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Old 10-06-2010 | 08:35 AM
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The agreement calls for just 60 percent of all hourly workers at GM's assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. -- where the Chevrolet Aveo will go into production next year -- to receive traditional production wages of $28 an hour with full benefits, said Mike Dunn, shop chairman for UAW Local 5960.

The other 40 percent will receive a so-called Tier 2 wage equal to roughly half that of so-called legacy workers.

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Old 10-06-2010 | 09:35 AM
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The UAW kept their pensions thru Bankruptcy. Has an Airline ever done that?
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Old 10-06-2010 | 01:10 PM
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I'm sorry but it takes no skill or knowledge to put a wheel on a car. You are not worth $28/hr plus ridiculous benefits. The market simply will not support it.
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Old 10-06-2010 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Pielut
I'm sorry but it takes no skill or knowledge to put a wheel on a car. You are not worth $28/hr plus ridiculous benefits. The market simply will not support it.
YouTube - Detroit Auto Workers Busted on the Job Drinking Beer & Smoking Pot on Break.flv
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Old 10-06-2010 | 01:43 PM
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Steven Rattner - The Colbert Report - 9/29/10 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

Steven Rattner has a good point on that the union didn't destroy Ford but GM is complaining about about theirs??
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Old 10-06-2010 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Pielut
I'm sorry but it takes no skill or knowledge to put a wheel on a car. You are not worth $28/hr plus ridiculous benefits. The market simply will not support it.
Yeah, and all pilots do is turn on the autopilot.
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