[central_va]

New UAW workers make a whole lot less than their father's generation did.

Under Tier 2, entry-level workers earn roughly half the wages and benefits of long-time auto workers for doing the same tasks as their higher-paid co-workers.

Veteran Tier 1 workers are paid wages of about $28 an hour, while Tier 2 workers earn between $15 and $19 an hour, depending on how long they have been with their companies. The Tier 2 pay scale was instituted at Detroit 3 factories in 2007, though it took root in supplier parts plants years before that.

They make a lot but not that much....

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Tier 1 workers are paid wages of about $28 an hour, while Tier 2 workers earn between $15 and $19 an hour...They make a lot but not that much.

Actually, that doesn't sound all that far-fetched.

Of course it all depends on what they do.

[Svartalfiar]

New UAW workers make a whole lot less than their father's generation did.

Yup, I've got a buddy in my Guard unit that works at the GM plant in FW. He said they recently (several years ago) did the same thing, where he was still making good $$, but the new hires are coming in at much less. For the same jobs.