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Ford poised to fire all ~10,000 striking workers in Louisville, Kentucky and Sharonville, Ohio Plants (archive.ph)
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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/830212

The absolutely beautiful reason that I can tell that they still aren't agreeing to Fords concessions is because they in solidarity with new workers that don't even exist yet, are demanding that Fords new battery plants they are building be placed under the same labor agreement they are fighting for.

"The UAW, according to Ford officials, has taken a hard line on requiring the company’s four new battery plants be placed under the terms of the labor agreement."

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Please forgive my ignorance here. I absolutely support folks fighting for better pay and benefits, but why on earth did they refuse this?

The company’s Oct. 3 offer featured:

  • Product commitments for every UAW plant in America
  • No job losses due to electric vehicle battery plants
  • Profit sharing among all employees
  • A full ratification bonus
  • 26% pay increase for all temporary employees
  • Conversion of all temporary employees with at least three months of service to permanent status
  • More than 20% pay increase for permanent employees
  • Inflation protection in cost-of-living allowances
  • End to tiered pay so all employees can reach the top wage rate
  • A reduction (in half) of the time it takes to earn the top wage
  • Income protection for permanent employees
  • Increased 401(k) contributions for permanent employees
  • Up to five weeks paid vacation, an average of 17 paid holidays per year and two family days.

Every single one of those bullet points sounds like a pretty massive win, even individually, then you combine them all together and it's the best benefit plan I've ever even heard of in the US. Granted, I am not a benefits manager and never have been, so I suppose I don't know what is generally available in the US. But many of those individual benefits are leagues above anything I've ever seen.

EDIT: I read the article rather than the post. So I assume the above points are not being given to plants planning to be built?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, near the end of the article they mention that the union won't agree until the new battery plants will also be included in this CA.