The UAW needs to talk about the recalls and how they occurred in the first place. The UAW wants the American people buying their products. The union needs to develop an open dialogue with the people that count on them to make safe products by American labor. The American public needs to understand why these safety issues occur.
There is a very good chance, honesty would bring about better relations between unions and their prospective members. We know the Middle Class is dependent on unions to maintain its status. Unions need to speak to that reality and how to maintain it.
February 5, 2015
By Bill Vlasic
Despite reporting a sharp drop in earnings because of its safety crisis last year, US car giant General Motors plans to give its union workers profit-share payouts of up to $US9000 ($11,582).
GM, America's largest automaker, said it would give each of its 48,000 union workers in the United States the payouts, based on North American earnings last year, without factoring in the big charges it had to take for its more than 80 car recalls.
In reporting its fourth-quarter results, GM said it earned pretax profit of $US6.6 billion in North America last year. But without the cost of the recalls, the pretax earnings were $US9 billion.
The automaker's union contract calls for it to pay about $US1000 in profit-sharing for each $US1 billion earned in pretax profit in North America....
...There was no immediate comment from the UAW, which had been in discussions with GM about not penalising union members for recalls and safety costs, which an in-house investigation last year attributed to failings by management over several years....
There is a very good chance, honesty would bring about better relations between unions and their prospective members. We know the Middle Class is dependent on unions to maintain its status. Unions need to speak to that reality and how to maintain it.
February 5, 2015By Bill Vlasic
Despite reporting a sharp drop in earnings because of its safety crisis last year, US car giant General Motors plans to give its union workers profit-share payouts of up to $US9000 ($11,582).
GM, America's largest automaker, said it would give each of its 48,000 union workers in the United States the payouts, based on North American earnings last year, without factoring in the big charges it had to take for its more than 80 car recalls.
In reporting its fourth-quarter results, GM said it earned pretax profit of $US6.6 billion in North America last year. But without the cost of the recalls, the pretax earnings were $US9 billion.
The automaker's union contract calls for it to pay about $US1000 in profit-sharing for each $US1 billion earned in pretax profit in North America....
...There was no immediate comment from the UAW, which had been in discussions with GM about not penalising union members for recalls and safety costs, which an in-house investigation last year attributed to failings by management over several years....
