UAW President Shawn Fain provides update on contract negotiations

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10 ай бұрын

UAW President Shawn Fain provided an update on contract negotiations with the Big Three following Detroit's Labor Day Parade.

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@maxpayne7419 10 ай бұрын

Fain has a point about CEO pay being obscene. A good CEO should be well paid, but over the years the amount CEO’s are paid in comparison to the average worker has gotten is out of control

@bigd835 10 ай бұрын

yet he makes no demands that her pay be examined and lowered.

@Anthony-dj4nd 10 ай бұрын

CEO has to run the business and make the hard choices

@maxpayne7419 10 ай бұрын

@@Anthony-dj4nd no shit Sherlock

@thesimulations8900 10 ай бұрын

@@Anthony-dj4ndlike gutting companies and selling out workers and exploiting workers and pure profit at any human cost and it's NEVER enough just more more more. The CEO's at the big 3 average hourly wage is $12,000-$14,000 an hour. Probably because of all the tough decisions and hard work.🙄

@jimspence715 10 ай бұрын

McDonald's CEO pay $20,000,000 a year. McDonald's worker $12.50 an hour. So what's your beef??

@Doug8D3 10 ай бұрын

I completed my "grow in" today. It only took 2,744 days! I hope our future brothers and sisters do not have to endure that. AC/DC says it's a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll, but truth is it is also a long way to the top if you want a decent job.

@jaybartlett8106 10 ай бұрын

Most car companies are building vehicles most people cannot afford and even if they can the vehicles require multiple trips back to the dealer for warranty repairs and when they get a few miles on them require repairs costing thousands of dollars. The car industry is ripe for another event like the gas shortage which caught American car companies with gas guzzling cars no one wanted. That helped Honda and Datsun (now Nissan) gain market share and cost American car companies jobs and billions of dollars. This time it won't be a gas shortage. Some company will build a decent vehicle that will get decent mileage and will last 100k miles without needing a $4,000 rebuilt transmission or a $2,000 AC evaporator replacement. What a concept-build a quality vehicle the masses can actually afford.

@OldArmy-vc6rd 10 ай бұрын

It started in about 1965 when American manufactures had to increase labor cost instead of investing in updating equipment. The nail in the coffin was the gas shortage. If labor cost increase too much it will force companies to automate and move factories overseas. It’s the wrong mind set that you are owed something for working for a company.

@bidenkidsniffer4926 10 ай бұрын

@@OldArmy-vc6rdplease do not reproduce

@outkast40 10 ай бұрын

Tesla is already building a plant that will open in 2 to 3 years that will produce cars that everyday working people can afford. But the UAW thinks they have a strong hold on the truck market and that's about to fade quickly.

@bidenkidsniffer4926 10 ай бұрын

@@outkast40 we will see pal. Number one selling vehicle on the market yet again is ford trucks. Dream on

@solquest7775 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 ummmm I think when you work for a company you SHOULD expect something, it’s called a paycheck 🙄

@googlreviews7813 10 ай бұрын

SOLIDARITY and support for all American workers from your neighbours to the North, your fight is our fight 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇲

@bettababe7836 10 ай бұрын

Thank you 🇺🇲❤️🇨🇦

@josephnoll742 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Shawn and your staff for supporting us all the way. SOLIDARITY 869 ❤

@joewearsadroolbib7347 10 ай бұрын

Union workers are lazy and overpaid. They're also the major reason vehicle's are extremely overpriced.

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

SOLIDARITY 869! 💪

@JayBoogie137 10 ай бұрын

SOLIDARITY Local 51!

@lushlife6864 10 ай бұрын

Management is not ready for a labor leader like this. Shut it down!

@313cbrown 10 ай бұрын

Everyone on here with something negative to say about the UAW are really mad at themselves for picking a shitty job so now they come here to talk shit about someone else job. And you can't convince me you don't hate yourself so don't try to comment and make yourself feel better because once you log off you'll go right back to punching the air again lol

@susancoddington6393 10 ай бұрын

Solidarity from local 1268 thank you feeling great having a union president who we voted in not appointed by delegates we are in to only get what we deserve 💪💪

@user-ou6gm2ob5t 10 ай бұрын

Support from local 334 Detroit Construction Union, hang in there

@brantleyterry 10 ай бұрын

Looking at my 3rd contract since being an employee of Ford…I’m rocking with Mr. Fain!

@Frank-mv1jg 10 ай бұрын

If the companies do the right thing you can enjoy unemployment too

@LKR-vt9uf 10 ай бұрын

UAW should start their own car company and see how it goes.😂😂

@mkstjohn 10 ай бұрын

What a dumb comment.

@SPerryfevr 10 ай бұрын

The big three are doing this to themselves! They’re about to lose serious money! Just like last time they did it to themselves! Thank God we finally have a real leader! Thank you Shaun.

@jamesvw769 10 ай бұрын

Not really dealer lots are packed.with cars nobody wants them.

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

@@jamesvw769 nobody wants them???🤣 Please explain record profits!🤔

@Thefittestartist 10 ай бұрын

Working at Gm has been stressful you only get a 25 minute break and 15 minute break and back to the line… we deserve more pay for them little ass breaks and hard work we put in…

@BigLeo8772 10 ай бұрын

Aww you poor thing. The people that count on you to go to work, work a hell of a lot harder than you.

@dallasknight8591 10 ай бұрын

At the end of the day give us what's fair!

@solquest7775 10 ай бұрын

Y’all in the comments really don’t understand how physically hard it is to build cars. I’m sure it’s more intense work than 99% of you have ever done. The workers are not greedy!!! They are tired and overworked!! Like most of you cannot possibly understand. 12 hour shifts under brutal conditions. Most of you couldn’t last a day. While the supervisors who walk around and laugh all day all make $100-$140k easy. And the bigger bosses are pushing $200k. In the plant. Even the HR workers are close to 6 figures starting pay. So why do you not think the actual people who put their bodies on the line everyday, not to mention the mental toll, should not be justly compensated!!!! If the car manufacturers care so much about their futures, they should stop jacking up prices to increase their profit. They make billions and billions of dollars in profit!! It takes maximum 3 months out of the year of their profits to pay off their entire union workforce. They are sending out propaganda to the public, putting working man against working man, to create a crabs in the barrel situation so that we will drag eachother down instead of collectively rising up against corporate greed!!

@littlebigzelda 10 ай бұрын

If it's so hard, the companies would have to pay a lot more for the workers. The fact is, they don't have to because the supply of workers outstrips demand.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

It’s much like working at a fast food restaurant.

@Alpiner46 10 ай бұрын

@@littlebigzeldayeah, you have no idea how it works.

@littlebigzelda 10 ай бұрын

@@Alpiner46 wake up man

@keishakecia1 10 ай бұрын

🦋👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🦋

@philipwood8776 10 ай бұрын

I dont hear nothing about product investment from stellantis here at the idled plants and the plants with aging products....This should be first on the list

@TeaPartyPatriot1776 10 ай бұрын

The big 3 are just a starting point. The corporate greed and the way management treats people in the workplace has infected companies nationwide. I work at Allison Transmission in Indianapolis, that use to be part of GM, and we have been sold out by concessions and greed for a very long time! Our contract is up November 14th and we are done playing games! I hope Shawn and the International Union fight for us and all the other unions like they are the big 3 or they risk losing thousands of dues paying members tired of getting nothing in return.

@bbear1928 10 ай бұрын

Hit them where it hurts. Drive down the stock price and the shareholders will be begging for negotiations!

@bigd835 10 ай бұрын

wall street will get rich shorting the big 3 stocks. buy out the shareholders and run the company to your satisfaction.

@Windsorsillest 10 ай бұрын

I will be laid off without strike pay if the Uaw strikes, without strike pay ( I worker at a feeder plant), but I support what they are fighting for 100%. These companies make billions of dollars and pay their workers a barely livable wage. If the automakers try and take production elsewhere charge them heavy tarifs for the importation of their vehicles. America bailed them out once and to leave north America would be a spit in our faces when we buy 90% of their products. Make them sell their vehicles in only Mexico and Europe see how long they last.

@StevenRumfelt-qg3es 10 ай бұрын

I always donate plasma when I need $, it pays pretty good, between $700 and $900 a month for 8 donations

@Windsorsillest 10 ай бұрын

@StevenRumfelt-qg3es I take medications and have tattoos, so cannot donate blood/plasma as far as I know.

@seahorsemafia 10 ай бұрын

Good luck friend..it might shape up to be a long, hard fight. But it’s a fight for ALL of us. We have a standard to set to uplift all the working class

@Windsorsillest 10 ай бұрын

@seahorsemafia Agreed. Not looking forward to collecting E.I., but if it's for better wages, etc. for workers like myself I'm for it. I work in a union shop Unfortunately it isn't the Uaw so we will not receive strike pay, but usually it will cause our union to fight for better contracts as well. It bugs me that our governments let them set up shop in Mexico considering we bailed them out during hard times. They already caused the beautiful city of Detroit to damn near crumble. Enough is enough

@StevenRumfelt-qg3es 10 ай бұрын

@MikeDeOliveira360 don't tell em about medication and u can have tattoos as long as u haven't had a new one in a month. don't tell em nothing

@rodhurst5831 10 ай бұрын

GM wants a strike to sop up some inventory I’m sure they’re not alone.

@MD-cd2om 10 ай бұрын

If they want to stall or offer garbage contracts like the last two then we should ask for more every time we don’t get an answer. 75% raise!

@ariesfire13 10 ай бұрын

Buy the CEO's Bud Light🤣🤣

@paulengel4358 10 ай бұрын

Who receives “the profits?”

@michaeltoma9329 10 ай бұрын

This guy is great

@Frank-mv1jg 10 ай бұрын

Great enough for unemployment anyway

@user-cw4nf5kn6p 10 ай бұрын

Adding 40% wage increase is unreal. We already can't afford a new auto. A 32 hr work week is unrealistic also

@colleencameron5722 10 ай бұрын

The union better not get too greedy. Remember what happened in the past. The world noon got greedy and the jobs were shipped to Mexico. What makes u think it cannot happen again. The Co. Will always find a way to move.

@neoasura 10 ай бұрын

This is a false statement, if that was the unions fault, why not ship the jobs to non union states like Arkansas or Alabama? Because believe it or not, even non union want fair wages, they went to mexico because NO one in America, non union or otherwise can compete.

@colleencameron5722 10 ай бұрын

@@neoasura the co. Started outsourcing jobs in the 70s.

@robertanderson1457 10 ай бұрын

Common sense individual in Fain! He is 150% right. Solidarity everyone!

@Frank-mv1jg 10 ай бұрын

Keep that in mind when they move their manufacturing 😂

@skyscreek 10 ай бұрын

We're ready to strike if we need to! Many of us have been preparing for this contract.

@jimrotharmel 10 ай бұрын

I like this new UAW president. It's time for labor to be respected and paid fairly we create the profit and buy the products that all labor creates

@lowermichigan4437 10 ай бұрын

They make wind covers for microphones

@suedennis9990 10 ай бұрын

If they are going to move overseas......its already, has been in the forecast. What happens in this contract has no bearings on decisions that are already in the plan. So the UAW has the upper hand ; t balls in your court.....Don't let go !!!

@mudzombie216 10 ай бұрын

Huge companies need to value their workers more, things are costing more and more everyday

@rodstanley881 10 ай бұрын

I work for Stellantis and this new merger is the worst one can’t wait to retire

@andrewhall5263 10 ай бұрын

If they are willing not to negotiate with us then all three companies strike at the same time. They will come to the table and talk when their stock pile runs low.Stay strong and see you when you come and help us at Volkswagen.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

It is not 1970 when the Big three had majority of the market share. No one cares who makes a vehicle nowadays they just want something that goes from point “A” to point “B” at a reasonable cost. Made in Asia, Europe, or North America makes no difference at this point.

@yimb8437 10 ай бұрын

Or just buy a Toyota. Or a Tesla. Or any of the other more reliable makes.

@boxermom6103 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Local 600 sis! Solidarity

@jasonsabbagh5993 10 ай бұрын

Robots will replace all, better be careful

@cmw898 10 ай бұрын

Lol they need 2 engineers 3 electricians a pipe fitter and a millwright to keep the robots going, not to mention the production workers keeping them loaded.

@leelashbrooks8780 10 ай бұрын

Solidarity!!!!! I support the American worker!!!

@Lumpia_In_Texas 10 ай бұрын

I will support American workers IF they didn't put out overpriced low quality cars.

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

@@Lumpia_In_TexasWe the workers don’t have anything to do with fords pricing and the reason the cars are low quality is because these companies keep cutting costs and bringing in lower and lower quality parts. Not to mention ford has replaced a huge portion of full time workers with temp workers just so they don’t have to pay them as much. Temp workers are usually thrown on a job they’ve never done and expected to learn it within minutes and do it correctly all day, for 8-10 hours. So of course quality control is poor. All these companies are worried about is profits.

@user-uh1li4ni2n 10 ай бұрын

!I wonder what this man makes under the table

@JayBoogie137 10 ай бұрын

For anyone thinks that auto workers should be happy about what we’re already getting, I’d like to see if y’all would say that to the CEOs and the board members who constantly get bonuses off our backs. The CEO of Stellantis got a twenty million dollar bonus amongst other perks. The problem isn’t the workers the problem is greed.

@BadBackOz 10 ай бұрын

You have a job because of the choices that upper management made along with the engineers who designed the vehicles. It's not so black and white.

@JayBoogie137 10 ай бұрын

@@BadBackOz Engineer’s and upper management also don’t put the car together, therefore if it wasn’t for the production workers wouldn’t be any need for them either. So what’s your point?

@jasonashley9853 10 ай бұрын

@@BadBackOzthey have lives because we don't come for their heads. Just saying. 🤷

@jayb7675 10 ай бұрын

The ones that take the risk get the reward. Without the billions in factories, machinery, Retirement benefits, training, salary dollars, workers compensation, etc…the employee labor would be worth zero. If the company goes bankrupt, the employees may lose their job but they do not incur billions in debt. The investors do. That’s why investors get the big money, they took the massive financial risk. What skills do the factory workers have that would allow them to get another job at the same pay? For many, if they lose their factory job it will be difficult to find a new career because they do not have the skills needed to qualify for a different job. If you do not have additional skills, how can you make demands? It’s not like you can leave and make more money elsewhere. And that is the issue. Supply and demand. If the Big 3 struggled to hire workers, salaries would increase. But when you have low-skilled labor there is plenty of supply in almost any country.

@JayBoogie137 10 ай бұрын

@@jayb7675 I think you got reward confused with greed. If the employee labor would be worth zero, so would the company. Skilled or unskilled how would that make a difference if it’s replaced by A.I.? That same kind of slavery mindset is the reason why things are the way they are, just let allow the everyday people be happy about what they got and let the greedy stay greedy. And like I said earlier they wouldn’t need to move to another country because A.I. could easily take over.But even if they did move who are they relying to by their cars??? The consumer/worker.

@ritabutler1951 10 ай бұрын

Fain could run for president. He is great communicator. He’s calm. He’s solid. And sh*t is about to hit the fan and I totally support the UAW. I would donate to their strike fund.

@dinojohn1 10 ай бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking. Go UAW.

@nextup1864 10 ай бұрын

Workers have received MASSIVE bonuses....lets not forget that

@34and0 10 ай бұрын

huh?

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

Tesla, Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Kia, and the rest of the Asian manufactures and all the European manufactures win if the old three strike. 🤔

@redkap5816 10 ай бұрын

UAW wins contract and the hourly wage increases in non union plants to keep the UAW out. Thats how it works. Even non-union workers will benefit from the UAW

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

Most Euro automakers are unionized.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

@@redkap5816 .. Years ago maybe nowadays not so much. The non union suppliers will get more wage push from the fast food restaurants as they are very similar in wages to the suppliers and it is unskilled labor as well.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

@@grumpycricket … European manufactures are in North America and ship to here as well. They will still take market share.

@redkap5816 10 ай бұрын

@@July.4.1776 LoL you obviously haven't been on a non union factory floor. They are clutching there pearls right now because they know what is gonna happen

@LeonardCooperman 10 ай бұрын

Going to move all production out of the country and automate everything..

@jayp4114 10 ай бұрын

The Big 3 Automakers will ultimately respond with a longterm plan to offshore production to Mexico and Southern States, in addition to more automation. I'm not anti-union, and they have a right to a grievance, but the marketplace ultimately determines employee wages.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

I agree 100%

@neoasura 10 ай бұрын

They will do that regardless of wages, thats why the workers should get a great wage now, that way when the axe does drop, they have a lot more saved up in their 401k and assets for the next gig. Id rather be out of a job with 100k in the bank rather than 10k in the bank.

@joshup 10 ай бұрын

The big 3 will die once they move out of state.

@bigd835 10 ай бұрын

Stellantis already said they would consider moving truck production to mexico. lincoln is importing an SUV built in china. Ford Maverick made in Mexico. dont play checkers when the auto makers are playing chess.

@googlreviews7813 10 ай бұрын

@bigd835 Ok so what's your solution? Bend over and hand them the Vaseline? LoL I rather see it closed than be used as slave, all I want is to be treated with dignity and respect. And provide for my family.

@Cirex2118 10 ай бұрын

I HOPE they strike, these people are exploited and deserve ALL of their demands met, PERIOD. It's time workers take more and not settle for less.

@littlebigzelda 10 ай бұрын

They have the liberty to get another job if they want, but they didn't.

@Cirex2118 10 ай бұрын

@littlebigzelda No they don't, people do not have an easy time "finding another job" when your healthcare is attached to employers in this country, they rely on to survive, and requires them to work longer at those work locations to get it, workers deserve better than to be taken advantage of regardless of employer desires for more profits anyways, because the elites at the top 1% Make more than they deserve taking it from the workers they exploit. We need government intervention and reforms to our society to regulate these corrupt corporations. Worker co-ops and unions are a must in society. Otherwise, the corporations become the ruling class and the government. It's slavery under new terms.

@jubilation77c28 10 ай бұрын

@@littlebigzelda Using that logic they should just be happy with whatever management chooses to give them right?

@debrapugh1746 10 ай бұрын

you must not be in the market for a new car or truck or you drive a toyota

@littlebigzelda 10 ай бұрын

@@jubilation77c28 You should learn not to twist people’s word. What I said is, they can always find another job if they do passionately think they are under paid. It’s free market, company pay competitive salary. If you think you deserve more but company isn’t willing to pay, leave.

@csmiith09 10 ай бұрын

Local 600

@redskin1438 10 ай бұрын

FJB, the UAW needs to stop endorsing the America last democraps.

@dr.johnnyfever9194 10 ай бұрын

Vehicles are too expensive. Why is this dude not talking about why they make vehicles that only the elite can afford?

@joshup 10 ай бұрын

Because that's not his job. I and my brothers and sisters elected to talk about how we are getting screwed

@stiffjabzz4237 10 ай бұрын

Indeed,The people that work there should at least be able to afford 1 vehicle per employee ijs!

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

Why are big 3 vehicles built in Mexico the same price as their US built counterparts? 🤔

@dr.johnnyfever9194 10 ай бұрын

@@joshup then he and you are part of the problem. Your product is too expensive for a normal family.

@eackerma100 10 ай бұрын

Big three vehicles are so expensive because of greed and dealers taking advantage of people not because of workers pay, the pay of big 3 workers has went down since 2007 and they want uaw to take less starting wage is 15.78 top out 31.77 it’s less than what they made 20 years ago, you tell me what’s the real problem doesn’t take a rocket scientist

@jimspence715 10 ай бұрын

Cut their health insurance first day of strike.

@jimspence715 10 ай бұрын

All UAW workers say our CEO made this so we want more money. Well McDonald's CEO made $ 18,000,000 last year. McDonald's employees are paid $12.50 an hour. So what's your beef??

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

McDonald’s employees deserve to get paid more too, I don’t understand your point

@kellyray6683 10 ай бұрын

Is there anyway they try to do what they did to the railworkers?

@vincelacommare3839 10 ай бұрын

This guy going to make all big 3 works loose there job 40% raise 32 hour work week 😂

@johnmiller3494 10 ай бұрын

They'll just move manufacturing off shore.

@ronsmith8434 10 ай бұрын

STRIKE COMING

@trunkmonkee1971 10 ай бұрын

If the negotiations are anything like buying a vehicle, then good luck 😅

@dmwp 10 ай бұрын

Let me ask. If your person in a high-low makes 2-3x what the guy on a high-low makes working in construction heat, how do you justify this? Also, why are your people getting strike pay and unemployment while tier 2,3,&4 companies who make significantly less and have less vacation time end up taking hour reductions while you cut back, retool lines in August or strike and usually are not eligible for unemployment? The majority of those who support your industry cannot afford housing, and many receive welfare. South Detroit was left a cesspool of poverty. Who is cleaning up the mess you left behind? How much did manhattan pay? Who is caring for the older workers forced from their jobs and away from family and communities? Ford and the big 3 may help drive the economy but they leave chaos and destruction behind and within the communities they purport to serve. This is the same mess the UAW brought to the entire region in the 70s.

@jasonashley9853 10 ай бұрын

You're blaming the UAW when it's Reagan and his anti-worker BS that destroyed the middle class in this country.

@user-zi2pl6bq6y 10 ай бұрын

UAW. Main reason I quit buying American vehicles years ago.

@beeel6383 10 ай бұрын

Wow. Shake my head. You're the main reason Americans is failing.

@creativemindz3133 10 ай бұрын

Ish about to hit the fan-been to long with corrupted members September 14th let’s see

@jaypitts3100 10 ай бұрын

How are the members corrupt??

@charlesgrant8032 10 ай бұрын

NO FAIN NO GAIN!!!! UAW LOCAL 12

@jayb7675 10 ай бұрын

Why don’t the Big 3 move all factories to Mexico? Toyota doesn’t have Unions. It’s a global market. Robots have already cut job numbers. The workers have no other skill set. When you have no other skill, how can you demand anything?

@dweickel 10 ай бұрын

Biden you know is going to have us extend due to how bad this would be for the country with all 3 companies going down.. Plus the domino effect with suppliers etc.

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

No no no. These are private corporations, a simple deduction from their gross profit is basic math and they could afford to pay each worker 5x their wage. this is all about optics in front of shareholders. Not our job to bail out those pathetic losers

@novyxl9672 10 ай бұрын

I hope it doesn't happen but what if gm Ford just build plants in Mexico and ship everything here.

@34and0 10 ай бұрын

oh yeah every maga genius will line right up to buy a mexican vehicle.. thats some mighty fine thinkerin there

@cabbie012345 10 ай бұрын

Can you build my car before you strike :)

@Frank-mv1jg 10 ай бұрын

With the demands ¹they should just move manufacturing out of country! And anyone that voted for this deserves what they get. Theres a difference in union bargaining and outrageous demands

@MrRob1317 10 ай бұрын

Local union 2335 needs your help with negotiations asap, we're being forced to take a bad deal

@andidklein 10 ай бұрын

Did you shoot this with a potato?

@ms.keeton2884 9 ай бұрын

Capitalism is alive and allowing g CEOs to make billions. SOLIDARITY for the people!!!

@BBMZAP 10 ай бұрын

All ceo's making millions still get a pension ! Not that insane whole your workers don't have a pension if I made $29 millions why would I need a pension you can give it to a liberal worker

@nordlandak6853 10 ай бұрын

Economic reasons mean the big three would be better off moving operations to Mexico. As the union attempted unionization in Mexico?

@letzgobrandon5007 10 ай бұрын

Unskilled workers are not worth 120-150 thousand a year. It doesn’t matter what the CEO makes they aren’t bolting bumpers on explorers. I hope the big 3 decide to lock the unions out. This is extortion and should not be entertained. I’m fine with union employees going to bed hungry.

@jaypitts3100 10 ай бұрын

are u on drugs the unions WILL NEVER BE LOCKED OUT WTF

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

Unskilled labor is still labor. What makes people who work hardest in this country and contribute the most to the economy somehow second class citizens? We sacrifice our health, bodies, time with family, everything. Ford even gets to use my vacation time on their own terms. All while we work in 100+ degree heat on our feet all day in the summer with no AC. We don’t get sick days. We call in once, it goes on our record for 12 months. Ford employees at top pay haven’t had a decent raise in 30 years. 1995, top pay was $28 and today it’s $31. Ford profits in 1995 were $5 Billion, and last year Ford’s profits were $23 Billion. Just saying, but the workers who literally build their entire company deserve to reap the rewards of Ford’s success.

@stiffjabzz4237 10 ай бұрын

They don't wanna talk economics until what???I missed that part he mumbled.

@eackerma100 10 ай бұрын

They don’t ever talk economics till the very last minute because they want uaw to fold and take less to make the deadline

@suedennis9990 10 ай бұрын

They expanding and growing...so the focus will be to give new hiree as little as possible, in years of small increments and wave goodbye to senior employees. More $$$ for them, less and less for the starving employee.

@jimspence715 10 ай бұрын

Now you know why you can't find anything made in USA. ITS just to hard to manufacture in this country, to much union greed. Ford stock $15. Apple stock $185.

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

Union greed??? LOL. The company that pushes jobs to Mexico so their CEO can get paid a few million more each quarter is where the greed is at.

@Brianf1977 10 ай бұрын

terrible audio

@vijaybhogal456 10 ай бұрын

I think Biden will shut this all down.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

The old three are losing market share still.

@user-cw4nf5kn6p 10 ай бұрын

Your demands are unrealistic

@larryh.4629 10 ай бұрын

Ya want $60 an hr that's great I expect all of you to buy your next $125, 000 dollar truck every year and trade up so I can get a deal I can't justify $80 grand now so who the hell you thinks gonna be able to afford your product . Fairs fair but we're all gonna starve before this is over.

@LKR-vt9uf 10 ай бұрын

Work 32 hours and get paid for 40? Ridiculous. Get a real job.

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

What exactly is a real job?

@ravinsilverado 9 ай бұрын

Oh ya good idea. If cars go up anymore nobody will be buying them. You are going run yourself right out a job.

@ejd1984 10 ай бұрын

Does Shawn Fein's negotiation tactics really speak for the majority of the 400,000 UAW members since only 28,056 voted for him? It seems like he isn’t taking into account the realities of today's auto markets - The Big Three's (now like "The Medium Three") market share has been steadily declining since the massive 1971 strike. And adjusting for inflation, the Big Three's profits are nowhere near what they were in the mid-late 1960s. And a lot of the public demands just seems to be out of touch with today's auto landscape.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

Correct they are not the big three they are the old three.

@StevenRumfelt-qg3es 10 ай бұрын

I have worked for gm for 25 years, I've had to move 4x due to plant closures, I have no bills except a $181 lawnmower payment a month, I can't afford a new truck unless I give up 2week paycheck a month, u tell me whats up?, am I out of touch?, $10 an hr raise is just a start, all this tier worker bs needs to stop, n a bunch of other shit, our ceo made $29 million this year. am I out of touch

@BadBackOz 10 ай бұрын

@@StevenRumfelt-qg3es So, how much do you make an hour?

@StevenRumfelt-qg3es 10 ай бұрын

@BadBackOz $32 per hr, I have no house payment, no car payment, perfect credit, basically have no bills n can't afford a new truck, a $10 an hr raise would make me right, but tier system is bs, and a lot of shit is bs. I could buy a new truck, if I want to give them 2 paychecks a month, who on the fuck want to do that?

@BadBackOz 10 ай бұрын

@@StevenRumfelt-qg3es Then don't buy a truck and why do you think you are entitled to one? 32 an hour plus overtime on top of that? On paper I make more money than you, but I'm salaried and don't get overtime, so not sure of your whole situation. No idea what your rent is or if you have a paid off house, but 32 per hour with what you have listed you should easily be able to afford a truck, just sounds like you feel entitled to more pay. They make plenty of decent 45k trucks especially with your discount.

@user-um7xe2rw4h 10 ай бұрын

NEW UAW HATES OLD UAW MEMBER, my GM Pension is only $800 per month,,alerted it might end in 2024.

@briant6263 10 ай бұрын

The guy has no clue about economics and most of the commenters don’t either. GM is a publicly traded company and the primary goal is profit. Workers should get more no doubt but they need to come back to earth. Asking for the universe in this economy. Vehicles are insanely priced as they are. Guess who will pay more. You and me that’s who.

@t.daniel5003 10 ай бұрын

The UAW would have more support if they weren't in bed with the Democrats!

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

Trump destroyed union rights.. If he actually cared about Americans he would give workers more power Biden made it so any department at a job can make its own union. So if all the line cooks want to they can demand a contract.

@deanhopkins2372 10 ай бұрын

Can;t hear a thing said

@charlesmullen3359 10 ай бұрын

All these people on here talking about how hard the work is and how many hours they're "forced" to work. The last time I checked working for the auto industry isn't forced labor, if the job is too hard or the hours are too long then you should quit and choose another career that suits you better. It's not the company's responsibility to provide you with the life you dreamed of, it's yours.

@shellarmstrong1 10 ай бұрын

Not that easy..

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

Why quit when they can exercise their right to make their jobs worth it. Especially when their father and grandfather was a UAW worker as well.

@charlesmullen3359 10 ай бұрын

@ariss3304 if they got everything they are demanding, the company's would either have to raise the prices even further out of reach of the average consumer or go bankrupt. Either way, it's a lose-lose situation.

@angelica502x 10 ай бұрын

Or… we could make ford a worthwhile job again.

@vincelacommare3839 10 ай бұрын

Uaw u ain't working y don't fain take a pay cut

@Seashed 10 ай бұрын

Biggest lie ever told was Xiden won.

@KA9DSL 10 ай бұрын

The UAW is going to hurt new car buyers, price increases not only on cars, but the CEO's salary increase well in to their wallets. There goes my chances on getting something decently new.

@neoasura 10 ай бұрын

The workers wages have been cut in half since 2006, over 17 years, has the cost of your vehicle ever gone down? Trust me, its not the workers pay thats causing it, and even if it was, should they break their backs at work for slave wages all so you can save a couple hundred bucks on a vehicle?

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

The labor costs for Stellantis line workers in Mexico is 1/4 the cost of Detroit line workers. So is that shiny new Mexican Ram truck selling in America for $17K??? Nope! Same price as the Detroit Ram. I call that greed!

@eackerma100 10 ай бұрын

Worker wages are less than 10% of cost on a car the prices of cars should have came down in the last 10 years if it was worker wages being the problem because our wages have went down not up we just want what we deserve

@RussellStovetop386 10 ай бұрын

@@eackerma100your wages went up. Unless you weren't apart of the last contract. The value of the dollar has decreased I think is what you're getting at which makes sense.

@eackerma100 10 ай бұрын

@@RussellStovetop386 there was cola also and pension prev 2007 hires so overall wages and benefits lost it’s much cheaper for them to Pay a worker today than it was then is what I was getting at

@freddiecarr7602 10 ай бұрын

Keep GM and Ford but Stellantis is shit. the Warren Mi Plant needs to be blown up and either rebuilt or just expand the Mexican plant to make Quad models too. The cars are rated at the bottom of the list by consumer reports and I wont accept one as a rental. Fain is right---throw their proposal in the trash can

@jenn1388 10 ай бұрын

Those employees who you are talking about did NOT choose to work for Stelantis, they were working for Chrysler/Dodge. Now they (including my husband) work 80 hour weeks, no time at home and no time for sleeping.

@July.4.1776 10 ай бұрын

@@jenn1388. Have him find a job he likes with less hours simple solution.

@Cirex2118 10 ай бұрын

Although I want our country to transition away from car reliance to high speed railing across the ENTIRE country, and create more affordable housing, walkable/biking cities to combat climate change and remove car over reliance, in the meantime while we work with vehicle reliance, these workers deserve safety nets, better working conditions, healthcare, better scheduling, and fair pay per week, they deserve all of their demands met and nothing neglected by the corrupt corporation. PLEASE STRIKE.

@bidenkidsniffer4926 10 ай бұрын

There are no scientist anywhere on the planet that say global warming is real. So knock it off and flip my burger patties

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

It seems inevitable. 😢

@outkast40 10 ай бұрын

2023 is very different than any year in the history of GM. They have to spend every dime of their profits to build EVs . China , Tesla and Europeans are taking major market share of the car market and possibly the truck market. UAW is really in trouble.

@dusteylong7511 10 ай бұрын

Not every dime. Quite a few dimes, Like several million dimes, have gone into the personal bank accounts of the Board members, who feel it is appropriate to increase their share of the profits, but not appropriate for the folks who actually add the value. Not To Mention: We are subsidizing these enormously profitable companies with our tax dollars. If they move production to make sure that they can continue to enrich their greedy selves at the expense of their workers, then the subsidies should cease. Edited for grammar.

@eackerma100 10 ай бұрын

They’ve had the last 10 years to be prepared for this if the companies didn’t spend their money wisely their idiots but it’s time they pay their workers a fair wage and quit asking the workers to take less

@jasonashley9853 10 ай бұрын

Boohoo. You have to spend money to make money. I have to pay for my gas to work. The big three can suck it up, quit crying, and give back what they took from their workers. Cry me a river, corporations. It's the cost of business. Deal with it. This is not the workers responsibility.

@debrapugh1746 10 ай бұрын

fain will not deliver on these demands/ wish list

@zeekot4064 10 ай бұрын

You’re clueless Debra

@billbrochocki296 10 ай бұрын

You Are Sadly Mistaken But Not Surprising Coming From A CORPORATE Clown!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡Stay Strong UAW BROTHERS AND SISTERS!!!!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

@debrapugh1746 10 ай бұрын

you will be disappointed. opinions vary@@zeekot4064

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

The point of bargaining is to shoot for the moon, and negotiate to some middle point. 🙄

@debrapugh1746 10 ай бұрын

that is true, problem is that both parties will not be willing to meet in the middle. and the uaw president has backed himself in a corner with some of their demands. just keep in mind that they also bargained away and voted to their prior contracts@@grumpycricket

@TAYLORFAN50 10 ай бұрын

Overpaid union slackers wanting more money! Buy Toyota, Nissa, Honda or BMW - problem resolved.

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like you aren't man enough to increase your wages. What kind of man are you? A small weak man throws a fit when the stronger men who care about their community come together to improve their conditions.

@shannonwoodcock1035 10 ай бұрын

Lemmings following this guy. Legacy has not budged. Dealerships are overstocked with nobody buying because of Bidenomics and banks pulling back. The future is EV and legacy with the UAW albatross is not going to be able to be competitive in manufacturing EV's that can compete with the likes of Tesla when it comes to price and/or performance. EV's require far fewer components and far fewer workers to produce. What percentage of automotive assembly vehicles are assembled by union vs non-union labor?

@grumpycricket 10 ай бұрын

How do you explain record profits by the big 3 ???

@shannonwoodcock1035 10 ай бұрын

@@grumpycricket Drive by a GM, Ford or Dodge dealership. They almost exclusively sell medium to large SUV's and trucks. They practically gave up on sedans to the competition. Trucks are still the best selling vehicles in America. It cost about $35K to make a pickup. But they toss in badges, stickers, better seats and then sell them for $80 to $100. That has been their business model. But the party is over. Interest rates are thru the roof. Banks aren't lending because the defaults & repo's are at record highs. The UAW know that EV's require fewer people to make meaning if you make engines, transmissions, exhaust, 12volt systems & high pressure cooling systems those will eventually be fazed out. The Big 3 do not appear to be negotiating much. I think they want this strike. They can not compete in the new world with the albatross of the UAW around their necks.

@jimspence715 10 ай бұрын

UAW workers complain about CEO salaries. These same workers see nothing wrong about patronizing their sport heroes be it any sport where average salaries are around 3.5 million. These CEOs decide their future products and run the operations. It's a shame to disrespect the people that decide your future. If you hate your job with all the perks and benefits you get maybe you should go work at Amazon. NEVER take what you have for granted, because one day it could be gone.

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

WRONG FALSE. They are both codependent. The ceo needs the workers as much as the workers need the bureaucracy. It is a choice to be subservient; and it sounds like you are subservient. If you were placed in the woods alone you would quickly die. Not because of skill but because you would be so far up your ass you would think you could do it all without the help of your fellow man.

@beeel6383 10 ай бұрын

WTF are you talking about? What you're talking about is TOTALLY irrelevant to the topic at hand. But I suspect you realize that and are attempting to convolute the conversation to confuse people in order to sound like you know what you're talking about. You're just another JEALOUS CRAB in a barrel wanting to bring down people who really want to FIGHT AGAINST THIS BACKWARDS SOCIETY THAT TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE AS MUCH AS 1400% INCREASES IN CORPORATE SALARIES WHILE WORKER WAGES REMAIN STAGNANT AND CANNOT KEEP UP WITH INFLATION. A SPORTS FIGURES SALARY IS SOMETHING HE OR SHE FOUGHT FOR AND DESERVES IF THEY ARE IN DEMAND. WORKERS DESERVE HIGHER PAY. JEALOUSY IS JUST AS EVIL AS CORPORATE GREED.

@akamike102 10 ай бұрын

I get union wants more but let’s be reasonable here you want to get paid for 40 hours but only want to work 32 that’s not reasoble

@34and0 10 ай бұрын

mary bara gets several lifetimes worth of our income each year and how many hours per week does she show up for that 230 dollars per minute? finger pointing is fun isnt it

@ariss3304 10 ай бұрын

it's so sad to hear you lack any vision. 40 hour work week is not god given law, there's nothing special about it. Do better and understand that the status quo can change.

@Bigbirdreese1600 10 ай бұрын

Working 32 hrs, getting paid for 40 hrs just isn't good business. 46 % raise.😆😆🤣 Can you imagine If every company did this in the U.s.. Stop being so damn greedy. Its sad gimme gimme gimme gimme. I hate to see what you want in another 4 years... Eventually one of these car companies will go under if this keeps up.. Get a fair contract for both parties.

@colleen-sg5yu 10 ай бұрын

Are they going to move to Mexico?