Bradley on the Chamber of Commerce Blaming Biden for the UAW Strike: The Demands Aren’t Grounded in ‘Economic Reality’

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BRADLEY: “Well, I think part of what we’re seeing going on in this strike and really a summer of strikes, over 200 strikes so far this year and counting, is this kind of sense of unrealistic expectations of what can economically be done. No one’s talking about not raising employee pay. In fact, you just showed the graphic yourself bringing in this segment, 20% pay increases that are being put forward by the major auto companies. So the question is, what kind of pay increases can be absorbed in this moment? And I think what we’ve come to realize is that when you want to increase pay by 40% and you want to get paid for five days but only work four days, these are the type of kind of demands that just aren’t grounded in economic reality. And if they were to be forced upon these companies, what it would mean is that they'll have to shutter their operations. So, no one wins in a situation in which unrealistic demands means that companies can no longer operate. So that’s what concerns us quite a bit at the U.S. Chamber.”