silvrsvt Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 White House intervenes in General Motors strike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, silvrsvt said: White House intervenes in General Motors strike Denied by Gm and the White House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blwnsmoke Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Gm kills benefits and sends to UAW https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/2367317001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Basically, GM is going to rougher deal than both Ford and FCA for the union will have spent so much time and money on the strike on GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexB Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, ausrutherford said: Basically, GM is going to rougher deal than both Ford and FCA for the union will have spent so much time and money on the strike on GM. But Ford and FCA are more sensitive to a strike than GM. The fire at a F-Series supplier that hurt production for one week cost Ford $800 million, while the RAM production problems costed FCA over $1 billion (U$D). UAW should drag GM to Halloween where GM will cave in big time. Edited September 19, 2019 by AlexB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, AlexB said: But Ford and FCA are more sensitive to a strike than GM. The fire at a F-Series supplier that hurt production for one week cost Ford $800 million, while the RAM production problems costed FCA over $1 billion (U$D). UAW should drag GM to Halloween where GM will cave in big time. UAW doesn't have the money to pay its members for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 17 hours ago, ausrutherford said: UAW doesn't have the money to pay its members for that long. And most of the workers cant survive on $250/wk for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, J-150 said: And most of the workers extortionists cant survive on $250/wk for that long. FTFY. Sorry but I have no sympathy for folks who go on strike when they're already being compensated at or above market value and there are no safety concerns. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRunrGuy Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 18 hours ago, ausrutherford said: UAW doesn't have the money to pay its members for that long. Sure they do. $250/week for 6 weeks, x 49K members, is less than $75mil, or 10% of the $750mil+ they have in the bank. Not counting strippers and cigars, of course,,,,, HRG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 2 hours ago, HotRunrGuy said: Sure they do. $250/week for 6 weeks, x 49K members, is less than $75mil, or 10% of the $750mil+ they have in the bank. Not counting strippers and cigars, of course,,,,, HRG GM just shifted the entire costs of their healthcare to the UAW... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snooter Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Good..they can pay for health care like all of us in the "real world union".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 A good question is why GM is choosing such an adversarial path with the UAW when clearly it has just executed a mass shift of product sourcing to Mexico. I don't agree with strike action, never have.... has the Union actually fallen for a GM sucker play? GM seems to have plenty of inventory to cover a month or so and has split production on some Silverados coming from Mexico so it may be able to hold out longer than the Union expects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, jpd80 said: A good question is why GM is choosing such an adversarial path with the UAW Probably because as PD said earlier in this thread, GM Management is nowhere near equipped to handle this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, fuzzymoomoo said: Probably because as PD said earlier in this thread, GM Management is nowhere near equipped to handle this. Exactly, it would have cost GM nothing to tie up negotiations for a few weeks, keep everyone at work and just slow things down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ididntdoit Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 GM needed to make a cut in labor cost, they just cut a weeks labor cost without having to pay anyones vacation time on the UAW's dime. IUAW needed to be relevant to it's members and find away to spend some strike fund money to continue at the higher dues rate. The longer they take to stall the inevitable the more creative the rumors sound. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 12 hours ago, jpd80 said: Exactly, it would have cost GM nothing to tie up negotiations for a few weeks, keep everyone at work and just slow things down. JP- Didn't the union call the strike? This is not a lock out. I'm sure that GM would have preferred to continue to bargain. As to the specifics, no doubt, how do you justify some of these crazy salaries like Mary B (and Hackett) are drawing. The other side of the coin, if a facility is no longer carrying its costs, never mind making a profit, how do you keep it open? You can't if you want to survive. Like I said before, If the UAW had said, ..."oh you are good with paying virtually all of our medical plan? how about a 3% cost of living adjustment and how about taking a year or two off of the new hire progression rates and also how about converting some temps to full time status",it would have been a good deal all the way around. Oh and I had previously mentioned how I had started a two tier wage system. and it was successful. Another thing I did was hire short term employees. Junior guys started bitching that we did not not have enough summertime vacation slots. "Sorry guys,we have a business to run. Want me to park trucks and pay a carrier to do your work"- (overtime was at max-and at that senior guys with long weekends off would NOT work a call in) So I pitched seasonal hires. It worked. Opened up more weeks of prime time vacation and kept the fleet utilization rate up. And I recognize what worked then might not work today with the current driver supply but it takes two sides to compromise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Executive pay packets are a contract between them and the shareholders. They deliver their KPIs, they get the pay packet. They dont and they are fired. They dont get a predetermined wage for showing up like the hourly workforce does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, J-150 said: Executive pay packets are a contract between them and the shareholders. They deliver their KPIs, they get the pay packet. They dont and they are fired. They dont get a predetermined wage for showing up like the hourly workforce does. One of the complaints has been that executives still get a fat payday even if they drive the company right into a ditch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 44 minutes ago, grbeck said: One of the complaints has been that executives still get a fat payday even if they drive the company right into a ditch. Thats the issue for me. I understand that compensation is market based even if it seems too high. But these golden parachutes for executives who get fired for poor performance defies logic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 54 minutes ago, grbeck said: One of the complaints has been that executives still get a fat payday even if they drive the company right into a ditch. Depends on the KPI targets that are set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-150 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, akirby said: Thats the issue for me. I understand that compensation is market based even if it seems too high. But these golden parachutes for executives who get fired for poor performance defies logic. Also part of the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said: JP- Didn't the union call the strike? This is not a lock out. I'm sure that GM would have preferred to continue to bargain. Bob, I don't intend taking sides with this as I think both sides were prepared for a fight. The whole tone adopted going into these "negotiations" has been adversarial and I suspect that's come about by both sides having huge perceptional differences. Someone needed to be the "adult" in these contract negotiations and take responsibility but it seems that both sides want this. Quote As to the specifics, no doubt, how do you justify some of these crazy salaries like Mary B (and Hackett) are drawing. The other side of the coin, if a facility is no longer carrying its costs, never mind making a profit, how do you keep it open? You can't if you want to survive. most of the senior staff have a modest salary with the rest tied up in as stock options that can only be exercised when the stock reaches a certain price. Quote Like I said before, If the UAW had said, ..."oh you are good with paying virtually all of our medical plan? how about a 3% cost of living adjustment and how about taking a year or two off of the new hire progression rates and also how about converting some temps to full time status",it would have been a good deal all the way around. Oh and I had previously mentioned how I had started a two tier wage system. and it was successful. Another thing I did was hire short term employees. Junior guys started bitching that we did not not have enough summertime vacation slots. "Sorry guys,we have a business to run. Want me to park trucks and pay a carrier to do your work"- (overtime was at max-and at that senior guys with long weekends off would NOT work a call in) So I pitched seasonal hires. It worked. Opened up more weeks of prime time vacation and kept the fleet utilization rate up. And I recognize what worked then might not work today with the current driver supply but it takes two sides to compromise. But that's the thing Bob, GM is no longer happy to pay the bulk of employee health costs, they want workers to shoulder more of the cost and they only want to look at 0.5% per year. GM is not interested in any change to the two tier wage system, mostly because they have found a great work-around, temporary labor as a third tier so they hold people in limbo for years with zero chance of getting near the two tier system. Both sides are at fault here Bob, GM for being so hard nosed and the UAW for dragging workers into a strike that they can ill afford. Neither side is acting like adults and it's the people with least power and income that are suffering in all of this. Edited September 23, 2019 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The U.S. taxpayer contributed to the impasse by bailing out GM in 2008. In the intervening decade, GM management have failed to take advantage of what they were gifted in the bailout, and from one perspective are biting the hand that fed them - the politics of the situation at the time of the bailout is that the government was taking care of the union to the detriment of debt holders of GM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Harley Lover said: The U.S. taxpayer contributed to the impasse by bailing out GM in 2008. In the intervening decade, GM management have failed to take advantage of what they were gifted in the bailout, and from one perspective are biting the hand that fed them - the politics of the situation at the time of the bailout is that the government was taking care of the union to the detriment of debt holders of GM. The government sold their stock for a loss, the one thing they didn't do was have a buy back clause at IPO stock price. Edited September 23, 2019 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Lover Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, jpd80 said: The government sold their stock for a loss, the one thing they didn't do was have a buy back clause at IPO stock price. The government losing money on the sale of the stock was merely the final loss in the GM experience - the secured and non secured debt holders of GM were the ones who took the biggest loss in favor of the union, GM, and other interests. GM having its debt wiped clean was a tremendous competitive advantage that GM management have failed to fully exploit, not to mention giving GM the ability to carry forward the losses of old GM - another advantage that its management have failed to take advantage of. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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