Risque Detroit Businesses Give Discounts to Striking UAW Members
United Auto Worker members don’t go completely without pay during a strike, but they’re certainly not getting their full salaries. Workers get a $500 per week stipend from the union, but that doesn’t go very far in today’s ultra-expensive world. Two Detroit-area businesses are looking to help stressed-out, cash-strapped UAW workers with unique discounts for recreational marijuana and visits to the gentleman’s club.
Ultra Cannabis is giving UAW members up to 25 percent off, and another, Greenhouse of Walled Lake, is offering half off. While we don’t know how much recreational weed costs at those locations in Michigan, the deal could add up to a healthy sum for the right customer.
Dream Girls Detroit is offering free admissions to UAW members for the duration of the strike. The club, which boasts its status as “Motor City’s premier topless entertainment mecca,” will give admission to any member 21 or older a $55 value. We’re not here to judge the veracity of its claims as the topless mecca of Detroit, but $55 seems steep just to get into the club.
Despite what appears to be positive movement in strike negotiations, the UAW and Big Three American automakers remain at odds over pay, benefits, and other labor issues. More than 4,000 Canadian workers joined the strike this week as their union, Unifor, and GM failed to reach an agreement.
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Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.
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Didn't that get some Chrysler workers in trouble a couple years back?
and we should give a damn because??????
Going to a strip joint in my mind is similar to going to a Ferrari dealership and looking at the cars. No chance at either. Why get revved up?
Just because they aren't on the line, it doesn't mean that they can't spend their days stoned.