Open and honest? This man knows EXACTLY how a corporate structure works...he's PRESIDENT of one! Saying the REVENUE the Big 3 made is all PROFIT, us dishonest. Saying the CEO paid HIMSELF a bonus, is dishonest. Saying they're not going to lobby for more anti-business bills to keep companies from surviving union extortion, is dishonest. Unions are organized crime, using intimidation and extortion to steal from successful companies. And the members are nothing more than cannon fodder, used by union thug bosses like this asshat to get more money for the union BOSSES.

It’s up to you as much as it is him. To get what he’s talking about might mean being willing to stay on the picket line for months. Are you willing to do whatever it takes?

As a card carrying member, I am.

@@pulsatingsausageboy2076 I was on the pickets for 40 days last go around, I'm in this for what it is. But it's up to the negotiation teams to get it in an agreement first... that's what I'm saying.

I agree, I was shafted by tier two back in 2008. I never thought I would see an international president speak like this. It's the closest thing I've heard outside of reading about the late 1930's.

Remember stellantis put us on critical 7 days during the covid pademic

So you want a 32 hour work week ? You only get 80% of full time pay So there goes short work week pay And unemployment!

same

@@hollynonya6991 32 hours worked for 40 hours pay. Get those boots out your mouth

@@hollynonya6991 You obviously didn’t listen. He said a 32 hour work week with 40 hours pay. And how would that have anything to do with unemployment? Seems like you’re trying really hard to find something to complain about.

@@dreadbull5039i think maybe she isn't too bright?🤔

$49 new top pay with yearly increase

What makes you say that?

@@larryedwards6670the assembly worker generates more revenue by a wide margin

​@larryedwards6670 have you done big 3 assembly? They have kaizaned the company on the union side and management side to literal skeleton crews...the job is all physical labor...all jobs that haven't been automated....yet

Ups workers will be making 50 an hour at the end of there contract.

Cost me 1100 a month to maintain my Tahoe 556 car note 300 insurance and another 300 in ⛽️

Yep I'm at Ford and drive an older charger. Because when I went to get a truck they said had to be brand new and even with 750credit score they want $800 a month🤯! I got co workers riding CLEAN AF but they only can go from the house to the factory LOL. IM COOL

@@miyagifatghost2684 all I can do is watch these SUV's roll off the line and dream of buying one.

Starting pay at Stellantis for temps (which you have to be for 2 years before you might even go direct) is $15.78 I believe...and trust me the work is 5x harder than mcdonalds lol

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​@@munkee221Yeah, let's kick down at other workers! It's all about who has it the worst! Screw McDonald's workers! In case my sarcasm wasn't clearly apparent, this take isn't helpful for worker solidarity.

I hope the UAW wins!!!!!

Yes but think about it, he’s not going to bring back a contract unless it’s right. It’s not going to be like the other times. They bring back a ok contract and the weak ones vote yes. He’s not gonna do that. He really can’t do that. Bring us an ok contract

I would be surprised if any local didn't vote to approve a strike. We've been told all year to prepare for a strike. Membership can relate to this guy, not the criminals that ran the UAW before

Right on!@@andidklein

​​@@NoLoVeLoStNoLoVfOuNdthey gunna do what ever the fuck they want

​@@NoLoVeLoStNoLoVfOuNdGood God I hope youre right.

Hoodwinked, that's about it. Don't forget all of those UAW baby-boomer dinosaurs wouldn't go on strike for the new guy. They got their pensions and didn't care about the people coming up behind them. Solidarity or not, in most cases the I got mine mentality prevails.

Lol what you want 40 bucks an hour to push buttons?

​@@steve99912Lol nice shilling for the corporations here, bud. I've heard similar sentiments from executives that didn't want to pay reliable IT support. They often learn their lesson the hard way on that.

No you're not behind. You were overpaid by $14 an hour. Any high school dropout can do factory work at the big three.

@@aljay2955 $14 per hour at 40 hours a week isn't an affordable living (i.e. does not allow you to afford all your bare essentials), particularly if you have to support a family. Nice job being an elitist jagoff!

UAW workers are already paid the most…. How uncompetitive do you want the hand that feeds you to be?

That's a bass ackwards way of looking at things. Strong unions have raised the standards for almost all working class citizens (agricultural sector not included). The "we need to keep wages low to stay competitive" is an old and tired argument that doesn't make much sense.

"Competitiveness", as Shawn pointed out, is also a thinly veiled euphemism for race to the bottom.

Paid the most did you not hear about UPS getting paid $49.00 an hour to deliver packages? The UAW workers literally break down their bodies to build these vehicles ...calm down. Do better.

@@kaseyc5078paid the most out of who? Get lost shill. Corporate CEO's and top tier management are actually paid the most.

Why don´t you quit your job if the conditions are so bad? Why not try something/somewhere else? Maybe go to China or work at Tesla?

​@@lukasbrauer4887can you losers think of literally anything else to say, ive had to hear you people repeat that worthless drivel for 15 years, use your brain and think of a genuine criticism

​@@lukasbrauer4887Not sure where you're from, but Americans fight for better conditions, we don't run. Our unions built this country.

They may not need it but they earned it. People are willing to pay for their knowledge and experience, yours not so much

​@@littlebigzeldaseems you have the same problem, huh?

Most definitely!

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Nicely explained and exampled...hope the people in the back understood.

This is exactly how I always explain worker pay...once it's laid out like that people go..."ohhh"

its simple you put doors on cars he makes sure the business runs as a hole you have no voice.

@@Backdraft851unionizing gives you a voice

Where you a smoker?

He talks a hard game but his rhetoric is pretty dangerous in this day and age. What consumer wants to buy a car from a company that he says screws their employees? What person wants to work for a company that he calls the enemy? Even one UAW vice President says management needs a punch in the mouth! This is not the 1930s, if you wants to be mad at anyone let him be mad at all of those old-school UAW clowns that played all those games in the plants and would not go on strike for the new guy to stop this two-tier system. To add insult to injury, those baby boomer Jokers got their pensions. So much for brotherhood.

@@Michael-fl1tm amen

@@Mhinqa I work as an overhead crane inspector, 56 years Young. I've been in those Auto plans for years and I saw the games pulled by the union boys. I'm non-union, I make good money, with good benefits, yearly bonus and automatic 3% raises every year that I don't have to go on strike for. I know working for the Big 3 is not what it used to be but nobody is forcing anybody to work there and if people are not happy they are free to go work somewhere else. No one's doing anything to me but best of luck to you sir

Yeah those hard nosed UAW officials are wearing prison suits. They stole your money by the millions.

His rhetoric is out of date. No consumer is going to want to buy a vehicle from a Auto company who he says screws their workers and who wants to work for a company that he calls the enemy? Even a UAW vice-president said management needs a punch in the mouth! That militant Union mentality is going to get nothing but a stretch in the unemployment line. UAW, u ain't working 🤣

@@Michael-fl1tmconsumers don't give a fuck. Like I can tell you buy from Amazon and don't care that they make drivers pee in bottles This is the workers fight and anything that results from it is the company's fault for intentionally removing the cost of labor from their equations

Fain received only 3% of rank and file vote in the recent election which had the lowest 1st round turnout in history at 9%. Most rank and file were not alerted that an election was taking place.

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@@cygnusx-3217Lies. How could the lowest turnout in history have been 9% when this was the first time ever that the UAW has held direct elections? The membership was notified numerous times inside the plants, on social media, and through the mail. Considering direct elections are a brand new thing to the UAW I would say things went pretty good. It was more like 15% which is a lot more than the 1/10th of a percent that were choosing our leadership previously under the delegate system.

@@vernH052Dude is lying through his teeth. My guess is that he’s one of those loons from wsws that has been making up conspiracy theories ever since the candidate they were backing got smashed in the election which is exactly what anyone with any common sense knew would happen since he had only been in the UAW five years and had zero experience.

The membership is upset rightfully so.can you imagine 5 bathroom stahls with only 3 working no paper towel no soap for or over 200 men and women?

Amen!

Not when it will make the automakers uncompetitive and end up in job losses

@@kaseyc5078 Wrong. None of us are buying that narrative. We want them to pay *themselves* less and *us* more, if you believe that fiction, you're a fool!!

​@@kaseyc5078 how would they be uncompetitive when they've seen record profits for the past 4 years?

Labor costs account for 5-6 % of the cost of a new car. Your logic is flawed.

If you were paying union dues, you had representation. You must not have know what was going on.

@@rangerguy25 I guess I must be dumb and did not argue with the assembly line foreman and union reps at the now defunct North Tarrytown, NY GM plant 1989-1991 I built the Pontiac Transport and Chevy Lumina. No, YOU don't know what went on, I was there, it happened to me and they did not like me because I raised hell about that. It happened EXACTLY as I told you, and this man is also stating there were abuses against Temp workers so that MIGHT just be a clue for you too. I would not argue with someone there and say they didn't know, had you been there YOU would have known it too. It was either take it or lose decent pay, so most of us took it. Where else would a 20-year-old back then net over $700 a week in 1989? So it was not a battle I won and as they did with all Temps, they just let me go after 6 months, wait another 6 and they would call you back to circumvent the labor laws at the time. I was there for 2 years on and off. In fact, I just remembered, the reason why the UAW did not object to Temps being paid less and doing the same job as FT workers was that they got their fees to shut up and it kind of makes sense when you think about it. Just try and remember I was there. This is not an anecdotal 3rd party tale. Remember the UAW strike in 2019? What was the main reason? The UAW did not want any more Temps, to protect "skilled labor". Though it happened later... How can you even argue the fact the UAW did not even want us there and they loved to charge their UAW fee for nothing for us. I sympathize with the UAW but back then they did not like us. I worked the Toe-in pit, struts, trim, and seat lines.

1990??!!! Damn you talking about over 30 years ago! Trust me, things have changed a lot for temps (for the good)! Don't get me wrong temps are abused, but they get insurance, get paid time & half any thing after 8 hours, they can miss a few days ..etc

@@rconley40 First, the actual strike on that was in 2019 (look up UAW 2019 strike) and the point is that it was happening then and all the way to 2019, so I don't know what else to tell you, Shawn brought "abuses to Temp workers". I made you aware of the ones I witnessed and that it was happening from 1990 to 2019. So the fact that I was talking about 30 years ago to just 4 years ago should instead impress upon you how long these abuses were going on. Not to dismiss my story simply because it happened to me 30 years ago.

That’s weird. We never had “temps” at GM that early on. We were D2’s. Summer help. Usually May-September

862 LAP brother here.. I’m only worried because we don’t have a new product yet.. Escape and Lincoln SUVs are not selling well.. I feel like im working backwards here

Because people understand he is full of shit.

LAP 862 proud here!! Let’s strike brother! See you on the picket line!

But trans people tho! /s You're 100% right. Working people need to stand together and not be divided by the "culture war" being cooked up by capitalist oligarchs.

if you vote for Trump, you support the Republican party and their goal of crushing unions and rolling back wages and benefits. Stop voting against yourself

I am not a Trump supporter. I do not support biden either. But, what unites us is workers' rights.

30 year UAW member at MOPAR Los Angeles and I agree this Union President is getting it done. BTW TRUMP 2024 LESGO!!!

Don't forget how stellantis called uaw essential workers during covid pandemic only to incriminate us w attendance

We have the "good job" while our tax dollars take half our wages making our Actual compensation Uncomparable to the profit.

Top pay has been the same over a decade, inflation is blatant Gas,Truck payments, milk bread even

Who walks of the Lot paying only 70k a truck????

Trucks cost off the lot are. ... ..

I with you but in reality the company supplies the license's. Can easily certify them. But fork trucks operators is the last thing there worried about. Try replacing the 150k uaw members.

A potato

Until I read this comment, I thought the just bleeped out half the audio of the other person speaking. Lmao cause I only had one way bud in

Wtf!!!!!! Smh

I don’t believe that’s right it’s been made clear we can work and collect the $500 a week for strike pay #Local1649

Most of the membership will likely be getting jobs to supplement the strike pay. We are gonna do what it takes to secure a better future for the sake of the working class!!

They’re not gonna check so do what you gotta do. If you keep your mouth shut about it no one will ever know.

​@@ryangoodenow2518bravo

Yes. Everyone remembers the past. Fortunately everyone is living in the present. Except you apparently.