UAW Contract Expiration

[Krazybones]

Predictions?
(Expires tonight at 11:59PM)

[Rumblestrip]

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[NBFRC]

My prediction is all sides loose if this drags on longer than 3 or 4 weeks. People who are already check to check are going to get a financial hit with only strike pay, automakers will loose sale with no inventory and UAW leadership won't last another term unless they deliver a huge win (if workers get wrecked financially).

[orangejuiced86]

Higher ups at one particular company are trying to strong arm suppliers to come in and continue tooling installs while the strike is going on.

[The Man]

its gonna be great when a base model Explorer/Jeep/Equinox is $70K....

[Killjoy]

My rough math if the UAW gets what they're asking for is at least a couple grand price increase per vehicle. The 40% pay increase for working 80% of a week alone is going to cost over a grand per vehicle for GM. That doesn't even start to factor in all of the other demands like eliminating tiers, pensions, medical in retirement, more PTO, etc.

I think the UAW will win the battle. UAW, Big 3, and SE MI will lose the war. Big 3 will either cease to exist along with UAW jobs, or all UAW jobs will be automated or moved to Mexico. Meanwhile, SE MI slowly turns into Flint - abandoned and no company in their right mind would move here. Fain seems to be pretty short sighted. Asian & German auto are laughing. Tesla and Rivian are laughing. All collecting market share from the Big 3 while the UAW tries to suck the Big 3 dry and into the grave.

[The Man]

How come the news isnt actively discussing the nurse strike in Rochester?

they save lives.

[derbydad276]

I'm sorry .. 46 % raise... across the board .. pipe dream

I understand workers hired after 2007 are on a lower tier ... and would support raising them up to the same wage as the older workers...

I saw a report that GM has approx ..20% Ford 29 % & Stellantis has as much as 45 % of their worker force at the Lower tier in pay ...

they would gain much more support if they were pushing to get rid of the tier wage & benefit system

[wrath]

If they UAW was the reason why the Big 4 minus 1 cars are so expensive, then all the Toyotas and Hondas and and and would be cheaper.

The way large companies have been fist fucking their employees, I expect more unions and not less.

[4Gas$]

Ford, GM, Stellantis ALL on strike