Corvette Assembly Plant’s Local UAW Votes Yes for Strike Authorization

1. With high inflation…. just go on strike…. that will fix everything….

2. Ya is this really the best idea?? Having trouble keeping production going and now this bs??

3. Look what they did to Yellow Freight. Gone

   GM and Ford are not that healthy with EV’s loosing tons of money on each vehicle.

4. Yea they are losing tons on EVs because the majority of Americans see the BS of the push on the public to buy them. Ford F-150 lightning only gets 85 miles on a charge while towing. Strike coming because of inflation will bring more inflation then deflation when the average Joe can’t afford a new car. Corvettes, well they will always separate a fool from their money. The BRICS are coming.

5. How soon they forget 2008. Strike during recession by the union, then file for bankruptcy by the company. Good ole American greed.

6. “Apr 28, 2023 — Barra received a pay package worth just less than $29 million in 2022, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on …”
   As long as the pay disparity between management deified as Gods and Goddesses remain, there will always be a critical need to make sure the GM Muggles that make Barra’s mega millions happen receive a competitive wage and stop having to negotiate the length of their bathroom breaks.

7. Workers represented by unions already make good wages with good benefits. I agree management salaries are too high but higher wages and benefits will result in higher prices. Car companies are global competitors and higher wages make the Big 3 American companies less competitive than they already are. Technology and AI will replace these workers in the near future. Some companies may move out of the country to a more wage friendly, tax friendly, regulation friendly country (s). Unions and car manufacturers are not to blame for inflation but we cannot say the same for our government. Look at government spending and borrowing and there is where the blame lies. Raising wages and prices will decrease demand. Be reasonable in negotiating but tread lightly the future of these companies that employ union workers are at stake.

8. Bapakbob: what do you think happens when you decrease the incentive for CEOs and upper management? You get management that isn’t as motivated to make the company profitable. Despite what you may think, GM does not exist to give UAW workers jobs. It exists to make a profit and incentivizing management, especially top level management, with siginificant monetary rewards has been one of the most successful business strategies in the history of the world. The alternative is mediocrity, where no one gets rewarded. Who are you to say that $29 million is too much or too little? Are you a board member? Was GM’s profit not in line with your expectations? If so, vote to reduce her pay. A profitable company doesn’t just benefit the CEO, it benefits the employees, too. No one thinks they’re gods, but they have the responsibility to guide extremely large, billion dollar corporations to profitability because if they don’t, UAW won’t be voting on anything, and UAW workers will be able to spend as much time in bathrooms as they please – at home. This is no joke. GM already had to be saved from bankruptcy once, and UAW pressures were certainly a contributing factor to that.

   $29 million is a pittance compared to the true cost of running a corporation like GM. Let’s put some numbers on that. The average GM employee salary is ~$90K and the average of benefits cost GM ~$35K per employee. I sourced these numbers from employment sites on the web. That’s $125K per employee. For the $29M Barra was paid, GM could employ only 232 more workers. GM has 53,000 workers. If you divide $29 million by 53,000, you could give each GM employee $547 dollars more per year. You could also bet GM’s CEO will resign and you’ll have a hard time finding anyone who will take on that responsibility for a “normal” salary. Do you see how $29 million is really nothing when it comes to the scale of GM, especially when the decisions Barra makes affect the lives of 10’s of thousands of families, not to mention contractors and their companies, as well as the health of the largest economy on earth? Try waking up some day with that responsibility on your shoulders and then tell us what you think you should be paid.

   I am neither a CEO nor a manager where I work, but I have owned a company and been a manager at companies large and small from time to time. I am sick and tired of hearing this socialist (at best, Marxist at worst) misinformation being spread. Countries that have tried redistributing wealth are utter disasters. Both Chile and Venezuela were once the wealthiest countries in South America. Now they are disasters where no one has anything but the political elite, and in both cases it started with this “eat the rich” philosophy, and we will be lucky if the same doesn’t happen to the US. At least once everyone is poor, we will have achieved equity, right? Then you won’t need to be jealous about Mary Barra’s bonus, you can be jealous about your neighbor’s toilet paper.

9. Unions are a cancer. Quit if you don’t like your job.

10. I ordered a new 2021 Corvette 2LT Coupe in Feburary 2021 from a Connecticut dealer. Finally got a September 2023 build date for a new 2024. A long wait. Will I get it with a possible strike? Is it worth the wait for a new toy?

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