UAW On Strike

[foszoe]

Your statistics are cute. Too bad reality locally has said otherwise. The UAW plant was paying $21/hr. The fork lift plant across the highway was paying $23/hr and were not union. The only thing they had going for them over the other place was they got one more week of vacation and they got to be shut down every summer without pay for 3 weeks.

But hey you stick to your stats.

There is more to compensation than hourly rate.

 

[foszoe]

Dang, I'd be struggling at that rate. My take home is more than that.

Yeah. We pay you!

Govt jobs usually have union style benefits don't they or has that changed over the years.

 

[KLB]

Yeah. We pay you!

Govt jobs usually have union style benefits don't they or has that changed over the years.

They are more likely to have unions.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yeah. We pay you!

Govt jobs usually have union style benefits don't they or has that changed over the years.

And I appreciate it, and I do my best to make sure that the taxpayers get their money's worth!

And yes, I think we're subject to the same agreement(?)/rules)?) as AFGE.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

They are more likely to have unions.

I don't know how many actual "union" employees we have, or what types of jobs those might be. I really don't know anything about it, since I'm not a member.

 

[KLB]

I don't know how many actual "union" employees we have, or what types of jobs those might be. I really don't know anything about it, since I'm not a member.

No clue for your area, but it looks like over 30% of .gov workers are union as opposed to the 6-7% of private workers.

 

[Ziggidy]

Auto industry. Fixing and upgrading what the UAW workers **** up

I almost spit my milk out….

 

[sadclownwp]

I wonder how low the UAW's strike fund is now going into past the 5th week with only a partial shutdown. They were supposed to have enough for 10 weeks if everyone went on striking. But eventually they will drain the fund. My question is, what happens to the people who strike last in the UAW when the fund runs out? They just get screwed cause the money was already dolled out to those who stuck first? They don't get unemployment because they were laid off due to a strike, or they went on a strike.

 

[bwframe]

No, really what do you do for a living. No need for disparaging remarks.
They just aren't needed.

Its not that difficult, to answer my question.
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Hmm, am I noticing a pattern here?

It's an easy question. A very easy question...

 

[firecadet613]

I wonder how low the UAW's strike fund is now going into past the 5th week with only a partial shutdown. They were supposed to have enough for 10 weeks if everyone went on striking. But eventually they will drain the fund. My question is, what happens to the people who strike last in the UAW when the fund runs out? They just get screwed cause the money was already dolled out to those who stuck first? They don't get unemployment because they were laid off due to a strike, or they went on a strike.

I'm just blown away that 8,700 people (Ford Kentucky Truck Plant) can be told to go on strike at the drop of a hat and lose most of their income.

 

[bwframe]

 

[Creedmoor]

Hmm, am I noticing a pattern here?

It's an easy question. A very easy question...

One asks so one can try to understand where someone learns what they are posting about.

But yet you missed the true pattern in this thread.

Interesting that the guys that have worked Union have no problem posting what and where they did, or do work.

Those that are not Union have a problem posting what where or who they worked for now or when they supposedly worked in a Union shop / plant or factory.

Oh I worked in a factory 30 years ago, so did my parents and the union was horrible, It was billy bobs manufacturing or something like that, I dont recall the names but they were under stupid horrible management and they went bankrupt.
And on and on.

 

[bwframe]

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But yet you missed the true pattern in this thread.
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But of course.

 

[bwframe]

As UAW strike marches on, smaller auto suppliers may be left behind

Marick Masters, a Wayne State University business professor, says the small suppliers make the plastic and metal parts that go into the cars we love. And right now, they risk running out of money.

www.fox2detroit.com

 

[jamil]

Ive done both ends, and if you think an employee of Union or non union cant be terminated your not being truthful. As a manager you document and document and write up right along with HR. I've seen plenty terminated. As a Union man and as a Manager.
I'm going out for dinner so I'll be back. And I'm laughing with the Union guys cant be fired, My girl averages at least two Union terminations a week in the Union Plant she works at in HR and Contracts.
It can't be done.....lololololololol

Depends on the union and the company I guess. And what they got fired for. I've seen union people get fired for excessive absences. Plenty of write-ups. Everything documented. They're back on the job in a few days. But, I've also seen people get fired for fighting on the job. They didn't get their jobs back.

 

[Creedmoor]

I'm just blown away that 8,700 people (Ford Kentucky Truck Plant) can be told to go on strike at the drop of a hat and lose most of their income.

Hopefully your more shocked with the hundreds of thousands of private bushiness just chain the doors shut at night and the workers find out in the morning they have no more employment and odds are they get shorted on that last check and vacation money they have built up over the last 20 years.

 

[jamil]

Well you and bob are both wrong,

It pays to be in a union. Literally.
Workers who are members of labor unions in the United States make 18% more than their nonunion counterparts, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual report on union membership, published today.
The report shows the median weekly earnings of full-time and salary workers who were union members in 2022 were $1,216, compared with $1,029 for nonunion workers. That’s nearly $10,000 more per year.

The union difference in wages – 18% higher pay if you belong to a union

New federal data show union members earn 18% more than workers who don’t belong to unions.

www.afscme.org

Some do. Some don't. I'll take your word for the numbers you posted. It's not like every union person makes 18% more than their counterparts. Some make more. Some make less. And that makes KLB correct. It's not a sure thing.

 

[Creedmoor]

But of course.

Well you conveniently did. lol

 

[jamil]

Hopefully your more shocked with the hundreds of thousands of private bushiness just chain the doors shut at night and the workers find out in the morning they have no more employment and odds are they get shorted on that last check and vacation money they have built up over the last 20 years.

Yep. Sucks when companies go out of business. But I'm not shocked.

 

[firecadet613]

Hopefully your more shocked with the hundreds of thousands of private bushiness just chain the doors shut at night and the workers find out in the morning they have no more employment and odds are they get shorted on that last check and vacation money they have built up over the last 20 years.

Nope, businesses can fail. That's easy to understand. But to get a phone call saying you're on strike, due to decisions from a person like Shawn Fain. Bless your heart.