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GM Lays Off Another 200 Workers Due To Persisting UAW Strike

GM has announced that it is laying off another 200 workers amid the ongoing United Auto Workers labor strike. The UAW has expanded its strike twice since initial walkouts began in September, prompting GM to lay off additional workers as a result of downstream ripple effects in the company’s production. GM submitted its latest contract proposal to the UAW on Monday.

A UAW union member holding a sign.

According to a recent report from Reuters, GM announced that the 200 layoffs were a direct result of the UAW strike, adding a sixth plant to the list of impacted facilities. The number of impacted GM workers is now up to 2,300, as compared to about 2,100 workers last week, with roughly 70 layoffs announced at GM’s stamping plant in Lansing, Michigan, and roughly 70 additional layoffs at GM’s Toledo, Ohio plant. GM said that workers were not expected to return until after the strike had been resolved.

The UAW launched its initial strike against all three of the Big Detroit automakers (GM, Ford, and Stellantis) following the expiration of the previous labor contracts on September 14th, targeting the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri. The UAW later expanded its strike to include a long list of GM parts distribution sites, as well as the GM Lansing Delta Township plant. The UAW opted not to expand its strike last week after GM agreed to include workers at the GM Ultium Cells battery plants in the national UAW labor agreement.

As a result of the UAW strikes, GM has been forced to idle production at the GM Fairfax plant and lay off more than 160 metal workers, as well as furlough 163 workers at the GM Toledo Propulsion Systems plant.

It’s estimated that GM is losing as much as $21 million a day due to the strike. GM submitted its latest contract proposal to the UAW on Monday, with highlights including a 20-percent wage increase for most employees, reinstatement of cost of living adjustments, and more.

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  1. this is misrepresented in every news snipplet. they are not being fired. they are being furloughed! even the article says they will be back at work when the strike is over. airlines do this all the time for example…. hospitality industry as well.

    laid off means terminated. as in you have no job
    furlough means not called up for work, suspended. but you still have a job.

    so it would be nice if whoever writes these learns that difference. it’s not hard.

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  2. In most of America, ‘laid off’ is equivalent to what you are calling furloughed. Laid off does not mean terminated. It means you are out of work until you get called back. It is true that sometimes ‘laid off’ is used to refer to permanent terminations due to lack of work or financial issues of the employer.
    I don’t know what planet Errol and Bob come from, but no one, not the automakers and not the UAW expect a 40% raise and a 4 day workweek. It is called a bargaining position or an opening gambit. The automakers and the UAW bargainers likely know where they are going to end up (or very close). I think a good guess would be 10% in year one and 4 or 5% raises in years 2, 3 and 4 of the 4 year contract. That would yield 22-25% total raises over the term of the agreement. Ultimately the 4 day week will go away although the union would like to make days over 5 per week to be optional rather than mandatory.

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    1. Errol and Bob are from Planet Troll.

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  3. the laid off or “furloughed” employees make out better than the striking workers do. The ones who Strike get $500 a week, plus medical paid. The laid off workers can apply for unemployment insurance, Which will be way more than $500 a week.

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  4. You own this greedy Mary Barra. The spotlight is on you and your unearned 30 million income.

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