The union is demanding a 4 day, 32 hour work week with overtime pay for anything over 32 hours and a 46% pay increase. A company is not going to take a loss. The increase in pay, benefits and paying for a shortend work week will be passed directly to the consumer. The consumer is ultimately paying your wages but now can't afford to buy a car because they didn't get a 46% increase in wages.
Below is copied from PBS and was also reported on Fox, ABC and I'm sure many other news outlets:
The UAW's current demands include a 46-percent pay increase; a 4-day work week with overtime pay beyond 32 hours; union representation at new electric battery plants; and the end of employment tiers that created two classes of employees – one older that is better paid and receives more benefits and a second, younger ...
Don't forget it's not just the money either.
It's 20% less production because the work week is changed from 40 to 32 hours.
So more pay to employees which means the items cost more for everyone including those's employees, and production goes down 20% creating it harder and more possible shortages.
They figured out that banding together to have more negotiating power with their employer was better for them. If they all followed your line of thinking we wouldn't have 40hr work weeks as standard and child labor would still be prevalent. You can thank unions for those things.
Also, you seem intellectually inclined. So I'm sure you're aware of the bell curve. There are plenty of options for you but we have this false sense in America that everyone is this close to being the next Bill Gates or next big entrepreneur. Kinda hard to be an entrepreneur these days when these large corps put the mom and pops out of business. Not everyone is gonna be a winner. So fighting for a job you already do isn't some criminal line of thinking imo.
I'm all for the employee getting more, most businesses have money to spare but this isn't the way to get it.
You don't need a union to work together but that said I am also not anti-union.
I was part of the union when I worked at Stop and Shop (closed union shop) and they only caused problems for me, management was always angry with the union and there were always fights over stupid stuff.
If they don't like the conditions then leave. It's not ideal but it's better then what they are doing.
If people working easy unskilled jobs keep demanding these pay raises for less work it makes it worse for everyone in the country including those who thinks their life will get better.
I miss my $1 double cheese burger at McDonalds, but they can't sell it for that anymore because they are paying $15+ an hour for minimum wage employees, and that $15 an hour is now terrible to live off of because the price of everyone goes up (but at a higher rate) to compensate for it.
Ram trucks aren't getting any cheaper and this just gives them an excuse to increase MSRP by 20% if they cave in to fight that 20% reduction in trucks made to be sold.
I work my a$$ off for my money and no one ever helps me union or no union. I have switched jobs and gotten higher base pay then years of beign wtih the same company.
This is not the 1900s anymore, you don't work for the same company for 30 years and expect to be treated like a king unless you move into management or ownership.
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