Report: Supplier strike could potentially affect Chevy Sonic launch

[Daox]

Well, it looks like they're off to a great start!

LINC Logistics Co., which employs about 125 workers at the Orion assembly plant that will build the Sonic, is struggling to come to an agreement with employees at the facility. The LINC workers recently agreed to join the United Auto Workers, and now the blue collar bunch is looking for more money than the reported average of about $10 per hour. UAW workers employed by General Motors commonly make between $14 and $28 per hour.

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Orion Assembly Plant workers voted to authorize a strike, meaning union leaders can call for a work stoppage during negotiations. Of the 88 workers who voted, 98 percent of them were in favor of authorizing a strike.

Supplier strike could potentially affect Chevy Sonic launch [UPDATE] — Autoblog

[thehunterooo]

No wonder GM had trouble, the wages alone are high, I see why they outsource jobs in order to escape these crazy unions lmao

[petrified.rabbit]

send production back to korea to shut the union up?

surprised they are striking, didnt obama give 1/3 of gm to the UAW as part of his portion of the bail out?

[thehunterooo]

I thought so, but no amount of money will shut up a union

[petrified.rabbit]

but i mean they are striking against themselves.. or.. they own 1/3? of gm, how can you allow a strike against yourself?

its a conflict of interest, government created.

[thehunterooo]

I thought they just payed them off, but that would be counterproductive as hell if they own a third of GM.

I wish they would outlaw unions and place stricter regulations and penalties on companies and corporations who break the rules, liberal as hell but why not.

[petrified.rabbit]

unions are not all bad. But when you have a company that is powerless to the union (t should be equal "control") then you hve bad examples like this.. and when you have conflict of interest like GM now does, then it can only get worse.

[RoRo]

I used to work for the city of Ft. Lauderdale, and I have to say in some jobs, unions are a must. You seriously would not believe the things that management and city officials would and could get away with if it weren't for unions stepping in and enforcing policies and regulations. Some cities would never, let me repeat that, NEVER give their city workers a raise if they could w/o a union, you would be powerless to get a raise.