Fatso Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Who`s to blame?That is the best you got?Find a scapegoat?I got a better idea {after all I do work at Ford} next contract lets act like a UNION and STRIKE!I wont even tell you how old I am! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long forker DTP FINAL Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Only time will tell, enjoy what you have now and don't worry about what you might get in a year an half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvernon Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I call for a strike until newworld changes his font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decker Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I call for a strike until newworld changes his font. Decker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmccap Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langston Hughes Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Ford should invest in some of those for salary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcsuperduty Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 We are going to have a big problem come contract in 2015. There are to many workers that look out for themselves instead of the big picture. People keep volunteering to work overtime, and all that does is verify what the company is trying to do split the membership. By not volunteering that is the only way that we can stand up to the company without retribution. If every dept worked what is mandatory and stopped volunteering to fix things like body, paint, line working and doing repairs the company would be coming to the Union asking what we need to do to get production back working. All of the Temp givebacks that we gave the company to get them back on track were to be returned once the Company was profitable, was thrown back in our faces for what no signatures on the agreement. Give me a break it does not take 2 years for an arbitratior to see that. Then they have given management 2 raises the last couple of years.That is like kicking the dirt right in our faces, and I am not happy about it. People better start saving money because it is time to stand up and get back what is ours. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUG080291 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) What happened to equal pay to a fair days work for everyone? Everyone needs to start calling international on this, and also ask them why we do not have the right to vote on them ! Edited December 26, 2013 by AUG080291 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focusfrank Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 There's power in numbers and when most not all are just out for themselves nothing will change. Nobody is willing to stick together when push comes to shove. That's what a union is "power in numbers" if your not willing to stick together why belong to a union. The company isn't stupid they know if they throw out some kind of signing bonus most will jump at it instead of looking at the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
focusfrank Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 There's power in numbers and when most not all are just out for themselves nothing will change. Nobody is willing to stick together when push comes to shove. That's what a union is "power in numbers" if your not willing to stick together why belong to a union. The company isn't stupid they know if they throw out some kind of signing bonus most will jump at it instead of looking at the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmccap Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 (edited) http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/meet-robotic-minimum-wage-kiler/#.UtSjjLSFdLY Meet The Robot That’s A Minimum Wage Killer Edited January 14, 2014 by fmccap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RougeWelder Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 There's power in numbers and when most not all are just out for themselves nothing will change. Nobody is willing to stick together when push comes to shove. That's what a union is "power in numbers" if your not willing to stick together why belong to a union. The company isn't stupid they know if they throw out some kind of signing bonus most will jump at it instead of looking at the long term. Very true...unfortunatly, solidarity is just a union hall buzzword anymore. It just does not apply to the floor. The union has thrown away what people before us fought for and actually died for. The creation of the 2nd tier was the most detrimental thing the IUAW could have done to weaken the unions power and remove solidarity from the workforce. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggerjuly Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 This is how I think it will go...........When bargaining starts, I believe there will be a "buy-down. It will go something like this: They will offer tier one x-amount of dollars to take a pay cut. Lets say they offer them $20,000 for a $2.00 an hour cut in pay............. Next they will give a $1 raise to tier two people. This way they have closed the gap between the to by $3, and lowered the hourly rate. Tier one, those old enough to go will retire with some extra cash, they will vote for the contract, and tier two will vote for it to get a raise.......... Contract passes and everyone "loves it".................. Ya right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTP'er Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 The union already has 2 parties the green slate and everyone else, see we're already split. Strike? Theres no strike fund left Bob has already used that fund up for his right to work BS. And as far as a strike next contract, the IUAW won't let that happen cause that will cut into there collecting dues. ( cause theres no money left in that fund) And why the freak is the IUAW trying to increase the dues?? So they can cover up how much money Bob pissed away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SU-FI Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ford should invest in some of those for salary? they did, they call them "team leaders" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SU-FI Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 This is how I think it will go...........When bargaining starts, I believe there will be a "buy-down. It will go something like this: They will offer tier one x-amount of dollars to take a pay cut. Lets say they offer them $20,000 for a $2.00 an hour cut in pay............. Next they will give a $1 raise to tier two people. This way they have closed the gap between the to by $3, and lowered the hourly rate. Tier one, those old enough to go will retire with some extra cash, they will vote for the contract, and tier two will vote for it to get a raise.......... Contract passes and everyone "loves it".................. Ya right. I know our union leaders dont always make the right moves, but no way are they going to cut our 1st tier wages.. lower wages = less money for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggerjuly Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 I believe they will, we haven't had a raise in 10 years and they want us to make up for "their" shortfall by raising our dues to 2.5 hours. So that's another "cut". And if they sell it right, you would get a bonus, maybe for a couple years, to take a cut in pay so The Auto Industry could make more money and YOU would also get a BIGGER profit sharing check. I can here it now, "It will be for the good of the company AND the people that work for it" Oh ya.............. Here it comes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUG080291 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 We all need to stand together for our pay,screw on them bonuses! We also need to strike,we need to be able to vote on who is in international, from president on down,the ones in there now,could care less about us,or our near future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUG080291 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hey lets start with our leadership.we need to work on voting rights!we need to have the right to vote on our leaders,half of them were sorry reps and chairman to begain with,the only reason they moved up to international is because they had friends already there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTP'er Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 I know our union leaders dont always make the right moves, but no way are they going to cut our 1st tier wages.. lower wages = less money for them Think about it for a minute, Why would they want to increase the dues,.................to make up for the cut in wages there going to negotiate next contract for us. Think about it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordktpworker Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 They will not try to lower our pay because they know that will get voted down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langston Hughes Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Think about it for a minute, Why would they want to increase the dues,.................to make up for the cut in wages there going to negotiate next contract for us. Think about it ! They want to raise dues so they can lower the wages in the contract and make less money than they could if we kept our wages or got raises? Sometimes counter-intuitive is not so much of a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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