aftermarketnews.com - 12/12/2008
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From Detroit Free Press The UAW is losing its edge in pay compared with non-unionized U.S. assembly plant workers for foreign companies, even as Detroit automakers aim for deeper benefit cuts to trim their losses. In at least one case last year, workers for a foreign automaker for the first ...
floppingaces.net - 12/16/2008
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floppingaces.net —
There can be no doubt that the American
auto industry is failing. Numbers don’t lie, and besides,...
they admit it. The corporate leaders have been to Washington to “beg” for money several times now, and they’ve even brought ...
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UAW and Detroit Three HAVE FAILED
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Conservatives Use Auto Rescue To Engage In Union Busting Campaign
Think Progress —
... that UAW workers are paid drastically more than employees of foreign auto makers is “simply subterfuge.” The Detroit Free Press reported in 2007 that the union was “losing its edge in pay” compared with non-unionized workers for foreign companies. (He also reminded conservatives that the union had ...
Bush, Big 3: Nope, you can't pin this on the 'little guy'
The Reaction —
... debunks the $70/hour lie, and has a great analysis of the difference between wages earned and labor costs "per worker"). The average non-union, foreign auto maker worker makes about $24/hour, and they particpate in profit-sharing program. ...
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U.A.W. to Change Contracts in Bid to Help Detroit
nytimes.com 12/4/2008 — WASHINGTON The United Automobile Workers union said Wednesday that it would make major concessions in its contracts with the three Detroit auto companies to help them lobby Congress for $34 billion in federal aid. The surprising move by the U.A.W. ...
UAW Workers Actually Cost the Big Three Automakers $70 an Hour
heritage.org 12/9/2008 — Some observers argue that the $70/hour figure includes the cost of benefits paid to current retirees as well as wages and benefits paid to current workers and that the actual hourly earnings of current UAW members are much lower. This is a mistaken ...
Over the Edge
mathewgross.com 12/12/2008 — Holy shit. The Republicans just wrecked the entire U.S. economy in order to break the back of a union:
The collapse came after bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over GOP demands that the United Auto Workers union agree to steep wage ...
What the UAW Made
dailykos.com 12/22/2008 — I spent the summer of 1999 working for the UAW legal department. It was the best job that a union-oriented first-year law student could ask for: great bosses, co-workers who shared your values, and interesting work. But most importantly, there ...
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