UAW STRIKE: General Motor's Biggest Concern Is A Less Productive Workforce Than It Once Had

General Motors' U.S. workforce productivity has declined since the automaker recovered from a 2009 bankruptcy, even as its profit per employee has risen, a Reuters analysis shows. 

Those trends point to some of the root causes of the UAW strike that has shut down the automaker’s U.S. manufacturing plants for 18 days, already costing the company about $100 million a day.

The automaker wants to boost productivity to offset financial pressure from a slowing global economy and investments in electric vehicles. The UAW is focused on increasing the share of profit going to workers, and closing wage gaps between full-time and temporary employees in GM factories.

TomM - 10/4/2019 6:57:24 PM

+1 Boost

Won't happen

EVERY time they re-tool a plant for a new model - more and more of the process is automated - meaning less man hours per vehicle. Virtually every company that manufactures large items has the same thing - and it is not going to end for a LONG time.