Sunday, September 15, 2019

Solidarity

Roughly 49,000 members at General Motors plants in the U.S. will go on strike Sunday night because contract negotiations with the automaker had broken down. The decision came after about 200 plant-level union leaders voted unanimously in favor of a walkout during a meeting Sunday morning in Detroit. The strike would be the union’s first since a two-day work stoppage at GM in 2007.
“We stood up for General Motors when they needed us most. Now we are standing together in unity and solidarity for our members,” union Vice President Terry Dittes said in a statement.
UAW Vice President Terry Dittes said, “While we are fighting for better wages, affordable quality health care, and job security, GM refuses to put hard working Americans ahead of their record profits.”
GM  made $8 billion last year alone.  The union wants annual pay raises to guard against an economic downturn, but the company wants to pay lump sums tied to earnings. GM don’t want higher fixed costs.
https://apnews.com/2b221852192a412d8bc409b87ce0f949

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