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GM immediately cuts benefits for striking workers; UAW triggered

Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:22 am
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
32096 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:22 am
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GM stops paying for health insurance for striking union workers
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General Motors Co shifted health insurance costs for its striking workers to the United Auto Workers union as its members walked the picket line for the second day on Tuesday.

The UAW on Monday launched the first company-wide strike at GM in 12 years, saying negotiations toward a new national agreement covering about 48,000 hourly workers had hit an impasse.


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Meanwhile, GM said coverage for the striking workers' health insurance reverted to the union, which unsuccessfully sought to have the No. 1 U.S. automaker cover those costs through the end of the month. That places another drain on the union's strike fund. "We understand strikes are difficult and disruptive to families," GM spokesman Jim Cain said in an email. "While on strike, some benefits shift to being funded by the union's strike fund, and in this case hourly employees are eligible for union-paid COBRA so their health care benefits can continue."


The Union apparently told their members that the company would continue covering them, which apparently isn’t the case.

If you don’t work, do you still get paid?
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:24 am to
GM has the bigger dick.

Swing that shite!

frick unions.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95633 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:25 am to


Bravo, GM. Didn’t think you had the balls to do this.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65694 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:25 am to
quote:

The Union apparently told their members that the company would continue covering them, which apparently isn’t the case.
The thugs who run Unions in the US couldn’t tell the truth if it were the only available story.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
25358 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:26 am to
Ford and Chrysler should kick them all out on principle too. Treat UAW leadership like the leaches that they are.
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 7:28 am
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
24292 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:28 am to
No work, all pay plus benefits?

Sign me up.
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
Member since Nov 2015
7544 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:28 am to
Price of a 2500HD just dropped a grand. Imagine how much health insurance costs to take care of glutinous union workers?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
Member since Jan 2004
422561 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:28 am to
quote:

The Union apparently told their members that the company would continue covering them, which apparently isn’t the case.

union bosses lied?

Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
18905 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:28 am to
Coming from someone who has family that belong to UAW, they are some spoiled bitches. Hourly and overtime rates that make plant baws jealous and benefits out the wazoo. Yet they poormouth like they are digging ditches.
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
16864 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:29 am to
Their new female CEO apparently has tremendous, brass balls.

Bravo to GM.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41195 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:33 am to
quote:

If you don’t work, do you still get paid?


Yes they do, the pay in reduced to around $250 a week.

Posted by arseinclarse
Algiers Purnt
Member since Apr 2007
34412 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:35 am to
quote:

"While on strike, some benefits shift to being funded by the union's strike fund, and in this case hourly employees are eligible for union-paid COBRA so their health care benefits can continue."


Lol. Cobra sucks.

They’ll fold quickly.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
51628 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:37 am to
It looks like GM finally realized the workers are there for the jobs, not that GM is creating jobs just to employ workers.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Atlanta, GA
Member since Sep 2017
12856 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:37 am to
Slowly start hiring non-union replacement workers one by one. Phase the leeches out slowly and painfully. Watch production increase and overhead decrease. Profit.
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
25987 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:39 am to
The UAW is going to be in tough shape if this lasts more than 30 days with this strike. It could completely blow up unions across the US.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
34764 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:39 am to
Ole Bernie is going to have a stroke at this news



Well done GM
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
95633 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:43 am to
Wasn’t this strike supposed to be a shot across the bow at Ford, whose negotiations are coming up next?

I don’t think this will work out the way they thought.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37106 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:43 am to
I know this happens with AT&T / communication workers union. Usually on day 3.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
32711 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:47 am to
quote:

Slowly start hiring non-union replacement workers one by one. Phase the leeches out slowly and painfully. Watch production increase and overhead decrease. Profit.

Or automate the whole fricking line.
Posted by crazycubes
Member since Jan 2016
5256 posts
Posted on 9/18/19 at 7:47 am to
quote:

The Union apparently told their members that the company would continue covering them
i wonder if the person that told the striking workers this fairy tale has health insurance with the UAW? Hmmm.
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