Workers in Michigan could lose up to $51 million in wages this week because of trucker blockade

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Jesse Ferguson
@JesseFFerguson
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Feb 11, 2022
Let me get this straight.

The GOP is partnering with anti-vaxxers to send trucks to block the border --- making supply chains worse and making inflation worse?

So, like, they're pro-pandemic and pro-inflation at the same time?

Quite a thing.

Jesse Ferguson
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Workers in Michigan could lose up to $51 million in wages this week because of trucker protest,...
Workers in the Michigan auto industry could lose up to $51 million in wages this week, due to the trucker protest at the US-Canada border, according to Anderson Economic Group.
2:10 PM · Feb 12, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/11/business/michigan-workers-pay-canada-trucker-protest/index.html

New York (CNN Business)Workers in the Michigan auto industry could lose up to $51 million in wages this week, due to the trucker protest at the US-Canada border, according to Anderson Economic Group.

The lost wages are a result of the shutdowns of the Blue Water and Ambassador bridges coupled with shutdowns at identified plants in Delta, Michigan and Ingersoll, Brampton, Windsor, Oakville, Cambridge and Woodstock Ontario. The shutdowns on the Canadian side affect the operation of part plants in Michigan. The calculation of lost wages also takes into account the impact on suppliers and transit workers -- many who work on hourly wages.

"This is a serious disruption with significant human impacts," said Patrick Anderson, CEO of Anderson Economic Group. "With the industry already short-handed and production lines awaiting parts, any further interruption is very costly."

Canada does not have its own auto industry. Instead, US automakers like GM (GM), Ford (F), and Stellantis run the plants there. Anderson Economic Group, which specializes in auto industry analysis, also factored in affected workers from Honda (HMC) and Toyota (TM) and warned that if the border crossing remains blocked for longer than this week, the $51 million in direct lost wages would, "climb at an accelerating pace."

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[SheltieLover]

1. They shoukd have all been arrested & made to pay every cent to workers & companies!

[ancianita]

2. A LOT of MI workers are just like those truckers. I look at their loss as instant karma.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Is this how Trump's civil war will be fought?