Comments on: GM Adds an Extra $18m for AA Contract Vote http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-adds-an-extra-18m-for-aa-contract-vote/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:34:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: GS650G http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-adds-an-extra-18m-for-aa-contract-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-437431 GS650G Tue, 20 May 2008 14:22:35 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/gm-adds-an-extra-18m-for-aa-contract-vote/#comment-437431 A few more strikes like this one and GM will have their costs down enough to make money. A few years ago the CWA struck at Verizon for three weeks. After 3 weeks they got a measly 3% increase spread out over 3 years. Financial pundits calculated that Verizon saved enough in wages for 3 weeks to fund most of the pay increase and their stock went up as a result. The workers sacrificed 3 paychecks and got almost nothing in return. They don't do math entirely well I guess. The union wanted to unionize the wireless workers, they didn't give much thought to the operators and customer service reps that were out of work for almost a month, and Verizon agreed to let them try a vote. That was the CWA's real goal, to increase their base. In the end the wireless workers voted not to join the union, probably because they didn't want to be used as pawns as well. Anyone working in the auto creation business would be well advised to start learning how to hang drywall, fix cars, paint houses or run computer networks because it's only going to get worse. A few more strikes like this one and GM will have their costs down enough to make money.

A few years ago the CWA struck at Verizon for three weeks. After 3 weeks they got a measly 3% increase spread out over 3 years. Financial pundits calculated that Verizon saved enough in wages for 3 weeks to fund most of the pay increase and their stock went up as a result. The workers sacrificed 3 paychecks and got almost nothing in return. They don’t do math entirely well I guess. The union wanted to unionize the wireless workers, they didn’t give much thought to the operators and customer service reps that were out of work for almost a month, and Verizon agreed to let them try a vote. That was the CWA’s real goal, to increase their base.

In the end the wireless workers voted not to join the union, probably because they didn’t want to be used as pawns as well.

Anyone working in the auto creation business would be well advised to start learning how to hang drywall, fix cars, paint houses or run computer networks because it’s only going to get worse.

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