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GM Giving Extra Money To Striking And Laid Off Union Workers

While the GM facilities affected by the UAW’s Stand Up Strike are currently back in operation, some of the unionized workers who participated in the strikes went for weeks without a paycheck. As a part of the tentative agreement reached between General Motors and the union, the former will provide extra financial support for workers who were striking or laid off to help recoup their losses.

According to a report from Automotive News, workers who were on striking or laid off will be paid roughly $110 per day for each work day missed. All told, this could translate to thousands in compensation for workers who participated in the first batch of strikes.

It’s worth noting that the UAW supplemented striking workers with $500 a week, and had an $825 million strike fund when negotiations with the Big Three began.

Photo of a worker at the GM Warren transmission facility.

This extra money is intended to allow workers who missed work to catch up with other unionized workers who did not end up going on strike. Additionally, this infusion is not part of the ratification bonus all workers will receive if the contracts are approved.

Notably, the ratification bonus at Ford and Stellantis is $5,000.

That being said, the tentative agreement is under review by the UAW GM council before the automaker’s 46,000 unionized members are invited to ratify it or not. While the exact details are mute at the moment, the proposed contract bears similarities to those the union negotiated with rivals Ford and Stellantis.

The tentative end of the strikes is good news for The General, as it was estimated that the Detroit-based automaker lost upwards of $800 million in revenue even before the GM Arlington and GM Spring Hill plants were idled.

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  1. Talk about bending over.

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  2. Now that the UAW workers are back and they got what they wanted, lets see if the quality of their work demonstrates that it is deserved or not!! For starters, hopefully they can match the quality from the GM Korean assembly plants and go to improve to assemble the best vehicles in NA,

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  3. GM wanted show Ford that they can bend over farther and scream Yess Master louder.
    Car-truck prices going up AGAIN!!

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  4. I would have thought that those dangly ear rings are a safety hazard in an industrial environment.

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  5. Great idea, let’s reward these people with extra money after they just cost the company a billion dollars by walking out. Makes zero sense, but sends a strong message to the union that if you whine, you’ll get your way. That’s not how life typically works, but thanks in-part to GM, they think it is.
    I’m losing more respect every day for the Big 3. I said it on about day 7 of the strike, “Lock the doors, file bankruptcy, and reopen under a new name. Forget the union terrorists. “

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    1. Just a little incentive to get it to pass. They are nervous the old timers a not happy with their 25% when the new hires are getting as much as 175%{lowest paid worker getting 200k over 5 year boost}

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    2. All part of the negotiation process to end the strike, and only individuals that were on the picket lines for a long time will get paid. Stop whining and either apply for a job at the big 3 to receive the same negotiated benefits, or fill out a butt hurt complaint form.

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  6. Vehicles are going up in part to Jerome Powell and the Fed along with the Companies. May I suggest you view the Fed reserve statement from a few days ago. Interest rates are high, which causes companies & individuals to readjust things. Also no one is purchasing vehicles at the current moment due to the above statement. Bond yields are selling cheaper which means the impact from interest rates are going higher. And since that’s happening prices will lower 😲. Also demand will slow which will create surplus. In all unemployment will go up.

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    1. Review US budget- 40% SS/Medicaid programs-30% interest on debt,20% Defense budget- in two years debt service exceeds all only answer is to devalue the dollar and have 3 years of hyperinfllation

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  7. What are you talking about? My wife has a 2014 Buick Encore that’s a piece of trash and falling apart since 85,000 miles. Built proudly by GM Korea and shipped over here whole.

    GM USA doesn’t get a pass for quality (my new 2024 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD has less than stellar body panel gaps, especially at the tailgate), but to say GM Korea is turning out creme de la creme is asinine.

    GM Korea is just the old Daewoo. Go sit down.

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  8. Hell yeh!! Good for them!!!

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  9. I hope engineers start off at more than 30$ if not they may want application.

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