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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, we are laid off too-GM strike- ...entire company shut down...more companies shutting
down tomorrow...sigh...it sucks.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Saw it on local Detroit news today.
Main sticking point with GM is their abuse of temps.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)employment with GM...very demoralizing to work next to people making so much more than you...and they want to to turn the entire workforce into temp workers.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)I changed use to abuse.
A more fitting word.
Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)Indykatie
(3,695 posts)It is not uncommon for 2 Union hires doing the same job to have hourly rates with a 40% differential. Unions agreed that future hires would be paid less and have no defined pensions or Retiree medical insurance. These changes were agreed to in exchange for keeping the jobs in the US in most cases. At the company I work for most of those Senior hires have retired so the difference in wages and benefits are not so prominent.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)Demsrule86
(68,539 posts)we don't have to look for work...but hubs probably will anyway.
Karadeniz
(22,486 posts)The workers who make it all possible.