Big 3 vs. UAW

[KearsargeCoop]

They gonna strike? It's looking likely IMO.

 

[UnionStrong]

They gonna strike? It's looking likely IMO.

And?

 

[sailfish]

Colt better not be one of them. My Custom Shop SAA is still in the queue.

 

[KearsargeCoop]

And?

There will be some effects felt thru the economy I'm sure. I really have just read about the negotiations, although my father in law is a contractor at the GM testing grounds. So he's been giving me his perspective.

 

[UnionStrong]

Colt better not be one of them. My Custom Shop SAA is still in the queue.

Next year….maybe. Lol, welcome to the club.

 

[KearsargeCoop]

I'm just curious what others are hearing/seeing. Seems like they are far apart, like much further apart than we were on July 25th.

 

[UnionStrong]

I'm just curious what others are hearing/seeing. Seems like they are far apart, like much further apart than we were on July 25th.

They want 170k a year

 

[KearsargeCoop]

They want 170k a year

Well in' A Carol gave it to them cowboys!

 

[PT Car Washer]

They want 170k a year

On a 32 hour work week.

 

[KearsargeCoop]

On a 32 hour work week.

Yes I did see they want a 32 hour work week.

 

[Babagounj]

Yes I did see they want a 32 hour work week.

Let them have it.
AI & robots will be able to work the other 136 hours without them.

 

[scratch]

My brother is a shop steward at the Bowling Green Corvette plant. He is a pipe fitter by trade, his current job is to clock in at 5:06 AM every morning to walk around and turn on all the equipment for the assembly line. That's all he does for the day, unless something breaks down. He didn't mention anything about a strike the last time I talked to him, I need to catch up with him. A UAW Pension is half of what I get.

 

[Box Ox]

his current job is to clock in at 5:06 AM every morning to walk around and turn on all the equipment for the assembly line. That's all he does for the day, unless something breaks down.

A UAW Pension is half of what I get.

Not bad for that kind of workload.

 

[scratch]

Not bad for that kind of workload.

He makes about the same as a UPS driver, maybe a little less. I got a nice private tour of the Corvette plant a few years ago. He really rakes in the overtime though. When the plant is shut down for weekends or a holiday he will go in and watch any outside contractors work making triple time. He is 68 now but his job is so easy he doesn't want to retire. The American manufacturers have lost so much of the market share since the 1970's there are too many retirees in the UAW pension funds.

 

[BrownFlush]

UAW hates Biden.

 

[newolddude]

UAW hates Biden.

They endorsed him in 2020.

United Auto Workers union endorses Joe Biden for president

The United Auto Workers union said Tuesday that it is endorsing Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden for president, citing an "assault on worker rights to organize and fair wages" under President Donald Trump.

www.cnbc.com

But admittedly aren’t happy about the EV transition. We’ll see if Trump can pivot to get their 2024 endorsement.

Trump makes play for UAW support amid strike threats

Statement from former President Trump’s campaign: “Joe Biden’s Electric Vehicle mandate will murder the U.S. auto industry.”

www.newsnationnow.com

 

[newolddude]

What Republicans Plan to Do to Labor If They Win

Forget slogans. Here are the actual, awful policy proposals.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

 

[nWo]

Didn't Trump just go on a rant against the UAW? He told union members to stop paying their dues.

 

[Wally]

As UAW strikes loom, 'members feel abandoned' by Dems

A United Auto Workers strike against the big U.S. automakers would pose tangible and political problems for the president's push for electric vehicles.

www.politico.com

 

[Karma...]

water seeks its own level....a strike will be good for both the companies and union.......gung ho is not just a slogan.......make some decent affordable cars for a change.....its managements fault for the hole they dug themselves into not the uaw union.