nonunion slug Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Not every employer pays vacation and personal time. Actually, less and less employers are paying for this and are having the employees purchase it if they want time off. This is true throughout a lot of American corporations. At Ford, salaried workers can "buy" vacation if they want to. If you don't get to use it because of your schedule--especailly plant launches, you lose it. We do get vacation based on years work, too. But, that probably will be limited in the near future. Why should Ford pay us to take vacation, when Ford can have us pay them to take vacation? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danehilby Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 UAW Ford Workers at $58 Per Hour Highest Compensated Autoworker In America The IUAW has ensured a good contract for us. They gained product commitments at many locations as well as bonuses, lower benefits and job security for all. At $58 per hour there is no room for further increases in wages. To raise our $58 per hour higher will result in losing future work to lower waged countries like Canada and Mexico. May take some time but it will happen. The UAW has the responsibility of ensuring high wages and make sure we all have jobs Both attained in this agreement To vote no will not get us more and it will not put us on strike. A no vote will cause further public hatred, media frenzy on our entitlement culture and losses in market share A no vote will cause moving wages, benefits and bonuses around where in the end it will be the same compensation. The IUAW will not put us in an uncompetitive position to start losing investment and future products going to lower paid countries To vote no on this good, fair agreement will further push public hatred, media browbeating and the inability to further organize the lower paid transplants A no vote will be devastating to the D3 autoworkers as a whole Voting no will not gain us more income or higher bonuses; it will only hurt our ability to make even better gains in 2015 Has anybody wondered, if just a short 4 years ago the average worker was getting costing $70 an hour, but $27 an hour was "legacy" costs for retirees, why is it $58 an hour now that those "legacy" costs have been dealt with?? If inflation has driven up labor costs $15 an hour in just 4 years, than why haven't we got a raise in 7 yeas to help us with inflation?????????????????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_A Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Has anybody wondered, if just a short 4 years ago the average worker was getting costing $70 an hour, but $27 an hour was "legacy" costs for retirees, why is it $58 an hour now that those "legacy" costs have been dealt with?? If inflation has driven up labor costs $15 an hour in just 4 years, than why haven't we got a raise in 7 yeas to help us with inflation?????????????????????????? A lot of people haven't had a raise in not just seven years, but even longer. An article on the wall street Journal's web site today said that wages in this country may not recover until 2021. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Man Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 A lot of people haven't had a raise in not just seven years, but even longer. An article on the wall street Journal's web site today said that wages in this country may not recover until 2021. That's what happens when we elect Republicans who drive the economy into the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_A Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 That's what happens when we elect Republicans who drive the economy into the ground. No argument from me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Shooter Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 No argument from me. Or from me, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine Man Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 This is true throughout a lot of American corporations. At Ford, salaried workers can "buy" vacation if they want to. If you don't get to use it because of your schedule--especailly plant launches, you lose it. We do get vacation based on years work, too. But, that probably will be limited in the near future. Why should Ford pay us to take vacation, when Ford can have us pay them to take vacation? That is better than having no vacation when we are on strike. Or potentially no job with paid vacation after a strike or lockout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
228electrician Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 my cost to the company as an electrician is $52.50, we have to use that on our quotes when comparing money saved by keeping stuff in house, and thats actual cost with bennies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjohnson Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 UAW Ford Workers at $58 Per Hour Highest Compensated Autoworker In America The IUAW has ensured a good contract for us. They gained product commitments at many locations as well as bonuses, lower benefits and job security for all. At $58 per hour there is no room for further increases in wages. To raise our $58 per hour higher will result in losing future work to lower waged countries like Canada and Mexico. May take some time but it will happen. The UAW has the responsibility of ensuring high wages and make sure we all have jobs Both attained in this agreement To vote no will not get us more and it will not put us on strike. A no vote will cause further public hatred, media frenzy on our entitlement culture and losses in market share A no vote will cause moving wages, benefits and bonuses around where in the end it will be the same compensation. The IUAW will not put us in an uncompetitive position to start losing investment and future products going to lower paid countries To vote no on this good, fair agreement will further push public hatred, media browbeating and the inability to further organize the lower paid transplants A no vote will be devastating to the D3 autoworkers as a whole Voting no will not gain us more income or higher bonuses; it will only hurt our ability to make even better gains in 2015 And Toyota workers which is non union are at 55 hr so what's your point? That's what a union is for,if we are to make the same as non union like you expect then let's get rid of our union because it makes no sense to have a union,pay union dues and make the same damn wage as non union and actually the last few years Toyota workers have made more money than we have with their bonuses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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