowhere for the sake of a punchy headline. New York Times headlines consistently piss me off. I skimmed, and it doesn't seem too bad, but I'm a terrible judge of the quality of profiles like this. They're incredibly hard to get right.
From what I can tell, this guy (Fain) is a badass fighting the good fight and not holding his tongue. I have serious respect for him. Hopefully management starts to realize that they've been getting away with some wild shit. No more.
I didn’t mean the title, the NYY is much more subtle. You can notice how they use quotes that frame him as an “extremist”. The article itself is a bit of a hit piece I think, they want to make him seem like an ideologue, someone who is pushing a political agenda instead of leading the union. I truly believe these pieces are carefully produced to erode support from key actors by questioning their credibility. In this case, this guy simply has a grudge against billionaires. In other words the article is saying: he’s not about fair pay, he’s about making them pay, which in my mind is completely different. But that’s just my opinion and I can be wrong.
This article didn't seem too bad I don't think.