The president of the United Auto Workers union provided an update Friday afternoon on the progress of negotiations with Detroit’s Big Three as the union’s historic strike reaches its 35th day. www.clickondet...
People complained about the last contract and not getting anything. People complaining now because this man is trying to present a fair contract. Y'all are never happy. Give him a chance. The last one stole (allegedly)and sold y'all under the table with BS raise and cutbacks. It's a strike. Negotiations. Last one was 44 days and pay was $250 and the people made it. We knew it wasn't going to happen overnight.
In the long run it would be cheaper to move those jobs rather then meet the demands of the Union. It could really happen then people would be wishing they could find a job that pays what they are making now. Tell the Union President to loosen his wallet. Still sitting on over 75million and strikers are getting 500 a week before taxes. You gotta call out both sides. Between the Union and the Big 3, can't tell who the REAL pimp is.
When texts and emails between union bosses wanting to instill long-term reputational damage and drag the strike out as long as possible says, these negotiations aren't being conducted in good faith.
So right, The long game is not being thought of here, This leader is collecting his FULL Pay. Yellow Freight is gone and blamed on the Union, That could happen to the Big 3 here in Michigan.
@@wildbill5126you do realize yellow freight went out of business because of management and ceo! The teamsters employees were the lowest paid workers in the industry
You do realize these record-breaking profits, removing all affordable cars from the lineup and jacking up prices along with 40 million CEO payouts are not the fault of the UAW? The decades-long indoctrination to get everybody to drive an SUV or a pickup truck has worked in America and people need to wake up and realize there are better options. People got around pretty well up until recently without four-wheel drive or full-time all-wheel drive in a vehicle that can't even average 30 miles per gallon and yet it's just a daily driver for one person going to and from work more than 90% of the time 😂 BRING BACK FUN/ EFFICIENT/ VERSATILE HATCHBACKS (look at the European market. The VW Golf is freaking amazing)
@@NoZenith Tesla model 3 is your answer. Now under $30,000. An American Company with American workers. Superchargers made in Buffalo NY. Or, keep supporting OPEC Plus
Ever heard the phrase "don't put all your eggs in one basket"? If you're an auto OEM, you *know* the industry does this periodically. The UAW isn't screwing you, it's un-screwing itself. Your turn. What will you do to unscrew yourself?
again Wolf's got it right, but I'll try to put in simpler words,,, If you work for a non-union company that depends on a union organized company, and have enjoyed great wages and benefits, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FKIN UNION!!!!!, so, shut the fk up. stupidkidsanyways... Read a Book!! Learn a trade!! please, just stop being stupid... please...
I've been a Ford guy my whole life. I'm 65 years old and as a retirement present to myself I bought a 22 F150 last year. First new vehicle I ever bought. I paid cash. 64k. Two weeks ago I received a recall notice in the mail. A 2nd will be sent when the parts become available. This little temper tantrum the UAW is throwing has the supply chain all screwed up so I don't know when that will be. I do know one thing for sure. When I do get my truck fixed I'll be trading it for a Toyota. I'm tired of the Big 3 and the UAW. They're both greedy. I'm not a rich guy, I worked hard all my adult life as a truck driver. The 64k I spent was a lot of money for me and thanks to the Kentucky truck plant I have a new pickup with 4000 miles on it that needs fixed.
Aw....are people's rights getting in the way of you getting your toy conveniently? Good job of being the example of why this country is where it is...the selfishness and lack of responsibility of your generation and up has ran this country into the ground to where it is now. Go return your Truck...no one gives AF about your self entitlement and privilege. 👍
ford just laid off something like 5k what do you have to say about that. All this is going to do is raise the price of the cars to the point to where the people building they can't buy one. Better take what you can get before they lay off more people. My future cars will not be union made.
Obviously 2 decades of concessions cannot be made up in one contract, but a big chunk of it can. My union brothers and sisters who are sacrificing their weekly paychecks and standing out in the cold and rain, thank you so much! We will win big if we continue to stand together! In solidarity!
This Guy thinks he’s James Hoffa Junior. Give me a brake with the theatrics. He’s a radical be careful in which you wish for. It sounds like a good deal for what’s coming in this economy, look an see how many cars are being sold now bc every lot I go by is packed like I’ve never seen in my life time. An let’s not forget Mr Hoffa I mean Sean made 400k off the union last year keep that in mind an he won’t be able to unionize any none union car makers like Tesla or Honda and so on. They will give there employees just enough to make it not worth while. An frankly I don’t think they want to bc of this type of take no prisoners type of attitude. I agree with there being corporate greed however the big three good go under for real there not in a grate spot an if they do go under an have to file bankruptcy, then what any promises made for when you retire will be voided out look at yellow truck it was 100 year old freight company with the Teamsters. All their pensions were lost in the bankruptcy. If it happened to them can happen to any or all of the big three. So my guess is he is will to take this deal and that is why he read it all out. He will wait maybe till the end of next week to accept he has to save face bc he promised the sun moon an stars to you guys just to get the votes he needed to bc president of the UWA and now he’s worried about the backlash witch is going to be big bc the bottom line when you look at it he hasn’t gotten anything big r reinstated and it’s over 5 yrs I heard not 4 years if true just think about that an do the math on the 23 % raise not so BIG the union has there own back don’t you forget that they make a ton of money off the WORKER there only paying you 12.50 an hr to strike maybe they need to give you a strike raise!!!
Yes an their getting 2k a month before taxes an socialist Shawn is still getting close to 17k a month with his 207k a year pay he's also working with the white house is there any need to say anything more.... these people that work at these places do not work hard at all....
Everyone who doesn’t have 3 or more years seniority, look for a new job after this contract is ratified, gonna be a lot of indefinite layoffs, unfortunately
Do your research before applauding this man what about the other people like me who make mirrors for the cars im out a job cause of all this crap and i dont gain anything any no one seem to care about us...???🤦🤦
@@lanceulberg4775 Yeah they advertise they hire of the union is for all the middle class 🤦🏻♂🤦🏻♂Yet through all this don’t even have the consumer pass through discussed once. They don’t care about anyone except themselves. They already through Ford to the side with no team loyalty. If I was Ford I would tell them take the offer now or pack sand we have a business to run.
He just wants to be famous. Now is a good time to get rid of the UAW. Since there is no contract. Means no ties. All I see is someone who still gets his pay at the expense of others. Way to go.
No offense but we all want to make more money I get it but all that means that company’s will pass those expenses to consumers. Cars are becoming unaffordable to an average person. My point is don’t be greedy!
What about the suppliers for the big 3? They don't get strike pay, just a layoff. Some are still recovering from covid. So everybody else is out of luck...and a job. What about them?
It's not a line worker's job to make sure some other company stays in business. It's true that we don't have a choice (I work for a supplier too), but it's on us to not be 100% reliant on the auto industry (or worse yet, a single automaker) for our continued survival.
Wolfger got it right, but, maybe to put it a simpler way.... If you work for a company that is a supplier for a company that is it's sole provider for it's survival, and that company goes out of business, you no longer have a source of income. Um, coal mines in Pennsylvania, steel companies in Virginia, prostitutes at hunter's house? Am I getting the point through to you? As Sam Kinison once said, it hasn't rained in 20 years, you can't grow food... MOVE!!!!!!!.
@@damikco1 , The company I work for isn't union, so chances of a strike would be slim. We do have other work on the table as far as contracts. But when a dock is reserved for one of the big 3 it hurts. From what I have seen rather tractors, or other work, nothing is/was as steady as the Automotive customer. That's was always our "money lines".
@tyronejames5999 to sound smug, but perhaps you should organize your company. There are thousands of suppliers that are unionized that supply us and when they shut down they have our blessing and support even if it effects us. Working people need to stick together, there is no reason to be paid pennies when the companies are now worth not billions but trillions and we are still paid the same or even less.
I work for a company that manufacturers the plastics for these automotive companies.and we get hog wash pay for are work too. We need a union to protect our families too.
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Sorry but what about the people like me who supply Ford gm ect and now cause yall acting like this we suffer and gain nothing instead I get laid off..and with the chance on not having a job afterwords
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iXvud40wqwc.html Last year before becoming UAW president Shawn Fein made $160,130 as an administrative assistant for the UAW and an additional $187,259 as Treasurer of the Chrysler Training Center for a total of $347,389. Did he take a pay cut to become president? Is he living on $500 a week strike pay right now? If you're okay with the person that runs your union making 3 or 4 times as much as you for sitting in their office all week while you bust your butt actually making a product or providing a service that's perfectly fine. I could never understand how members of unions were fine with their union representatives making drastically more money than them.
Ford is not hurting quite yet from KTP being on strike . Their Canadian operations have not yet missed a beat from your plants being on strike yet . So I say hold out have faith in your bargaining committee. It’s hard and I really wish our union would have made this brave move to get what we also deserve
No, it’s apparent they aren’t about teamwork at all. What a terrible work environment. Move on if you are not willing to have some support and outlook for your company. They have to financially protect themselves from their own main workforce. Why the competition can actually be managed effectively and didn’t need bailed out.
@@kurtheidelbach you know foreign competitors get help from their govts. right? i seem to remember them keeping the big three from building vehicles there so they couldnt compete. and restricting how many vehicles we could sell there. protectionism i think its called.
@@goblinzl1 NO, they didn’t get help anywhere close to what GM and Stelantis had to have. The US actually restricts more vehicles. The Toyota Bongo trucks would be a huge hit but they can’t sell them. The foreign competitors are actually more American than the big 3 now anyways. Anyone who thinks a big 3 vehicle is American now is definitely mistaken. Not even in the top 10.
Shawn, Have you considered raising the strike pay for those who are bearing the burden of picketing on behalf of the UAW? Since such a small percentage are on strike the strike fund can handle the increase. It seems reasonable.
It’s a strategy to not burn through the strike fund… by only putting so many people on strike it burdens the supply chain at the big 3, while not having to run out of the strike fund.
He keeps comparing all the offers to Ford's... Apparently Ford has made the best offer. Than why isn't that offer sent to the workers for a vote?! Ford hasn't budged because they came out strong already. Everyone else is increasing their offers to catch up with Ford!
@lesterlong5422 as things sit right now, it's not good money. It's not a great work load or work environment. If it were we wouldn't be engaged in negotiations right now.
It's about more than Healthcare though. And also the workers still have to pay for the services. Deductibles and co-pays are still a thing and if the insurance isn't a solid plan, workers could still end up out a lot of money, especially if something were to happen.
When Fain is done ,UAW will have the wealthiest president in history. He's already making a half million a year . But yet he keeps talking about the CEOs money and he's doing very well himself.
@@jcman240 Fain is getting paid from two different places. But he doesn't want union members to know he's loaded with cash also. He doesn't have to beg for money in the rain and turn down the largest pay increases in the country.
@@outkast40 , You are correct sir. The Union has people marching(?on the corner) for a fraction of what they would be making if the clocked in. So basically telling you that you are worth more than your getting payed , then pay you less to be outside with signs(on the corner). The Union President is a hell of a good pimp.🤔
Do your research before applauding this man what about the other people like me who make mirrors for the cars im out a job cause of all this crap and i dont gain anything any no one seem to care about us...???🤦🤦
He is SAYING NOT!! ONE DAMN!! THING ABOUT THE LEGACY EMPLOYEES...WE SACRIFICE 2 CONTRACTS NOW WE DOING 3 IWE NOT GAINING NOTHING FROM IT!! OUT HERE WALKING FOR 3 F!N DOLLARS BS!!!
Let them go to where ever they want to go will see how the american ppl react to mexican made cars ans trucks. Also they Are just gonna get shittier than they already are cuz now u have less skillled ppl
The only thing you're about to end IS YOUR JOB DUMMY! ask FEIN why HE STILL GET HIS CHECKS ON TIME EVERY WEEK! he makes 500,000 a year! & soon... Uaw members will be working at Wal-Mart
While I don’t necessarily know all of the nuances of this strike, I can tell you that this affects way more than just the union workers. As a technician at an independent shop I now have a good chunk of my business that I can’t service due to parts not being available. I can’t even imagine being a dealer tech for an American brand right now. The automotive repair industry is going to start bleeding soon as well as the people and businesses they support. And to think we just got past most of the supply chain issues from COVID.
"Living off strike pay" nevermind the thousands of ppl affected. Service. Parts logistics. Customers. That guy or gal that needs their car or truck so they can go to work. You will pay a heavy price factories can and will move. See it every week.
The only nuance that really matter is that Automakers' CEO got 40% pay increase while the Workers get none till this strike. The Big three can end this strike by paying their workers a fair/living wage.
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These guys deserve a raise but definitely not for the percentages they're asking for. When a teacher in the US gets paid less than an auto worker putting parts on a vehicle you know people are hallucinating. 😂😂
If you think that teachers dont also deserve a raise, and should also be picketing, you are hallucinating. Teachers have been making nearly the same pay for 20 years.
❤ You are doing amazing work and we are rooting for you all 🙏 Keep up the good fight! We bought our new Bronco in 2022 here in Honolulu, HI. When the Strike started, I've been wanting to picket at the dealership I bought it at just to show we stand with you all in solidarity ♥️
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I don't agree with you only striking certain plants, if my union brothers are on strike pay,we should all be on strike! I shouldn't be working while other brothers are burning through their savings trying to survive!!!! I notice you aren't giving up any of your pay !
I stand by my UAW Negotiations team and Shawn Fain The big three CEO’s continue to play their games trying to divide the UAW membership. We will not tolerate it. We will prevail! Solidarity is stronger than it ever has been.
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What plant do you work at? I work at Jeep, and the tone is changing quickly on fain. He keeps talking about the big 3 trying to instill fear, but he's the only one threatening long-term reputation damage that is going to cause a horrible reverberation. You can tell he wants this to drag on as long as possible so he doesn't drain the fund by allowing all plants and workers to simultaneously go on strike to work the best possible deal in the fastest time, but no. Instead, this allows the big 3 to secure near zero interest rate loans in access of 100 billion+ so even if sales and production are halted, the companies are 100% fine while we keep losing more and more week after week. I bring home an easy 1400-1600 a week, but the longer this strike goes on and I'm only getting 500 a week, it will takes near a half a year or more to recoup the funds lost from the strike. I know people taking loans to pay medical bills right now. You can hear it all on the line as more and more are getting fed up with fain grift of instilling fear.
@@Doogie85same feeling where I'm at. We want to get back to work and have had enough of him dragging this on. For the people complaining about the increase, maybe quit snorting your money up your nose, you can afford living at this moment. I have no problem making a little over $20 an hr.
@z28crossfire65 you're 100% right. The ones screaming for the 40% wage increases and wanting this to go on forever are all drug addicts at Jeep. I saw a couple of guys on Wednesday snorting coke while ON the picket line and making jokes about it. These are the same guys who barely even work, complain about every job they do until someone folds, let's them power up in an easy spot, or just FMLA out if they just don't want to work. It's sad as hell, but the reality!
Just take a 3 month break until Jan. 2024. Let everyone enjoy the holidays the best they can instead of wondering if they are going back to work. We can work off the inventory as we really don't need any more cars on the lot right now.
@@kaitoshion4933 our little town in KY started feeling the affects of this, this week. And it's already hurting bad 400 laid off. But the ones on unemployment are making more than the ones working their cut hours. 😂
@@kelseyhacker8594 14 million vehicles sold last year. This year even better. Record breaking quarter after record breaking quarter. Just because you can't afford a new vehicle doesn't mean a thing. Tons of people are buying.👍
I’ve been saying this forever. Stick together. Don’t throw you Union sister or bother under the bus. I would have gone down before I turned on a Union sister or brother!
I a U AW member local 22 Detroit retired n 2016 i made concession n 2007 an 08 noe GM take 50.00 away from my Dental Plan so far it 100.00 the retired need our money
I want to work 32 hours a week to with over 100k in perks with salaries. FYI upper management does suck but your issuses are because of government also. The plants will close and go to Mexico just like other businesses.
@@kevinbryantsr.6443 Okay, everyone's entitled to their opinion. But apparently yours is not the majority opinion, otherwise Fain would do just that, he doesn't want to upset the union and get thrown out as President. So I guess the majority still want more (and I think they are owed it).
This guy is absolutely out of touch , he doesn't even know what the word negotiation means . The union is demanding that they get a 40% pay increase and they are putting that on the table because of the amount of money the companies have made . That is the dumbest thing to use for negotiating in a situation like this . I'm a unionized worker and when our union goes into negotiations with our management , we all understand that it's give and take . That's what negotiating is , that's fair and that's the American way . Who wants to bankrupt the company they are working for ? I'm sorry that this guy is responsible for representing the UAW labor force . Please correct me if I'm wrong , but if the workers get compensated when the companies profit , wouldn't it be fair that they have their paychecks decreased when the companies make less or even losses money ? That's all I got , God bless America and I'm out .
But the average consumer over pays for many products due to unions -- they force firms to pay workers far more than they are worth. Unions are a cancer.
It's all the people who GM cut and replaced with third-party contractors that I worry about. We knew this was coming but they don't get strike pay. About half the staff at work at the facilities are no longer GM employees. They're outsourced third-party or even fourth party contractors getting paid less than we, who work full-time at General Motors get paid
Robotic assembly lines will take on employee greed. Robotic assembly lines can work 24/7 even through holidays. Do you not realize that America is being the dollarized. 🤪?
I wish they would be more strict in the hiring process. There is no way pedos/registered sex offenders should be working at the big 3. The pedos/registered sex offenders gloat about working at the big 3 because tbh they cannot get a job anywhere else.
IAFF member here thank you all UAW workers you are an inspiration to all of us union strong employees and all future Union employees you all are hero’s!
Kinda ironic the UAW strikes bc the CEO refuses to take a pay cut to pay the workers more, yet Fain is still getting paid full salary while he is paying the strikers only $400 - $500/wk for 6 weeks now. Fain thinks his members are only worth $12.50/hr.
It's a strike and the members know what the pay is. Have 4 years to prepare, just like the Big 3 has been preparing and hoping people are living pay check to pay check. Fear will keep you behind.
@@ziggy149 what union member makes close to what Fain does? So Fain can continue to eat his steaks while members have to eat rice and beans making only $12.50/hr. While this guy continues to use the members and live large. I guess solidarity doesn't matter for the boss.
@@Corn_Pops_Rusty_RazorThat wasn’t your original statement. You said the irony was that the CEO won’t take a pay cut from his 21 million per year to increase the workers pay; which in reality would increase their pay by less than 50 cents. But anyway - the CEO makes 21 million. Fain makes 178k. Absolutely no comparison and how would Fain cutting his pay help the members? The members are the one that elected Fain. They know what he makes. They know what the strike pay is. They signed a contract agreeing to the strike pay. It the CEO was paid nothing and his 21 million per year only accounted for less than 50 cents per hour when distributed across the board for the members, how far do you thank a decimal of that, Fain’s 178k, is going to stretch? There’s no irony there, just math that doesn’t add up or make sense.
@@ziggy149 the CEO makes roughly 13x the pay of the workers, Fain is making roughly 8x what he is paying the picketers. GM makes their money off the backs of the workers, Fain makes his money off the backs of the picketers standing outside all day and are only making $12.50/hr, struggling to pay their bills. Fain should either take a pay cut to work in solidarity with the members or raise their pay. I thought we were all for $15/hr minimum wage. I guess not when YOU have to pay the bill. It's also ironic you say the members knew what they were getting involved with when they signed the union contract, isn't the same true when they agreed to the job with the auto maker? I get it, when your team is playing you look the other way at penalties just so they can score the goal.
I just hope the you keep that same energy next year when our contract expires. I work for a UAW unionized company that supplies all 3 companies on strike. I’m starting to take a beating. Why do I have to make strike pay or less? The offers are more than generous. Stop being greedy.Luckily we supply Tesla, Subaru, and Nissan or I would be laid off. Get it together.🤷🏽♂️
@bensonvision I am a GM employee and I wholeheartedly endorse this statement! The people I worry about the most are the temporary workers that were already stressed out because they've been here for years without decent Healthcare just waiting to get hired in. My ex and other people like them that work as Parts suppliers locally and abroad that are out of work right now on unemployment. Freight shipping truckers who bring stuff from Mexico and Canada who are out of work right now.... please find out how to support them because they need support the most
Hopefully the companies will fire all these cry babies and replace them with people that actually appreciate a good job that requires almost zero education. This union president doesn’t give a rip about all the damage he’s doing. Sickening.
Why a one lump sum for retirees and surviving spouses? Ford killed my spouse for putting in work there and when everything was lost prior to giving back to company back then
End the strike already!!! So many of us hurting from this or us non union. You want better everything get a different job and be grateful with the e offers trust me they are great to. We need to stop letting these boomers control us. And Bill is right go at tesla, Toyota so on...
I hate to say this as a loyal American made buyer for years, the domestics are just too dysfunctional to deal with ever again and the quality hasn’t been there in years to be perfectly honest , The Japanese ate their lunch while they were fighting each other and they were either too arrogant or worse too stupid to mitigate the consequences. Buying a new car this week as I’m hitting 90k on my current car and it feels strange to not consider domestics but they did it to themselves both sides the Management and the UAW .
Look I'm all for this but now all of us are starting to feel it. I work at factory that makes plastic vehicle parts all of our temps and newer full-time ppl got laid off. Another factory in our town laid off 167 ppl. Y'all killing us fr fr. My overtime was cut. My buddy's are making more being laid off than I am working 40 hours a week. Bc we are a non union factory. Y'all I know we need change more than anyone. But is shutting us all down the way we do it.
um, hey Shawn, why do you keep forgetting about the local 659 strikers in Flint? This is the second time you neglected to mention these brothers and sisters out walking the picket line. Do they not matter? or are you afraid of saying out loud, 659!!!! The Home of the Sit Downers!! We have struck for the UAW many times in the past. And have been buried in the national news. You are about to lose the faith of a whole lot of your people that pay your salary. A salary much greater than theirs.
Union slackers demanding a 40% pay raise and a 4 day work week. Fire them and hire non-union workers or illegal immigrants who will thankfully take those jobs.
