Buffett rejects Bernie Sanders' call to intervene in strike
Source: AP
By JOSH FUNK
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several hundred striking workers at a manufacturing facility owned by Berkshire Hathaway have picked up some high-profile support from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, but the company’s CEO, Warren Buffett, has declined to get involved in the contract dispute.
Sanders, who has been a longtime supporter of labor unions, sent a letter to Buffett this week urging him to intervene in the dispute between Berkshire’s Precision Castparts unit and the United Steelworkers Local 40 union in West Virginia to make sure workers get a fair contract.
“At a time when this company and Berkshire Hathaway are both doing very well, there is no reason why workers employed by you should be worrying about whether they will be able to feed their children or have health care,” Sanders wrote to the billionaire. “There is no reason why the standard of living of these hard working Americans should decline. I know that you and Berkshire Hathaway can do better than that.”
The strike includes roughly 450 workers who have been on the picket line outside the Special Metals plant in Huntington, West Virginia, since Oct. 1. The facility makes specialized alloys that are used in military jet engines, commercial planes, spacecraft and other equipment used in high-temperature, high-pressure environments.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a rally with striking Kellogg workers at Festival Market Square in downtown Battle Creek, Mich., on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Kellogg's reached a new tentative agreement this week with its 1,400 striking cereal plant workers that could bring an end to the strike that began Oct. 5. The results of the contract vote are expected to be released next week. (Alyssa Keown/Battle Creek Enquirer via AP)
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if they paid their workers more and gave better benefits. You don't want to kill jobs do you? 
Buffett is liberal on some issues but not sure what's his game here. He's so damn old and can't take it with him when he croaks.
You mean Buffett isn't the noble, benevolent figure we have been propagandized to believe he is?
If there was ever a moment in time when we needed to stand together in SOLIDARITY, this is that moment.
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Steelworkers striking at Special Metals in Huntington, WV
Right now, there are 450 steelworkers at Special Metals in Huntington, West Virginia who have been engaged in a major strike for almost 100 days. These highly skilled employees produce critically important materials for space crafts, airplanes and submarines.
Precision Castparts purchased Special Metals and was acquired by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2016. It was an extraordinarily lucrative purchase, as the company made $1.5 billion in profits last year.
And what did they offer the workers who made that company profitable? An outrageous and insulting contract that includes zero pay increase for this year, and a totally inadequate 1% pay raise next year while making major cuts to employee health care and reduced vacation time. With inflation over 6 percent right now, this amounts to a very significant pay cut, despite the company's profits.
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Can you please make a contribution today? We will distribute every penny we raise to support the workers at Special Metals
"Your contribution will benefit Bernie Sanders"
...that's my Bernie...
...buffer could resolve this in 10 seconds...
...c'mon worn, show a little compassion and fairness you talk about...
...you can do it...
