Members of the United Auto Workers Union are expected to vote to accept more concessions as part of revised contract with General Motors Corporation, including a ban on strikes until 2015. GM needs the concessions to survive and the union has no choice but to give them, observed one local union leader. “Ron Gettelfinger and Cal Rapson did about as well as they could do,” he added....
I was speaking to a daughter of a Union Member that works with GM. In her statement she was very grateful for the benefits her father earned over many years of service. Her father is suffering from a cancer that is very difficult to detect, Gall Bladder Cancer. She stated he is getting the best of care. During the conversation she called General Motors, "GENEROUS MOTORS." That is the way the family had viewed the company and endeared their experience working for them. There was no hatred or harsh words, they knew who they were in relation to the products produced to serve consumers and the best outcome of the company. The media has it all "W"rong, literally.
...The 28 workers at the company's plant in Lordstown, Ohio, (click here) alleged they were misclassified as temporary employees and lost pay and benefits to which they were entitled under collective bargaining agreements between GM and the union.
Kenneth Myers, the attorney for the workers, told Reuters on Monday they are seeking $3 million to $4 million in back pay.
GM and the UAW did not immediately return phone calls requesting a comment.
The plaintiffs were hired as temporary workers in 2006 and were terminated in April 2007, according to their complaint, which was filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Ohio. They were rehired six months later, when they were briefly paid the same wage as staff employees, it said....
...The 28 workers at the company's plant in Lordstown, Ohio, (click here) alleged they were misclassified as temporary employees and lost pay and benefits to which they were entitled under collective bargaining agreements between GM and the union.
Kenneth Myers, the attorney for the workers, told Reuters on Monday they are seeking $3 million to $4 million in back pay.
GM and the UAW did not immediately return phone calls requesting a comment.
The plaintiffs were hired as temporary workers in 2006 and were terminated in April 2007, according to their complaint, which was filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Ohio. They were rehired six months later, when they were briefly paid the same wage as staff employees, it said....
Mistakes happen in large corporations when it comes to pay and benefits to members of a union. What I find interesting about this case is that both the company and the union are cited by these 29 employees. The Employees are probably correct in their complaint because it sounds like a mistake more than any malicious intent, but, the union is standing with the company until all the facts are known. When does the media ever portrary that point of view so much as vicious lies and overtones that cause unions to be degraded in their esteem?
