UAW Rejects Latest GM Offer Because It Falls Short In Almost Every Category

The United Auto Workers rejected another offer from General Motors Co. that could have brought the national strike, now in its 16th day, to a close.

The proposal came at 9:45 p.m. Monday, but "did not satisfy your contract demands or needs," Terry Dittes, UAW vice president, wrote in a letter to local union leaders Tuesday. The UAW has submitted a counterproposal and is awaiting GM's response, he said.

"There were many areas that came up short like health care, wages, temporary employees, skilled trades and job security to name a few," wrote Dittes, director of the union's GM department. "Additionally, concessionary proposals still remain in the company's proposals as of last night."

MDarringer - 10/1/2019 6:48:04 PM

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Poor entitled unicorns. fakk them.

MDarringer - 10/1/2019 8:29:44 PM

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With the obvious and massive consolidation that EVs will bring, far fewer plants will be needed. Thus, fewer workers will be needed.

The workers should be offering CONCESSIONS not to be axed in the very near future.

xjug1987a - 10/2/2019 10:31:57 AM

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The article states:
"A competitive labor cost penalty of $13 per hour translates into (a roughly) $5 billion disadvantage for the company over a four-year contract period,

Very hard to stay in business with this disadvantage. While I think Sr GM leadership stinks their ONLY option is to cease all US production... or reduce costs to a competitive level. Which means crappy “jet black” plastic interiors (not competitive) or boring styling (not competitive) or automate everything as fast as possible. The UAW is going to render these employees into “former” employees... the free ride is simply not sustainable in a global economy..

Truthy - 10/2/2019 12:02:30 PM

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Reminds me of the air traffic controllers in 1981. New technology would require far fewer controllers, yet by law they could not be laid off - nor could they strike.
Their leadership misread their leverage and gave the Reagan administration what they needed to significantly reduce the number of controllers. As Reagan famously said, "I didn't fire them, they quit."