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UAW workers are awaiting a phone call to tell them what to do. Picket signs are printed and ready. Apparently, talks are still active.
Trying to find more news...
Trying to find more news...
UAW contract with GM has expired.
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Honest Hard Work > UAW
and to all of those "I'm a hard working union folk" go find a frickin' job like everyone else.
and to all of those "I'm a hard working union folk" go find a frickin' job like everyone else.
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did you honestly need to sign that post...?
Ford and Chrysler had better thank GM for taking the brunt of the UAW negotiations. They have been targeted as the primary company for discussions, but are also the onoes who face strike if nothing is worked out.
Their outcome will pave the way for the other two
We are at an important time for the domestic auto business. What happens here in the next few days will shape the Big 3 future.
Good luck
Their outcome will pave the way for the other two
We are at an important time for the domestic auto business. What happens here in the next few days will shape the Big 3 future.
Good luck
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The biggest issue is trying to fork over pension/healthcare benefits to retirees. The big 3 want the union to take over the management and some of the cost of that gorilla. Estimates have the big 3 wanting to fund 65-70% of that with union dealing with the rest. Wages aren't the big issue they are a issue legacy costs is the whopper. We'll see something needs to change.
They will end up sticking their heads in the sand and screwing every one of them.
From Yahoo....
The central issue in this year's talks has been skyrocketing health care costs. Automakers have been pushing the union to take over responsibility for retirees' health care, an unfunded expense estimated at more than $90 billion for GM, Ford and Chrysler.
Automakers want to pay billions into a union-run trust that would pay retiree health care bills, and both sides have been wrangling over how much the automakers would contribute to the trust, according to people who have been briefed on the talks.
A local UAW leader said early Saturday the union also was seeking guarantees for future work at U.S. plants in exchange for taking over health care. The local leader and the other people who were briefed on the talks spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.
If the union takes on the health care costs, the companies could remove a huge liability from their books — potentially improving their credit ratings and stock prices.
Industry analysts have said they expect GM to offer the union 65 to 70 percent of the retiree health care obligation.
The central issue in this year's talks has been skyrocketing health care costs. Automakers have been pushing the union to take over responsibility for retirees' health care, an unfunded expense estimated at more than $90 billion for GM, Ford and Chrysler.
Automakers want to pay billions into a union-run trust that would pay retiree health care bills, and both sides have been wrangling over how much the automakers would contribute to the trust, according to people who have been briefed on the talks.
A local UAW leader said early Saturday the union also was seeking guarantees for future work at U.S. plants in exchange for taking over health care. The local leader and the other people who were briefed on the talks spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private.
If the union takes on the health care costs, the companies could remove a huge liability from their books — potentially improving their credit ratings and stock prices.
Industry analysts have said they expect GM to offer the union 65 to 70 percent of the retiree health care obligation.
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