UAW Tells GM, Ford And Stellantis It’s Time To Pay Up In New Video
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With contracts set to expire in September 2023, the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union has been dialing up the pressure on the Big Three – General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – to pay up and agree to higher salaries and better benefits for unionized workers. Now, the labor union has released another video highlighting the discrepancies within the three automakers.
In a video posted online, the UAW states that the Big Three made over a quarter of a trillion dollars over the last decade, and gave executives extensive benefits. However, during the same time period, the labor union claims that workers were neglected.
“Big Three executives have lavished themselves with fat salaries while auto workers continue to live paycheck-to-paycheck, and can’t even keep up with inflation,” UAW Vice President Rich Boyer was quoted as saying. “Remember that the next time you hear them say ‘we are family.’ We are not family.”
As background, with contract negotiations heating up, the UAW is striking an aggressive stance as it makes demands for increased benefits and wages. In fact, this isn’t the first jab the labor union has struck at General Motors and company. As GM Authority previously reported, the UAW recently released a video criticizing The General for its handling of the Kokomo, Indiana plant operations, and has also released several statements that allude to a combative future.
“We are clear about what we want,” Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock was quoted as saying. “We want to end tiers that have been eating away at our union and causing undue hardship for thousands of our members hired since 2007. We want COLA to be re-established so that our wages can keep up with inflation. We want strong job security guarantees that protect our work, families, and communities.”
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Limiting imports of GM vehicles from other countries including Mexico needs to kept in check. Thousands of middle class jobs have been lost and never to return. Imported vehicles may keep the cost of a vehicle down so many can afford one but how many lost their job here in the USA because of it. I’m not against imports and free trade but it all has a cost that must be balanced.
Unions choke out American automakers, so they build cheap vehicles in Mexico. Now the union has a problem with it. Well, gee, you kick and beat someone long enough, why blame them for leaving.
I wouldn’t say they choked out US automakers, but they sure helped though. I mostly blame stupid government regulations and policies along with bad management at these companies and lack of vision. The UAW exacerbated the serious issues US automakers faced from the 70’s through to the 90’s. The big problem with Anglosphere manufacturers is that Union Govt and Capital look at each other as enemies and not as interdependent partners in production.
That’s rich coming from the UAW.
Doesn’t each UAW member (at least at General Motors) receive annual profit sharing checks? I believe those checks have been upwards and even north of $10K in recent years, which is a rather large bonus (in proportion to wages), and especially seeing in that they are not at all based on the performance of the individual worker. What has been the total of all of these non-performanced based, profit-sharing bonus checks distributed over the last 10 years?
I believe that the profit sharing is by a contract agreement. Unions can be good for everyone but as they continue to increase demands, it just pushes more manufacturing jobs to other countries.
It certainly is by contract agreement, and as such, it seems the Big 3 have already been “paying up” when profitable for quite some time.
But the union thugs need new boats and new Hellcats for their teenagers. The ones they bought last year are so out of date.
Unions are definitely not good for everyone. Ot good for the company or the consumer.
Just imagine if they didn’t have their extortion and blackmailing – vehicles could be nicer or cheaper. Then they would sell more and they would need more employees.
There is too much competition for anyone to see the brass would only line their pockets with the savings.
Best job I ever experienced was a union job! I guess you may not have experienced a union job? I just purchased a UAW vehicle for $26,300 MSRP. It’s a Chevy Bolt EV 2023. 2019 Bolt EV was $39,000 MSRP. Best bang for the buck against any non-union vehicle in its class! 250 miles on full charge (of course that is not going over posted speed limits. Factor in 1,000 miles for $30-$33 of electric. Only outpoint is no control on how much dealers may change for administrative work with State of Florida.
Remember folks…the UAW opened up the contracts to help the dying companies during bad economic times. because of this, they came back with extreme profits, so why don’t they mention that it was the UAW who gave up so much to keep them going till it turned around. Why didn’t the Big Three say; Hey! Since we are at our most profitable times, we would like to open up the contract as a thank you to the members? Where is that celebration and appreciation for what the UAW gave up? They were crying bankruptcy in 2007, so the UAW agreed to open the contract by desperate request, and they did. So where are the Big Three now? No mention of any of this but they sure mention pride crap. Don’t be distracted folks. If not but for the UAW agreement to help the Big 3 in their time of need, they wouldn’t have made these profits. Now it’s the time of need for the loyal UAW members to get back what helped get out of bankruptcy. I WAS THERE throughout the whole thing. The government intervening ridiculous regulations to satisfy all those people who are not even involved with us.
Simon: Exactly! I am not a UAW member or retiree. I admit I retired from a union job and it was the best pay and benefits job ever! Only thing I would add is that in addition to UAW concessions during the recession of 2008, our Government bailed out GM with purchasing their stocks and then our government sold them back at a loss! I guess many commenters may not have ever had a union job. Nest thing they will say how bad ‘credit unions’ are in spite of all the ‘bank’ and wall street bailouts. I will say sadly it took Rico Act and government overseeing of UAW to finally bring democracy to UAW with a one member, one vote mandate. That is sure helped to tumble down the ‘fiefdom’ UAW and other Unions have been under for many years. Ever wonder what happens to those long term union leadership that is paid on the unions dime, not GM’s time. I observed many of those former elected union officials do not return to the work floor.
@ Buick City – Be Quite Buick City they do not want to talk about the $12,000 profit sharing checks.
The UAW should organize dealership employees and allow dealership employees to share in all of the ridiculous fees, rogue dealers charge.
I’ve been retired from GM for 26 years and haven’t had a increase In retiree pay in over 15 years! We were the ones who went on strike to get profit sharing and the biggest profit sharing check I received was around $35! We tried to get COL on our retirement checks in the eighties but, we were told by the union leaders af the time that they would always take care of retirees! Always didn’t last very long!!! COME ON UAW DO SOMETHING FOR RETIREES!
Some states have governed on dealers fees. However, in Floriduh those fees are not governed tose ‘rogue’ fees sadly
Yeah BuickCity, sure we get annual profit sharing checks that pale in comparison to the 10s of millions that the executives receive. Also, REMEMBER that when you say 10k + profit sharing check consider without neglect that every bit of almost 50% of that advertised headline goes straight to Federal and State government taxes at a BS rate. So when you speak of profit sharing north of 10k DO NOT fail to mention the uaw members who bust their tails off and are treated like crap from management in these production facilities are paying north of 47% of that profit sharing bonus to taxes before they even receive a red cent…know the facts before you speak…!!!!
Why are you people acting so surprised when a ceo makes a lot more money than you
Amen!
If you don’t like the wages or the conditions, leave the job. If this happened en masse, perhaps automakers would get the message. We have to pay more money to keep good workers. Now, I understand many workers cannot just quit their jobs, therein lies the advantage for the automakers and they know this. But, keep in mind, the job is a privilege if you can get it, not a right. If enough workers quit, then productivity goes down, quality diminishes, and eventually decreased sales.
On the other side, corporations argue they need to pay high salaries to attract good CEO’s, but then again the same should be true for the frontline workers, good workers yield better productivity and higher sales. And therein lies the clash between Union and management! Hopefully they can work it out!
Automakers have gotten the message. And thats why many cars are imported.
They spend far more on labor than non-unionized transplants and yet they’re threatened all the time by union thugs scared of losing their high rolling lifestyles. Those Mercedes and BMWs aren’t free. American auto workers are well paid and well taken care of with benefits that make government workers envious.
This is a good thing! Upper management and CEOs wages have multiplied numerous times in the last twenty years but regular workers wages haven’t even came close! How is this fair!
Which UAW Local do you work for?
UAW Salary by State
As with most jobs, a variety of factors can affect pay, including geographic location. ZipRecruiter’s website features an interactive map that lets you click on a state to view average earnings. Workers earned top pay in Washington ($61,046), New York ($57,334), New Hampshire ($55,513), California ($54,436) and Vermont ($52,399). Lowest average pay was reported in Mississippi ($42,310), Arkansas ($42,261), Michigan ($42,230), Illinois ($42,031) and North Carolina ($38,484). Now let’s add bonus of $10,000.00. I have not performed ‘skilled labor’ for GM, so I don’t know what those jobs are like physically and stress. However, it is my understanding UAW bailed out GM during the 2008 recession with agreement when GM became profitable in future, GM would do the right thing. So with inflation, it’s not that much in comparison to other good union jobs. Prepare for UAW strike and UPS strike. Both recently elected change of top union leadership. Newly elected leadership is more militant and reformed, then the business as usual union leadership that lost their respective elections.
Just do a google search “UAW arrested”. So who is greedy?
Gary Jones, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, was sentenced to 28 months in prison today for conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds and to defraud the United States announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
Dennis Williams, the former President of the international United Auto Workers union, was sentenced to twenty-one months in prison today for conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle UAW funds announced Acting U.S. Attorney Saima S. Mohsin.
Old news. That is reason UAW rank and file elected reformers to lead. Sadly criminals are criminals. It also took Rico Act to bring government intervention to finally give rank and file opportunity to vote for UAW leadership. No more ‘fiefdom’ at UAW. Same thing for Teamsters UPS drivers. They also was sold out by Teamster leadership and forced to take a contract in spite of voting against that contract. UPS drivers also elected new leadership. Sure I recall when it was organized crime that infiltrated unions many years past. Thank heaven for Rico Act reducing and eradicating union internal crime!
And from what this UAW retiree has read a Judge has let the stealing scumbags out on early release so they could go finish there time in the luxury of their Million(s) dollar homes.
And that is SAD to say the least. I thought the court ordered they surrender their million dollar homes or cabins that they had built ‘under the radar’? BTW: I recall homes in Brooklyn, NY costing $70,000 when I left in 1978. Now I’m told those same homes are going for $500,000 to $1,000, 000.00! What a wonderful World NOT.
Unions are corrupt, that is why the mob and now the Democrats control them, We don’t need unions anymore, especially public unions, there are plenty of workers rights laws to protect the worker.
They are talking about a COLA. I wonder if deflation is included in these talks? What if we had a 2.5% decrease in COLA? Would they give up 2.5% of their salary? Asking for a friend…
…more of the same old BS from the UAW. New contract time means more money, contract ratification bonuses, higher profit sharing, the Big 3 made so much profit and gave us peanuts, we can’t afford to buy the cars we build, blah, blah, blah. The new union president has to walk with extra swagger and run his mouth to show off to those who elected him.
This is exactly why we have $70,000 pickup trucks and $100,000 SUV’s that nobody can afford without taking out an 8 year loan.
Most of the increases in prices of new vehicles are due to asinine and costly regulations that administrations like Biden’s impose on automakers.
If you think the US would be better off without the UAW you only need to look at those “cheap” non union countries and tell me if you would like to live there. The UAW doesn’t only work to counter corporate greed, but also to bargain for safety and safe working conditions. You are taking for granted lots of American standards which were hard fought for by the UAW for 90 years. You would be appalled if you had to work in a sweat shop in Vietnam or Thailand or China. A lot of those workers have to live in company housing. They don’t make enough to have separate apartments. That company housing is probably a cot on a concrete or dirt floor. Americans buy products from those countries because they can get them cheaper, never thinking about what the workers endure to make low prices possible. Its not a life you would want or a standard you would wish on the U.S. Union power balances corporate power, just like the congress can balance the president.
Profit Sharing: That $29million that Mary Barra gets only changes a little if there is a profitless year. Her salary isn’t impacted at all but her stock bonuses may go down a bit. The UAW workers have gotten about $10,000 in their best years, but usually it is less and some years it is zero. Don’t forget when you hear about big demands for workers (x% wage increase) that increase is over a 4 year period until the next contract negotiations.
You are right on Steven B. Even though I am a UAW Retiree now and despise the scumbag stealing High Life living 2 previous ex Presidents of the UAW, I have seen very abusive General Foreman/ 7th Level Superintendents who absolutely attempted to have A Foreman under them make up stories of bogus threats being made against hourly production employees who were not liked by abusive Management General Foreman/7th Level Superintendents hence they attempted to get them fired. Accusing Employees of making bogus threats they never made. I was dragged into this BS attempt my said Rogue Managers and the UAW Commiteeman to testify that NO threats were ever made by accused employee in out Morning meeting. This Story of events was latter collaborated by the Foreman given the order by Rogue Manager to make up threatening story to get employee fired. Foreman signed off after this high pressure incident happened and went back on the Floor as a Production Operator and set the Story straight on what went down between him as a Foreman and his rogue 7th level boss ordering him to make story up. If it wasn’t for the UAW fighting for this Targeted Production who was wrongly accused in a set-up to be terminated the employee would have been terminated after having 25 yrs Senority. Luckily the UAW prevailed and this Employee eventually retired. Honest Unions are still needed. I have had many many Honest Sincere Hard Working Local Union Reps, Commiteemen, Bargaining Chairman, Excutive Board Reps, all at the Local Level that mean well and for me did the best honest job they could do.
The Long Standing Good Ole Boy Systems way of promotions, from Local, then to Regional, and then to International was the Problem. Once somebody was promoted up the ladder you became owned by the corrupt system good ole boy system. If you stepped out of line you lost your cushy 6 figure appointment. The system strong armed the newly promoted “Soldiers” to play ball and stay in line and do what you are told. Do that and you keep your office and 6 figure job. Hopefully the illegal stealing rats and there now ex soldiers are gone for good.
Exactly Brother! Most comments are probably from commenters that never experienced a union job. AND its corporations like Home Depot that continue to purchase from China and really mark up price on products. Corporations are greedy and only care about their stockholders. Does not matter what political party one chooses. It’s about stocks and bonds first, not the sweat and wear and tear on human bodies that others think about.
Corporations have one job and that is to make money, that is not their fault the US government perfers they build product in China instead of the US. Trump knew this and this is why he lowered the tax on business, but now the Biden admin wants it increased. The US needs to make it easy for companies to do business in the US not hard. This is the biggest issue. We have many dumb regulations also that cause the loss of jobs. The US can and should be biggest producer of product in the world but to many idiots in congress stop it and its on both sides.
Joe, Biden passed the Inflation Reduction Act which provided substantial incentives for US made batteries and production. That’s why Europeans and Asians are rushing to create more manufacturing jobs in the US. And why Europe and Asia complained so much when it was passed because it is leading to lower imports from those geographies. And since EVs are the future (whether everyone likes it or not), this is having a huge impact on US manufacturing.
Yep! That’s is reason I purchased a 2023 Chevy Bolt EV! Union made and best ‘bang for the buck!’ Although I cannot use the tax incentive because I’m retired income and do not pay $7,500 in taxes. What I will be doing is paying $30-$33 of electricity for 1,000 miles of travel. I will be also reducing my carbon footprint as well for future generations to survive on planet earth!
I have not owned a EV yet, but I did like the looks of the now discontinued Volt.
Someday I will venture into owning a new EV. For the time being I am going to let the EV design and engineering play out for awhile.
Point of clarification: it is my understanding VOLT is a hybrid vehicle NOT a EV (BEV). BOLT is a EV.
Thanks for the clarification. Hybrid and Electric I will keep separate.
I should add I do like that Bolt EV.
Yankeesprings: You are very welcome. I leased a 2019 Bolt 1LT for some 18 months (25,000 miles). It was MSPR then $39,000. I only found one outpoint. Windshield wiper arm tension caused blades to rapidly small bounce across the windshield when in use. Chevy service changed blades, however did not resolve outpoint. I aftermarket Bosch silicone blades. That did not resolve outpoint either. Because of battery defect all Bolts were voluntary recalled by GM. Also a STOP order was placed on dealerships (dealerships were compensated for that long term STOP order, yet did not tell customers). Bolt price on 2023 1LT dropped to $25,400 in 2022. However production was halted till recently restarted. Also price increased $900 Jan 2, 2023. GM is not offering ‘price protection’ sadly on those 2023’s that were ordered in 2022 yet not delivered timely. All in all Bolt is still the best ‘bang for your buck’ when compared to any EV in it’s class! 250 miles on one charge as long as you do the posted speed limits. Personally I cruised highway at 78 or 81 mph (over speed limit). That reduced range dramatically. I calculated I used $30-$33 worth of electric per 1,000 miles. Dealer will not be accepting orders for any new Bolts sometime Aug 2023. GM will have final production of 2023 Bolts in Dec 2023. Sadly no more Bolts. HOWEVER, Mary Barra has said Bolts may be brought back in future with new EV platform that GM is using for all their new EV’s. (all Bolts still have original platforms and many Bolt owners are thrilled that their 2017-2019 Bolts have replacement battery platforms with a new warranty! Sort of like having a whole new ICE engine! As for me, once you drive any EV you probably will not return to ICE vehicle.
FJB…
Trump is no Eisenhower or Lincoln to say the least. GOP used to be a pro union party. Now GOP is completely opposite!
Please advise when the GOP was supposedly a pro Union party.
LOL, except it was the union that sold railroad workers out. Evidently the greedy corporation paid off the greedy union.
Unions are why cars ands are built in other countries . So they have nobody blame but themselves. Unions are why we’re so far behind in auto industry. Unions leaders are the only ones getting paid . Your blue collar factory man or woman is getting crushed by unions like these
Outside of the big 3, no manufacturer has to deal with union demands in the US. And yet outside of the big 3, their quality is high or perhaps higher than GM’s. I hope a fair wage and production is maintained in the US but no company should be held hostage by militant workers. And I hope bonuses are tied to quality metrics so that workers have an incentive to produce top quality work. The workers should be reminded that GM and others have already shifted significant production to Mexico where the workers are paid a fraction of US wages.
When company does good, they say share us the profit you make, because we the labor made it.
When company does bad, why do they not share the loss they make?
Paradox, only want goodies, not wanting to share all.
How little many forgot that not only did the UAW give concessions to GM during recession of 2008, the US government bailed out GM and many other corporations and US government took loss. As usual the ‘little guy’ takes the brunt of it and heaven forbid we ask those the top to take the brunt of it. Reminds me about recently bailing out those silicon valley banks and other banks. Next thing I will be hearing is how bad ‘credit unions’ are vs. Banks! I don’t know why those executives of banks are not forced to work it off like Medicaid recipients
If the Union wins the wage increase the workers will pay more on union dues, the customer will see a hefty price increase of the new trucks and SUVs. The Auto makers will cut production due to higher labor costs and the workers who are at the lowest in seniority will lose hours or jobs. The Auto makers will not take less profit . They pay more then you pay more too.
Let’s go automation, good bye UAW.
Union bosses are the main problems will unions.
Specifically the scumbag previous 2 UAW Stealing Presidents released early from there Prision sentences by a Judge so they could go finish there time out laying low in the lap of luxury in there Million dollar homes.
Good luck Detroit and the UAW competing with non-union foreign brand manufacturing plants. They already produce vehicles with better QRD than you. They have motivated employees and no axes to grind on either side. They will produce EVs that cost less in all models.