Posted on 05/29/2009 7:25:37 PM PDT by Timeout
Been hearing all week about the HUGH and SERIES concessions the union made to get the GM deal done. But I couldn't find any details...just the union guy's talking points.
Finally discovered more at a paper that won't let us post from it. Someone posted those facts in a comment section at the WaPo, so I'm calling that my "source".
Here are the truly depressing details...for which you and I are picking up the tab:
* GM agreed not to terminate or freeze its hourly pension plan or reduce benefits and
* It didn't cut workers' base pay.
The UAW is barred from striking GM until September 2015.
Cost-of-living adjustments and performance bonuses for UAW workers are canceled throughout the contract and one paid holiday, Easter Monday, in 2010 and 2011, is eliminated.
UAW workers can get $20,000 in cash to retire and a $25,000 vehicle voucher. Workers with more than 20 years can get $115,000 in cash and $25,000 vehicle voucher to quit early.
Tuition assistance for UAW workers is suspended for at least a year for all current and retired employees.
Dental and vision coverage and some prescription drugs for hourly retirees are eliminated, including erectile dysfunction medication. Low-income retirees who previously had no co-pay must now make an $11 monthly co-pay.
GM UAW employees will no longer be paid for unused vacation. Breaks will be shortened and overtime rules tightened.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I understand that, but they are UAW plants and many of don't want to patronize the UAW either. That leaves us with foreign built Fords or transplants.
And I'm not putting down the Mexican plants either. I've heard good things about the Fusion.
“many of don’t want to patronize the UAW either” should be “many of us don’t want to patronize the UAW either”.
This Texan will not buy another GMC, Ford, or Chrysler product truck. They’re junk, and candy coating it won’t sway anyone.
Share?
Anyone who buys a vehicle made with any UAW involvement, including Ford, is an idiot.
They were second hand - like a lot of stuff we take at face value : about working the line, having to get a repetitive job done in X amount of time, the noise, the heat -and sometimes the cold. Getting laid off every few months-that sort of thing.
Those UAW thugs continue to strip tax money from us and into their pockets. Of course the Chicago crook, Obama, will get his cut too, you can be sure.
Yes, my son-in-law builds them in Kansas City. I think the others are out of Michigan Truck.
Where do you get your facts? My husband spent 28 years at Ford, and I have a son-in-law who still works there. I bet you never even set foot in a plant or office at Ford. I lived in Dearborn for a total of 12 years. There is a huge Muslim population there, but not many work at Ford.
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