The UAW has abandoned the 46% pay increase. Do you really think the Big 3 will close every Union plant in the US and Canada and open up plants in China and Mexico?
If you don't think there isn't skilled labor in a factory you need to get out more often. Who repairs the robot when it breaks down? Who repairs the line when it breaks down? Who runs new electrical lines when something needs to be added? Who runs all the hydraulic lines when they want to...
Tax breaks when they build a brand new plant. You don't think they have a whole department that goes around and asks The federal government and local government for tax breaks?
Yes they are supposed to make a profit. When the CEO from Ford says the UAW is going to bankrupt Ford with what they are asking. Come on be real. It's OK that the CEOs pay has gone up 40%?
The Big 3 made 250 billion dollars in profits in the past 10 years. Not million, billion with a B. It's ok for the CEOs to make 20 million dollars a year minimum and no one says a word. When the UAW workers ask for a few crumbs everyone loses their minds! The CEOs sit in their ivory towers and...
The Big 3 has made 21 Billion dollars in profits for the first 6 months of 2023. Don't forget about stock buybacks instead of giving workers a few pennies for their troubles.