Archive for September 2011
GM took the workers' money and doesn't want to give it back. They want to make the concessions permanent.

by Gary Walkowicz
The tentative GM contract means this: GM will give the workers a signing bonus of $5,000 (before taxes), plus three $1,000 bonuses (before taxes) and GM will get to keep all of the concessions that they have taken from the workers.NO.
September 20, 2011
Why I Will Be Voting No!

by Nick Waun
We have yet to see this year’s tentative national agreement with General Motors. It would be nice if they posted it all online so that the rank and file can read it. Given past practice, that is unlikely. For sure we will get some.
September 19, 2011
What they’re saying about the contract doesn’t add up to what we need.

by Gary Walkowicz
2nd-tier needs more than a small raise.They’re talking about a raise of a couple dollars an hour for 2nd-tier workers. That would still leave 2nd-tier workers near the poverty level for a family of four. The only way to.
September 12, 2011