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Successful or not is not the point. If met with the 40% pay increase it's another huge pay raise. There is no reality where line workers screwing in the same 3
by Alupis 3y ago
Successful or not is not the point.
If met with the 40% pay increase it's another huge pay raise. There is no reality where line workers screwing in the same 3 door bolts all day long are getting what amounts to an effective ~70% pay increase.
Additionally, the 4 day work week is yet unproven in an industrial setting, such as are UAW member's jobs.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoThat 40% is amortized over 4 years, which is ~9.8% annually. Where are you getting the rest of the 70% from?
- SECProto 3y ago> Settle in for a wild propaganda-filled fall season > There is no reality where line workers screwing in the same 3 door bolts all day long are getting what amounts to an effective ~70% pay increase in one year. Please align your own comments. They are looking for a 40% hourly pay increase over 4 years, and a reduction to a 32 hour work week. These combined work out to an increase of 12% in annual pay, over four years. No UAW hired since 2007 makes more than $17/hour. If you're looking for more details of what the UAW wants, they are in this article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/where-uaw-negotations-stand-ahead-of-likely-strikes.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/13/where-uaw-negotations-stand-...
- Alupis 3y agoAh, so the propaganda has already started. In four year's time, will their pay be 70% higher than it is today if all demands are met? Yes. Are you hopeful about a 70% pay increase in four years? I sure am not...
- anigbrowl 3y agoAh, so the propaganda has already started. This is getting into weasel word territory; you completely ignored the GP observing the contradictions within your own rhetoric, and responded with more rhetoric and a fallacious premise. Being rude isn't helping your unpopular argument to gain more traction.
- SECProto 3y ago> In four year's time, will their pay be 70% higher than it is today if all demands are met? No? If a given employee is making $17/hr, and working the union agreed 40 hours a week, they are making $35360. If they get a 40% raise over four years, they will be making $23.80/hr, and working 32 hours a week, giving an annual wage of $39,603.20. This is an increase in annual wage of 12% over four years. The hourly wage is an increase of 40% over four years. No one is getting close to 70%. > Are you hopeful about a 70% pay increase in four years? Honestly yes, I think that is in the realm of possibility, as I'm currently pretty underwaged for my industry and experience level. Currently interviewing for a job at a 45% increase. Regardless, as I demonstrated above, your 70% number is, as you put it, propagandha. I certainly feel that the post-2007 UAW hires aren't being compensated adequately for any industry, and the 40% hourly increase they're seeking is quite reasonable.
- ajago 3y agoIn one post you say 70% in a year, now you say 70% in 4, with respect to the first quoted post, this looks like walking back a failed attempt at propaganda.
- lolinder 3y agoA four day work week is only another pay increase if you're talking about a salaried worker. The kind of worker represented by UAW is not generally overtime-except, so they don't get paid for hours they don't work.
- Alupis 3y agoI somehow don't see UAW arguing for a reduction in pay. The four day work week is more often than not accompanied by a related pay increase so the total pay per week remains the same as a five day work week. The benefits are supposedly a better rested and production workforce, which has yet to be demonstrated in the type of setting UAW oversees.
- lolinder 3y agoYou're inventing terms that are not discussed in any source I can find. The sources I see show a 4-day work week and a 40% pay increase. If you can find evidence of a second pay increase we can talk, otherwise I'll assume that the 40% is meant to be that increase. You led out your initial comment warning about propaganda—it might be worth considering if you fell for propaganda on the other side.