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Omaha Steve

(103,451 posts)
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 06:34 AM Sep 2023

UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms




By TOM KRISHER
Updated 4:00 AM CDT, September 4, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.

The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW’s own president calls “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its contract ends Sept. 14.

The automakers, which are making billions in profits, have dismissed the UAW’s wish list. They argue that its demands are unrealistic at a time of fierce competition from Tesla and lower-wage foreign automakers as the world shifts from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles. The wide gulf between the sides could mean a strike against one or more of the automakers, which could send already-inflated vehicle prices even higher.

A potential strike by 146,000 UAW members comes against the backdrop of increasingly emboldened U.S. unions of all kinds. The number of strikes and threatened strikes is growing, involving Hollywood actors and writers, sizable settlements with railroads and major concessions by corporate giants like UPS.

FULL story: https://apnews.com/article/automakers-cars-strike-pay-uaw-union-detroit-349a6e7281f1b07710cfcad511dcaa05
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UAW's clash with Big 3 automakers shows off a more confrontational union as strike deadline looms (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2023 OP
The 32 hour work week isn't at all feasible MichMan Sep 2023 #1

MichMan

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1. The 32 hour work week isn't at all feasible
Mon Sep 4, 2023, 08:37 AM
Sep 2023

Anyone with any knowledge of the automotive industry understands that manufacturing plants need to run as much as possible.

How can they produce enough vehicles in 4 days ? Hire a part time shift that only works a day or two a week?

I don't see how there isn't going to be a lengthy strike.

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