What did UAW members at the "Big 3" gain with their strike?

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• GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why is there a “Top Pay Rate” for workers and no “Top Pay Rate” for management/executives?

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  • alienanimals@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because the executives created the rules to benefit themselves.

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    • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No look at who makes the rules for the country

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  • madcaesar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s a really good fucking point I never thought about… That’s some serious bullshit.

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• grte@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The image doesn’t mention ending tiers which is the most important gain they made.

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• Phegan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Game developers should unionize. Too many layoffs and too much churn and burn. They need a union more than anyone else

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  • Winter8593@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We could all use a good union. But agreed on game devs.

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  • SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And the VFX industry.

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• fne8w2ah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hail the good work that unions do for the common folk!

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• BatrickPateman@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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  • Sheeple@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oh trust me the media is already hard on the anti union propaganda machine

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  • skyspydude1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s amazing what you can do when a single plant strike costs in the neighborhood of $50 million/day. I’m a salaried worker at one of the Big 3, and even though we’re not union, we got some very nice bonuses out of this too. The 401k match, improved health insurance benefits, and raises all around.

    I’ll be the first to complain about some of the more negative aspects of the UAW, but like anything else there are going to be people who abuse it, but it’s worth it for the huge benefits to everyone else in the industry.

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• Diplomjodler@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  But they couldn’t buy an XBox! Checkmate leftists!

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have they moved on from the ping-pong table?

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• dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If they gave the union all of those concessions, it means that THEY STILL PROFIT DESPITE GIVING SOME PEOPLE 160% RAISES AND 10% 401K MATCHING.

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• ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Which will be passed onto the consumer in the form of more expensive vehicles. UAW should have included a stipulation that prices of cars should not suffer and the funds should come from the executives.

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  • AliasAKA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rather it should come from a mix of executive pay, shareholder dividends, and a cost increase if warranted. Last year ford paid out like 25 billion in dividends. Not sure how much the contract is expected to add in labor costs, but if I’m a worker I’d expect a good portion of those dividends to go toward the workers and not shareholders.

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    • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Labor only accounts for about 7% of the oricee if a car. Ford has made record profits the past 2 years, so theu could literally just eat the increae labor cost and still be making more in profit than any other point in the company’s history. Of coutse they wont do that because of greed, but there is no actual reason not to.

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  • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same energy as complaining about getting rid of the tipped wage because dining out ‘would become more expensive’. If it does, it’s not on the workers, it’s on the manufacturer. Maybe be a bit less of a scab and focus the blame where it belongs?

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  • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    See this everyone? Take note: This is how they pit workers against one another. This is how they undermine the solidarity that allows unions to even begin leveling the negotiations playing field.

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  • Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Jim Farley could work for free and it would equate to about about $5 per unit cost reduction. Executives, believe it or not, make difficult decisions that impact billions in revenue. UAW members make no decisions and clock out at the end of their shift. They have a hard job and should be compensated fairly, but they are in no way the same as senior leadership.

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    • LordR@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Difference is when managers fuck up they get a golden parachute, workers just get fired.

      No matter how hard you work or how many risks you're responsible for, everything more than a million in earnimgs a year shouldn't be allowed.

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    • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      UAW members make no decisions

      And who’s choice is that? I imagine most, if not all labor unions in the US would love to move toward a system of co-determination like they have in Germany.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codetermination_in_Germany

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    • Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Jim Farley could work for free and still get more money per year than most other employees will make in their entire lifetime.

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  • ABoxOfNeurons@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is based on a misunderstanding of how prices are set. The price is set based on what the market can bear. Costs pretty much only determine if the thing is worth making, given that.

    It’s the same reason rent doesn’t go down when property taxes do. I mention this not to tear you down, but because it’s a common argument for bad policy.

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• mmababes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What does “Company spending on many workers’…” mean in legal terms? How many workers exactly?

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  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How much they match contributions to 401k’s I think. So it looks like they match up to 10% now.

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    • MeatRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s a straight up contribution. For every dollar paid in wages, the company also contributes ten cents to the employees 401k.

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    • quicksand@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Man, that’s really good

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  • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d assume it means not all workers get the boosted 401k benefits, probably due to vesting timeline or position

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