The New Yorkerさんのインスタグラム写真 - (The New YorkerInstagram)「In recent decades, the United States has destroyed its industrial base more deeply than most Western countries. The Big Three auto companies—General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis (Chrysler and Jeep’s parent company)—have closed more than 60 American plants, moving many of their factories overseas. Average hourly wages for workers across the industry, adjusted for inflation, have fallen by nearly 20 per cent. The companies, meanwhile, have reaped hundreds of billions in profit; the C.E.O. of G.M. earned $29 million last year. “The American dream isn’t to work 60, 70 hours a week in a factory making a billionaire more billions, while I neglect time with my kids, time with my mother, time with my mister—just time,” Jennifer Fultz, a worker at a Stellantis plant, told Dan Kaufman. “Then for the billionaires to say, ‘You’re being greedy’—am I?” The United Auto Workers strike has been underway since mid-September, drawing politicians from both sides of the aisle to the picket line. Joe Biden, who has declared his intention to be the “most pro-union President in American history,” wants electric vehicles to make up two-thirds of the domestic market for passenger cars by 2032. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is capitalizing on workers’ economic anxieties about this plan, calling it “a transition to hell.” On Wednesday, the union reached a tentative agreement with Ford. At the link in our bio, read a new report on how the United Auto Workers strike could shape the future of American car manufacturing—and the political landscape ahead of 2024. Photograph by @PhilipMontgomery for The New Yorker.」10月29日 3時00分