The newly installed labor union at the GM Silao plant in Mexico is seeking a 19.2 percent wage increase for its members, which would bring the hourly wage at the facility to 77.15 pesos ($3.81) an hour.
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According to Reuters, GM will meet with the SINTTIA union that represents workers at the GM Silao plant later this week as it looks to arrange a deal with the organization before the May 31st strike deadline. The automaker has allegedly countered the union’s requested 19.2 percent wage increase with a 3.5 percent increase, which would be less than half the current rate of inflation. Approximately 6,500 workers are employed at the GM Silao complex, which builds the Chevy Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 light-duty trucks.
The SINTTIA union is an independent labor organization that was voted in by workers at the GM Silao plant earlier this year as they sought to oust the controversial Miguel Trujillo López union that previously represented them. Employees at the GM facility had complained the Miguel Trujillo López union did not campaign on behalf of their interests and held a vote to expel the labor organization last year. The results of this initial vote were called into question after labor officials discovered irregularities in the voting process that would have swayed the results in favor of the existing union, including discarded ballots. A second vote was then arranged with help from American labor officials via the provisions in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with the majority of workers voting in the newly established SINTTIA independent union.
Thursday’s meeting between GM and representatives from SINTTIA will be overseen by Mexican labor officials, according to Reuters. The meeting will be the first between the two entities after previous talks held on April 12th stalled.
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GM should hang it’s head in shame.
Inclusion at GM does not include Mexicans.
That pay hike should have been 190% increase. They call themselves a union? Get them paid what they’re worth.
So why in the heck am I paying between 54,000 and $120, 000 for the average truck.
And why does the Silverado made in Mexico have the same sticker price as the one made in USA?
In Mexico the min wage is about 200peso daily, or 10$ US. So a shop rate of 30.5 USD(603peso) is pretty much on line with US union/min wage rate. Which is far behind the historical US average of 5-6x minimum wage.when US min wage reaches 15( on paper) the UAW Will have to figure out how to get wage to 50$ US to even remotely pace with inflation
In Mexico, the automotive suppliers are paying about $120 USD per week to the average worker. That is what my previous company paid, and it was a big name…
As a retired state economist, I always know who isn’t.
Never said I am, just basic math. The whole of global economy is far more complex than Basic ratios. Shipping costs from crossing the border(tariffs and taxes) probably exceed the labor cost to build the products.
Mexicans get $3.82 per hour, so Mary Barra can get her $20,000,000.00 Bonus…
Just so long as Americans aren’t employed.
sometimes unions don’t look down the long road. If GM has to give anything close to 19%, the price of trucks will have to be higher still to pay for them. So less people buy them and soon GM lays off union workers or closes the plant… So in the end,where did the 19% raise get you?? I feel 3.5% is fair. Stop spending money you don’t have and live within your means.
People are voluntarily paying +20% for trucks today, and labor is like 2k per truck so your argument is a bit off center.