Several injured after UAW strikers hit by vehicle

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.

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.
- I think the hyperbole is to make the point clear

Hit and run too.

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.
- 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
- *paid, since it sounds like you speak American English

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 all you want, just don't do anything effective." Gotcha.
  
  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.

At least it's your average frustrated person trying to get though and not a terrorist?
- If you think that running people over is a valid response to a minor inconvenience, you might be a terrorist.
  
  No, they're not. Quit watering down what terrorism means.
  Terrorism is someone who specifically is trying to kill, maim, destroy, or significantly hurt people due to very narrow ideologies which are usually VERY political now.
  Running people over because you can't get to work isn't one of them. That is attempted manslaughter if you hurt them bad enough, not a fucking terrorist.
  Either you guys know way more about the incident than I do since you're close to the police and already know it's a Trumper who hates strikes and thought they were all gay black democrats, who potentially showed up specifically to hurt these people, or it was some asshole trying to get to work and got so manic he decided it's better to maim or kill people than to get to work.
  THEY, ARE NOT, THE SAME.
- I get frustrated by average things, like the kids not closing cupboard doors or leaving their stuff everywhere. I have yet to run over anyone due to these average frustrations.
  The person at the UAW picket was not dealing with average frustrations, they were a terrorist.
  
  https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/492456/Several-injured-after-UAW-strikers-hit-by-vehicle#entry-comment-2620907
  
  Terrorist? Really? That word has just lost all meaning huh

I'm not going to hit someone but I certainly understand why folks are pissed at being blocked from going home.
- Shouldn't scab then.
  
  I'm glad you have that privilege. Some folks won't eat if they don't work. I support the union striking. I don't support making lives of low wage workers harder than it needs to be.
  Again violence isn't ever acceptable but I understand the frustration of trying to get home just to pay rent. I would never fault someone for choosing a home and family over a union strike.
- I get pissed at a lot of things people do, but I never try to murder them for it.
  
  I agree.
- Should have thought about that before they crossed the picket line.
  
  I work at one of the "Big 3" as a software engineer, we are not unionized and the strikes have before reached the engineering centers. What exactly do you suggest those in this situation do? If we don't go to work we get fired. There's tiny internal efforts at unionizing engineering but it's far from feasible yet.
  I am genuinely asking, I'd love to not have to cross a picket line should the strikes make their way here, I fully support what the union wants and is doing. At the same time, I am afforded none of the protections the union has to enable them to strike. I go into the office, cross a picket line, to do a job completely unrelated to union work, or I get fired.
  (No, running over picketers is literally never okay. But not everyone entering a facility is scabbing or trying to undermine the protest efforts)
  
  Again, that's a complete lack of empathy and position of privilege.
- Never said that.