By: SCE to AUX
“Few expected the labor action by U.S. General Motors workers to last this long” Two weeks ago I predicted Halloween or Thanksgiving:...
View ArticleBy: thegamper
Health care costs are unsustainable for the nation as a whole. It is a shame that the UAW cannot wrap their heads around this. There are no safe health care plans anymore. In order to keep costs down,...
View ArticleBy: Lokki
Caterpillar fought the UAW In 1995….and won. It took a 17 month strike but it has saved Caterpillar from the fate of the Detroit Carmakers. It’s possible that GM has chosen this moment to make their...
View ArticleBy: highdesertcat
I sure hope that GM plays this to the max! Let’s get this whole organized labor versus their employers shake out and settled by breaking one or all of the parties involved. If employees are not happy...
View ArticleBy: schmitt trigger
I am going to reverse Charles E Sorensen’S famous dictum: What is good for the USA, *should also be* good for GM. If the rest of the USA are now very carefully managing our healthcare situation, GM...
View ArticleBy: 1500cc
Unlike her predecessors, Barra has shown she can make the tough decisions needed to ensure the long term health of the company (e.g. selling money pit Opel). At the same time, union leadership wants a...
View ArticleBy: Robotdawn
The union also wouldn’t let their workers take part time jobs to make ends meet until this week either. Granted, I assume quite a few do anyway, but it’s almost like the Union isn’t looking out for the...
View ArticleBy: ToddAtlasF1
Considering the recent UAW corruption scandals, who is to say that this strike isn’t in service of GM’s interests alone?
View ArticleBy: highdesertcat
Corruption within union(s) predates Jimmy Hoffa. It’s expected. I hope Ms Barra is tough enough to see this strike to its bitter end. She cannot lose. GM, the Corporation, will survive, even if it...
View ArticleBy: Buickman
it’s the members’ money in the strike fund. at $500/week they could afford to pay for over a year. what are these corrupt UAW leaders planning, another Palm Springs trip? they spent more than $275...
View ArticleBy: highdesertcat
It was mentioned on CNBC and Bloomberg today that for many striking UAW members the bills are coming due on mortgages, premiums, car payments, etc. Where GM has lost $1.13BILLION so far, GM is widely...
View ArticleBy: 1500cc
No, no back pay, that’s all lost money. However every member gets a ‘signing bonus’ when the contract is ratified; it was going to be $8000 this year but looks like it might increase.
View ArticleBy: Jeff S
I doubt GM will settle anytime soon and as for Barra doing anything that is good for GM that is doubtful more likely doing what is good for her and the board. GM will eventually become more Chinese and...
View ArticleBy: Jeff S
@Buickman–I am in the process of buying a 2012 Lacrosse with 45k miles which is immaculate inside and outside for 11k from my neighbor. Just signed the title over on my 99 S-10 to my nephew a truck...
View ArticleBy: highdesertcat
So that “signing bonus” kinda makes up for wages lost during the strike. Back Pay by another name. Thank you, 1500cc
View ArticleBy: GoNavy99
Two weeks in you predicted it would “last longer?” Way to go out on a limb. “After searching his house, man predicts item ‘won’t be easy to find.\'”
View ArticleBy: GoNavy99
Why is it that your approach involves cutting demand, instead of fixing the supply side of the equation? “Don’t get sick,” or “save more if you plan to” isn’t going to cut it for most people. Better to...
View ArticleBy: GoNavy99
@ highdesertcat: It must really kill you that the entirety of the German manufacturing sector is unionized. Maybe Germans are “better people” than our own American workers?
View ArticleBy: SCE to AUX
That’s not what I said, since you’re using quotes. I said it when the strike was only 2 weeks old, 2 weeks ago. Only the editors of TTAC seem surprised by the length of this strike.
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