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Depending on your perspective, there is one fact in two parts that intrigues me more than anything else when it comes to today's announcement that 73,000 United Auto Workers from some 80 facilities would strike.
You ready? Every hour during which this strike survives means 760 General Motors' vehicles are not built. 12,200 per day. Whether you have a backlog of cars and trucks and SUV's or not; that's just gotta suck.
Oddly enough, for the first time in almost thirteen years I'm in Detroit, ready to test drive a whole bunch of GM cars tomorrow. Unlike lightning, irony can strike in the same place more than once.
- Hyundai Reaches Tentative Wage Deal With Korean Labor Union, Offers 5.4% Increase And $8.5k Bonus
During July and August, the labor union at Hyundai’s South Korean plants staged a series of partial strikes over pay issues and working conditions. It was the first strike in four years and a major setback as it cost the Korean carmaker $1.4 billion...
- Gm Agrees To Pay Korean Workers A Record Bonus Of $6,140 Each And Increase Basic Salaries By 4.7%!
The South Korean division of General Motors has agreed to a record bonus payment for its employees following a partial strike last week. This was the first organized union strike to hit GM Korea in three years and it led to a production loss of 9,700...
- Strike 2: Uaw Goes On Strike Against Chrysler
Following the strike against GM a fortnight ago, UAW (United Auto Workers) went on strike against Chrysler LLC today after marathon negotiations between the union and the money-loosing American carmaker failed to produce a tentative agreement on a new...
- Gm Employees On Nationwide Strike As Uaw Talks Fail
As many insiders predicted, contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers failed resulting to the first nationwide strike of GM factory employees since 1970. The strike was caused due to the conflict between GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner's...
- Get Back To Work, Chrysler Uaworkers
Their strike was so short that some of the 45,000 workers won't miss a shift, providing they answer their phone; check their email; or watch the news. United Auto Workers walked off the job at Chrysler facilities this morning, but by tomorrow morning...
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GENERAL MOTORS UAW STRIKE'S #1 FACT
Depending on your perspective, there is one fact in two parts that intrigues me more than anything else when it comes to today's announcement that 73,000 United Auto Workers from some 80 facilities would strike.
You ready? Every hour during which this strike survives means 760 General Motors' vehicles are not built. 12,200 per day. Whether you have a backlog of cars and trucks and SUV's or not; that's just gotta suck.
Oddly enough, for the first time in almost thirteen years I'm in Detroit, ready to test drive a whole bunch of GM cars tomorrow. Unlike lightning, irony can strike in the same place more than once.
- Hyundai Reaches Tentative Wage Deal With Korean Labor Union, Offers 5.4% Increase And $8.5k Bonus
During July and August, the labor union at Hyundai’s South Korean plants staged a series of partial strikes over pay issues and working conditions. It was the first strike in four years and a major setback as it cost the Korean carmaker $1.4 billion...
- Gm Agrees To Pay Korean Workers A Record Bonus Of $6,140 Each And Increase Basic Salaries By 4.7%!
The South Korean division of General Motors has agreed to a record bonus payment for its employees following a partial strike last week. This was the first organized union strike to hit GM Korea in three years and it led to a production loss of 9,700...
- Strike 2: Uaw Goes On Strike Against Chrysler
Following the strike against GM a fortnight ago, UAW (United Auto Workers) went on strike against Chrysler LLC today after marathon negotiations between the union and the money-loosing American carmaker failed to produce a tentative agreement on a new...
- Gm Employees On Nationwide Strike As Uaw Talks Fail
As many insiders predicted, contract talks between General Motors and the United Auto Workers failed resulting to the first nationwide strike of GM factory employees since 1970. The strike was caused due to the conflict between GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner's...
- Get Back To Work, Chrysler Uaworkers
Their strike was so short that some of the 45,000 workers won't miss a shift, providing they answer their phone; check their email; or watch the news. United Auto Workers walked off the job at Chrysler facilities this morning, but by tomorrow morning...