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UAW says no to concessions to keep plant open
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<blockquote data-quote="grgrcr88" data-source="post: 773113" data-attributes="member: 16611"><p>Never did I say that a company should spend every penny on its work force. I do believe that the working man and woman should fight for every penny they can get and hold on to it for as long as absolutely possible. I also never said concessions were absolutely a no. What I did say is a 50% decrease is always going to be a NO, and the company knows that when its proposed. If you think the company does not play games in the public perception arena you are very wrong. They probably spent as much money paying some corporate labor lawyers to come up with this idea as what they would have saved with their proposed cuts. </p><p> </p><p>I agree with the fact that some times with the fall of an economy that concessions may be necessary for the good of the whole. But I also think the company should put some incentive in the offer to make it reasonable to the Union membership. A smaller pay cut say 20% with a temporary deferral to the pension plan and the offer of shares of stock in the company in return is a much better way to get the people to swallow it. The way YRC did their concession negotiations. No one liked it but they understood the necessity of it and could still live with it.</p><p> </p><p>I don't care who you are, you put a 50% pay cut in front of them and they will decline. Especially when you can make that on Unemployment and not work!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="grgrcr88, post: 773113, member: 16611"] Never did I say that a company should spend every penny on its work force. I do believe that the working man and woman should fight for every penny they can get and hold on to it for as long as absolutely possible. I also never said concessions were absolutely a no. What I did say is a 50% decrease is always going to be a NO, and the company knows that when its proposed. If you think the company does not play games in the public perception arena you are very wrong. They probably spent as much money paying some corporate labor lawyers to come up with this idea as what they would have saved with their proposed cuts. I agree with the fact that some times with the fall of an economy that concessions may be necessary for the good of the whole. But I also think the company should put some incentive in the offer to make it reasonable to the Union membership. A smaller pay cut say 20% with a temporary deferral to the pension plan and the offer of shares of stock in the company in return is a much better way to get the people to swallow it. The way YRC did their concession negotiations. No one liked it but they understood the necessity of it and could still live with it. I don't care who you are, you put a 50% pay cut in front of them and they will decline. Especially when you can make that on Unemployment and not work!! [/QUOTE]
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