Another United Auto Workers "Victory"

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Oct 22, 2015 | 10:44 AM

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^^^yep

Oct 22, 2015 | 02:27 PM

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UAW Ratifies a Richer Deal with Fiat Chrysler

Update...

UAW Ratifies a Richer Deal with Fiat Chrysler - WSJ

Here are some gold nuggets in case the link isn't working...

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UAW President Dennis Williams has described the current agreement as one of the “richest ever negotiated.”

...meaning it will be barely acceptable minimum in 4 years.

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UAW officials intend to use the Fiat Chrysler agreement as a template for talks at Ford and GM, although Mr. Williams has said deals struck at the two more-profitable companies will reflect their stronger financial standings. The labor chief has not yet indicated which one he intends to turn to next.

Looks like there will be at least two more strikes in the near future...

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Demond Clayton, a 29-year-old worker at Fiat Chrysler’s sport-utility factory in Detroit, said he voted yes on both this agreement and the earlier one, noting that pay raises are substantial for workers, especially when compared with other industry sectors. Under this current pact, his pay will jump to about $28-an-hour in four years—about a $9-an-hour pay bump from the wage he earns now.

“For a guy who didn’t finish college, that’s a blessing,” Mr. Clayton said.

$56,000 without overtime (and without benefits) and guaranteed increases over the next 4 years for base level high school level/unskilled production workers? Get ready for $200k base Corvette's everyone.

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GM and Ford have both reported record quarterly profits in North America this year as low gas prices have fueled surging demand for their lucrative trucks and SUVs.

Hmmmmmmm...it is not like we have not seen THIS trend before...

Oct 22, 2015 | 03:02 PM

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Yup, let them fail this time. UAW is in canada too, maybe the new trade agreement will break the union?

Oct 22, 2015 | 03:57 PM

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Yup, let them fail this time. UAW is in canada too, maybe the new trade agreement will break the union?

How dare you have such opinion! You communist bastard you! /sarcasm

Oct 23, 2015 | 02:15 PM

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How dare you have such opinion! You communist bastard you! /sarcasm

There was a time for unions, and there are a few cases where unions are needed still........... but crap like long shoremen and UAW are examples of how BS they are.

Oct 23, 2015 | 06:03 PM

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There was a time for unions, and there are a few cases where unions are needed still........... but crap like long shoremen and UAW are examples of how BS they are.

Agreed.

And to add insult to injusry...Unions also are forcing the end of Viper's production.

REPORT: The Death Of The Dodge Viper Is In The New FCA Union Contract