Nissan Workers Get Pay Hike Without A Union
Nissan workers will get a pay raise without the help of the Union. Or maybe they get a pay raise to help keep the union out.
Nissan has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton, Miss., and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant. Pay will increase by 55 cents an hour for production employees and 65 cents an hour for maintenance technicians, the Washington Post says.
According to the Post, “the pay raises come as the United Auto Workers try to unionize workers at the Canton and Smyrna plants.“
On top, all workers, including contract workers, will receive what Nissan calls “recognition payments” in June. Those bonus payments were stopped for a time during the recession.
Nissan says production workers in Canton now make an average of $24.47 an hour, while maintenance workers make $28.49, on average. In Smyrna, the company says production workers make $26.47 on average, while maintenance workers make $30.49 on average.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Lemme whip out my good ol'googoe kalkulatur...55 cents times 2000 hrs...yup, momma, we gunna bring 1100 more per year before taxes. I am elated.
Geez, you only get $4/hr more for actually knowing how to fix things Vs. just knowing how to put tab A into slot B? That sucks.
How many of you work/ed in an auto assembly plant? I had relatives who worked at Ford Mahwah and Ford Edison Assembly....all gone to their maker now....the relatives and the factories.. I'm guessing that most of you wouldn't have lasted a week on the line.
It seems the title of this article is about a payrise. Supply and demand will increase wages more than any union involvement. Look at Australia, when you have nearly full employment competition for workers increase. Wages and salaries go up across the board. Then like the US a bubble bursts jobs disappear and pay drops. Simple economics. As a country the worker don't deserve more pay until they are competitive and are an asset. Unions used to be very good about 150 years ago when child labour etc was stopped. But now they will destroy economies and countries because of their ideals. Most OECD governments have quite comprehensive work regulations now. Some are over the top and created by unions.