GM letter to workers Friday laid out what it offered the UAW

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Detroit Free Press

By Jamie L. LaReau,

General Motors told all its hourly and salaried employees Friday morning that it is "critical" the strike against the company ends and a tentative contract agreement is reached.

The letter, written by Gerald Johnson, GM's executive vice president of manufacturing, said the automaker’s most recent proposal would: offer wage increases, profit sharing boosts, leave health-care benefits intact with no cost hike, provide a pathway to permanency for temporary employees and GM would make widescale investments in U.S. manufacturing.

Johnson wrote: "We have advised the Union that it’s critical that we get back to producing quality vehicles for our customers. We are committed to the collective bargaining process, and we are committed to our future together."

Some 46,000 GM autoworkers represented by the UAW have been on strike since Sept. 16, after their 2015 contract expired two days before that.




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1. The usual playbook trying to turn

workers against the union leaders.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Sure is,seen this so many times

during a strike situation. GM wants to be a Wholesale Jobber and they would just issues Jobbing Contracts to whomever the lowest bidder is. Build it to our Specs and we will sell it . Sub out the Transportation and Storage,no more Labor issues,no more Pensions.

[cstanleytech]

5. That will only work if the deal GM is offering is not truly fair.

[Maxheader]

10. Or son against father..

like hormel did...

[Newest Reality]

2. It get to the point...

With responses like that, you could write the corporate speak yourself. They use it in the same way so often that it becomes predictable and rather transparent. Bullshit in burrito wrap is still fecal.

[NonPC]

4. Goodbye GM Autoworkers

Back at the start of my career, I worked for a large midwestern company who had a strong union in their factories.

The unionized workers were typically always nice to and cooperated with the professionals who worked with them. Some factories had great union relationships, others, activist union leaders who loved to show their power.

Many contracts came and went, each time with the union members getting better and better deals.

Then, one year at contract renewal time, the company desperately needed concessions from the union (workers). Their domestic and foreign competitors were bringing out new technology, and our company needed a lot of resources (money) to make the changeover. They were very honest with the union and laid out all the financials. The company's back was to the wall.

The union leadership dug in and would not allow an inch of concession. Result, the company closed the plants and all the workers lost their best paying jobs in the (depressed) towns they were located in. Boom -- immediate unemployment with no local prospects.

They should watch the movie about the Chinese car windshield company buying the old GM plant in Dayton, OH. That should re-calibrate their thinking, but it probably won't -- just like the most hardheaded MAGA critters. Oh well, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and destiny.

[groundloop]

6. Bullshit. GM has made record profits recently, and now wants concessions

I'm a white collar professional at a union manufacturing plant which is in danger of closing. It's common here to blame the union for our problems, but the truth is that this plant has been mismanaged for the past 10 to 12 years and it's catching up to us.

NO, don't blame employees when CEOs are pulling in 200 or 300 times what an average worker makes.

[Sherman A1]

8. +1000

[Drahthaardogs]

11. Why are you here?

Supporting labor is part of the D platform.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Yawn

Where I work isn't a drop in the bucket compared to GM and my union isn't the UAW. Having said that, my employer tried the same thing. Sending a letter to all the union members, trying to make the bargaining team look bad. It backfired on them. Here's hoping the same fate befalls GM

[Sherman A1]

9. If it is "critical" that the strike end and a contract be agreed to by the parties

Then GM management already knows what needs to be done.

Put forth an agreeable contract to the workers and everyone will happily go back to work.

This ain't rocket science. It is called bargaining in good faith.

[Hotler]

12. I agree. Stop talking shit GM and put forth an itimized proposal.....

of what you are offering and let the members review it and vote on it. Stay strong brothers and sisters.

[Takket]

13. GM has been happy with the strike for now

While the plants idle they unload all their vehicle backlog. They are getting near the end of that and to the point now where if they don’t make a deal they start losing sales. So I expect this to get wrapped up fairly soon.