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UAW members walk of jobs at General Motors in first national strike since 2007
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 09/16/19 08:17 AM EDT

United Automobile Workers (UAW) union members walked out of their jobs at General Motors on Monday, the union's first national strike since 2007.

Members had voted Sunday morning to strike after contract negotiations broke down.


More than 45,000 striking workers managed to shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses.

Terry Dittes, UAW's GM head, said the union is standing up for fair wages, health care and job security.

“We stood up for General Motors when they needed us most. Now we are standing together in unity and solidarity for our members, their families and the communities where we work and live,” Dittes said Saturday.

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I think UAW leadership is urging strike to blunt Trump support by its members.
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USA Today by Jamie L. LaReau 9/15/2019

DETROIT – The United Automobile Workers on Sunday morning called a nationwide strike against General Motors, set to start at midnight.

It's the first national UAW strike since 2007, coming against the backdrop of a federal corruption investigation that has implicated union President Gary Jones and his predecessor, Dennis Williams.

The action does not include Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, whose UAW contracts were extended while the union tries to negotiate a deal with GM that would be template for talks with the other two companies. The union let the GM contract expire at midnight Saturday, but told autoworkers with Sunday shifts to report.

The union represents about 46,000 GM autoworkers at 55 facilities in the United States. No talks were known to be scheduled.

More: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2019/09/15/united-auto-workers-union-calls-national-strike-against-gm/2334060001/

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So they only strike when a Republican is in the White House?!??!!

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Someone should inform the UAW about the first rule of holes.

I don't think this will turn out well for them.
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UAW members walk of jobs at General Motors in first national strike since 2007
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 09/16/19 08:17 AM EDT

United Automobile Workers (UAW) union members walked out of their jobs at General Motors on Monday, the union's first national strike since 2007.

Members had voted Sunday morning to strike after contract negotiations broke down.


More than 45,000 striking workers managed to shut down 33 manufacturing plants in nine states across the U.S., as well as 22 parts distribution warehouses.

Terry Dittes, UAW's GM head, said the union is standing up for fair wages, health care and job security.

“We stood up for General Motors when they needed us most. Now we are standing together in unity and solidarity for our members, their families and the communities where we work and live,” Dittes said Saturday.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/461526-uaw-members-walk-of-jobs-at-general-motors-in-first-national-strike-since-2007

This might not last long at all. They're supposed to be negotiating again within the hour
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I think UAW leadership is urging strike to blunt Trump support by its members.

I'm not sure this will go over so well with public opinion. This ain't the thirties anymore.

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So they only strike when a Republican is in the White House?!??!!

That's what I got out of the story. 

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The last GM vehicle I bought was in 1999.  I see no reason to end the streak anytime in the near future.
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The last GM vehicle I bought was in 1999.  I see no reason to end the streak anytime in the near future.

I will never own another GM product even if I have to walk as a result.  What they did to their shareholders with the help of Obama is absolutely criminal.
 
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The last GM vehicle I bought was in 1999.  I see no reason to end the streak anytime in the near future.

Mine was in 1986.  A GMC S-15 Blazer.  Was a piece of junk.

Kind of hard to be sympathetic to a group whose salary is 3 X the minmum wage.   Unions had their place and importance a 100 years ago.  There was a tipping point, (maybe '50's or '60's) where they started doing more damage to the working man than good.
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Biggest issues facing UAW, Detroit 3 as contract deadline nears
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/13/uaw-contract-talks-deadline-strike-gm-ford-fca/2266631001/

...Health care costs are a key issue. Ford and GM said that they spend more than $1 billion per year on health care for active UAW workers. Government data for all union workers show that the average cost of health care benefits is more than $6 per hour, the Center for Automotive Research reported. But the report showed the UAW Detroit Three's health care cost is roughly 150% of the U.S. average. The average UAW worker pays about 3% of his or her health care costs compared with 28% paid by the average U.S. worker, CAR said....

...GM said the average full-time UAW worker makes about $90,000 a year....

...Autoworkers in Mexico earn an average $2.70 an hour, in part because it’s nearly impossible for them to form an independent union....
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They should stay on strike and break the union!

Do you realize how many Americans would line up to work at an automobile plant with their current hourly wage and benefits package??

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They should stay on strike and break the union!

Do you realize how many Americans would line up to work at an automobile plant with their current hourly wage and benefits package??

I think the more likely response will be to speed up their plans for robot assembly, where possible. 
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It's a race against time ... will Biden call for another auto bailout, or will his head fall off first.

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I think the more likely response will be to speed up their plans for robot assembly, where possible.

I would not hurt my feelings one bit if it leads to quicker bankruptcy.
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Obama forced the turnover of roughly 50% of GM to the unions.  What he did was criminal, and he has not answered for that either.

To disenfranchise those with stock and bond holdings as he did to turn over ownership to the unions is something one sees in Russia with Putin.

I say tell the union that Mexico is looking very attractive. 

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Mine was in 1986.  A GMC S-15 Blazer.  Was a piece of junk.



Was that the one you had to remove the fender in order to change the oil filter?
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So they only strike when a Republican is in the White House?!??!!


In 2007, 73K went on strike, during the Bush admin, for 2 whole days. Two important parts plants went on strike in 1998, under Clinton, for 54 days. That was about 9K workers. It’s not really the numbers and party that matters, but what plants, and for how long.
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I think the more likely response will be to speed up their plans for robot assembly, where possible.



I am having a hard time believing auto manufacturers haven't moved toward that already.  Is it a union thing?

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This state is the robot capital of America

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/16/michigan-home-of-general-motors-is-robot-capital-of-america.html

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Industrial robots—and the anxiety that they’re taking away jobs—can be found throughout the U.S. But they’re not spread out equally.

The Brookings Institute examined 2015 data from the International Federation for Robotics to measure the penetration of industrial robots into American industries as well as U.S. metropolitan areas. And by industrial robots, Brookings means automatically controlled and reprogrammable machines that are capable of replacing human labor.

The biggest user is—and by a large margin—the auto industry, which currently employs nearly half of the 233,305 industrial robots being used in the United States. That means the robots are concentrated in 10 Midwestern and Southern states, led by Michigan, where so much of the auto industry has set up factories. For example. Michigan, where General Motors and Ford, and the North American division of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are based, accounts for nearly 28,000 robots, 12% of the nation’s total, according to Brookings.

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When I lived in Ohio, I used to pass a robotics company on I-71 called FANUC. As a Sopranos fan, that always made me laugh.
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I will never own another GM product even if I have to walk as a result.  What they did to their shareholders with the help of Obama is absolutely criminal.
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