And taxed at 40%

Ya swiped my comment! LOL @@baja24087

And they are severely taxed

@@Summersoft88severity taxed? They’re taxed just like income

They should do salary swaps twice a year so the big wigs can see how the workers live

Why are you not a CEO? Greedy person = anyone that has more $ than you. Greedy person = what someone with less $ calls YOU.

​@bobroberts2371 Thats the most ridiculous question I've ever heard.. 😂😂😂

​@bobroberts2371 what do you do for a living?

@@auth3ntic118 You didn't answer my question so I'll expand on it. Come up with a realistic coherent answer and I'll answer yours. Why are you not a CEO and give 90 % of your pay to the line workers? Seems that would be the most direct path to helping line workers out rather than a strike.

@@bobroberts2371your first issue is thinking the money made is “their pay” that they’re giving away. You have no idea how any of this works

Develop a skillset beyond what any high school kid can do, then find a better job if you aren't happy. Anyone who doesn't do this and chooses to not work is a complete joke.

What have you done to increase the value you provide to the company that warrants an increase? If you have not increased the value you bring, why should anyone pay you more?

Absolutely 💯 before any negotiations take place... Last contract was totally... We'll say some people went to jail....???

You don't get to be overpaid then put your companies into bankruptcy then claim you gave up stuff and you are the hero here!

@@domjohnson2579 it wasn’t the wages or legacy costs that put the Big 3 into bankruptcy, but nice try.

SOLIDARITY ✊🏼

@@CHUY-DRZ400s #Solidarity brothers & sisters.

Bro, GM went bankrupt and employees lost all that money In stocks.. than GM said. Oh here you wanna buy new stock.. oh that was under obama, now biden and it's the same shit... hahahhaha

SOLIDARITY ✊🏼

UAW, unions against work

Indeed sir

Family members that see the physical pain their loved ones experience and watch their fellow worker friends die from cancers caused by working conditions know too.

@@bstims2506re read the comment. He was talking about the executives…. Not us, the workers. -local 249

Well u intrigued by what there being paid u should shoot for that position... That's jus big business y'all not gone change that all companies do it

Good luck with your bankruptcy.

So why are you not an executive giving 90 % of your pay to the line workers? Seems like this would be a much more direct route to raising line workers pay that a strike don't you think?

​@@bstims2506he's bashing top teir EXECUTIVES... CEO'S. Not worker's on the floor.

You think the unions don't have lobbyists??

This is the Golden Comment

💯. Solidarity with the factory floor and construction workers 💪

@@darknlovely2177By the way, you ARE very lovely. 🤗

@crazypasta117 And as an Italian, I love crazy pasta. Farfalle just melts in your mouth just like if they were M&M’s. Plus, wagon wheels are fun to eat too.

@@Zayden.Yes indeed 💪💪

So why are you not a CEO giving 90 % of your pay to the line workers?

​@@bobroberts2371are you going to be a CEO and give your people a livable wage? I see you commenting the same thing over and over again. But unless you actually work in one of the factories, you have no clue what these people are going through. They live at the plants. People with 5 years in only get a week and a couple days of vacation which the company is allowed to take away during a shutdown leaving the worker with no vacation. Inflation goes up but not the wage. And all these bonuses... ALWAYS drop on a 6 day work week and taxed the hell out of leaving them with still hardly anything. They barely see their families. So before you go spouting bullshit... Try living in their shoes.

@@chantalweeks2548 said " are you going to be a CEO and give your people a livable wage? " I'm not complaining about my wages compared to a CEO but the union is. The question still stands, why are you not a CEO ? Don't you think that having a few line workers making $$$ in executive positions would be more effective in redistributing the wealth than threatening a strike? Greedy person = anyone that has more $ than you. Greedy person = what someone with less $ calls YOU. said " And all these bonuses... ALWAYS drop on a 6 day work week and taxed the hell out of leaving them with still hardly anything. " Apparently you don't understand how income tax works. Do you also feel that overtime pay ( time and a half ) isn't worth it because of the taxes you need to pay? " So before you go spouting bullshit... Try living in their shoes. " Roofers, brick layers , pavers feel sorry for the mostly climate controlled environment you work in.

Whats so sad about this statement is that at this point EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS. But where is the collective outcry to put a handle on this kind of greed. I remenber a time when all of the anti union people would be up in arms bashing the unions. But even they are starting to realize the ridiculousness of what that kind of untethered greed will produce, and believe it the greed of these corporations is completely out of hand. But please keep voicing this sad truth until it is no longer true. Or at least until the working class gets their share too!

Sounds like supply and demand. No one is stopping you from being a CEO of your own company. If the union knows what is best for the workers and they do such a great job, why are they not running their own car company and paying people $50.00 an hour to build cars with free healthcare and lifetime pensions after working 32 hours a week? Because they would rather rile you up on how unfair everyone else is and collect their $500K a year and not worry about how to compete with imports, market share, distribution, parts issues, vendors, warranty concerns, etc.

Thank you 💪

Personally, if I was the CEO I would make those robots give everyone a back massage as much as needed. No offense to any robots or humanoids out there. 🤚

This is why Tesla avoided Unions, and is now involved with Optimus.

@@BurrQ19 There would be no need for unions if ceos would just be fair.

@@Summersoft88 I would hope someone would start a worker cooperative to compete with the Big 3. I know it’s a more difficult business to run, but it can be very rewarding if done properly and people are committed to learning new skills and sharing profits/benefits at the same time. I would like to think there is hope for humanity here.

Vote blue? Get off that tribalism, vote whoever has best polices. Blue has lost their fucking minds

Solidarity forever. Regarding your last point, I think Prof. Richard Wolff brilliantly skewered the inflation lie on a recent Chapo episode. Highly worth seeking out if you haven't heard it.

your strike will sell more and cheaper honda's and toyotas made by nonunion workers.

you have been brainwashed by the uaw.

@@roadmaster720 Then the stateside businesses will have to lower their management and administration salaries to compete. That's how this works.

Roop Raj is an EXCELLENT journalist. Just keep watching. He’s going to higher places. If Fox Channel ever has an evening news broadcast like NBC, CBS, and ABC I wouldn’t be surprised if Roop got the first offer.

@RealJackHQ FOX News is fake news! Paid out $787M in a defamation lawsuit to Dominion voting systems. The FCC has to crack down on the lies and misinformation....

In solidarity with the auto companies, Union Buster's local 69 🇺🇲

Glad to hear that. As long as workers are doing qualitative work….I don’t care if it’s for one hour. You do what you’re supposed to make customers happy I’m signing you up.

Keep voting democrat.. did anyone learn under Obama? Guess not.. looking forward to Unions really supporting democrats in 2024, so we can 10% interest rates, more record inflation and 8$ gas.

@@danielowen5889 republican or democrat doesn't matter, we didn't have 10% interest rates when obama was in office, and the last time we had a budget surplus was when Clinton was in office, since then democrat and republican alike have raised the debt and deficit every year. Eventually someone will have to pay for all that, with interest. The people in government use the debt to mask the poor economy we've had for years. Imagine you took out a 200,000 mortgage on your current house (debt) and paid someone $500 a week to mow your lawn, $100.00 per hour to cook you dinner, $250.00 per hour to clean your house. Your lawn guy took his family our to a great restaurant and left a $100.00 tip because he's making a truckload of money mowing your lawn. The waiter at the restaurant was finally able to afford the new phone, and the person at the verizon store got a bonus for selling 10 phones that week. Everyone is happy, everyone has money, everyone thinks the economy is great. BUT in a few years when you run out of the 200K you got from the mortgage, and you fire the yard guy, the cook, the maid, etc and no one has any money, all of the sudden, the economy is crap. It's not about who is in the office today, it's about how everyone in government is creating the situation that caused it and when will all this catch up with us. If you think one party is better than the other, you're just not paying attention.

@@danielowen5889 The Fed controls interest rates to be fair, which is out of lot of the President’s hands. But the President could set an agenda for more oil refineries to produce more gas. We already have record oil production, so we just need to complete the next step.

@@RealJackHQ bro.. spending all that cash led to record inflation, which leads to interest rates..

Idle threats, they won’t do anything to harm the billions that are pouring in they won’t even notice our pensions coming out they make so much

Scare tactic.

@pnketia That’s fair point. Maybe Ford agrees to buy some quality stocks and bonds and share the profits from the selling of those stocks and bonds to workers. So even if not a pension or 401k it could still be a hefty sum of cash.

Down with Wall Street parasites!

I'm a huge fan of stock options for the workers, not a fan at all of pension plans. Stock options will allow the workers to do well when (or if) the company does well. Gives works an incentive to see profits go up because when profits go up, stock price goes up. When vehicle sales go up stock price goes up.

She's now at $29.5 million as a result of the record profits.

Its probably because she runs the company and doesn't sit in a chair drilling rivits.

This isn't Europe and you get what you want it means rent will go up and prices will go up and it will hurt the retired people and the working poor so stop being greedy so I just can't buy my brand new boat or my new Harley oh boo hoo

@@jameslshaffer5463 what you dont understand is that isnt fair because someone ELSE bought a Harley. So wheres mine

Buddy keeps talking Biden. Cut his pay!!

He had me laughing when he said Trump will get on his Jet and flee to the middle east! He doesn't like either Trump or Biden and I am right with him on that!

He's Black, he wasn't born in Africa.

@@calgreco8607Yeah, a Black Democrat union spokesmen has to say that otherwise be forced to face the Liberal mob and be ostracized by the Black community.

It's so good to see him talk. To hear his perspective, it's like we're getting a little closer to having everybody in this civil society participate. Plus this guy's a really good speaker.

lol and they just admitted to losing 30,000 on each new ev. lol no truck is worth 90,000. cars are intentionally priced to high. so governments can push the new green agenda and force people onto public transit. so they track, trace, and control their movements. its all a scam. the green scam. co2 is least gas in the atmosphere takes thousands of years to dissipate and actually help plants and trees grow with less water. has been many times higher in the past and is the lowest its been in earths history. sea levels are not rising. polar bear are endangered and can swim really well.

Yes

Unions don't use taxpayers' money! That's why members pay DUES, not fees like the orange Jesus called them on Labor Day....

He's referring to the bailout that happened about 15 years ago. GM and Chrysler (Stellantis) took the bailout money. Ford did not take the bailout money. Instead, they paid their debts selling Land Rover, Jaguar, Mazda and phased out their Mercury division.

Can you expand on that? Someone posted on here that they made $35.00 per hour and made $31.00 years ago and was complaining about only going up $4.00 per hour. At the $35.00 per hour, working 40 hours per week 52 weeks a year, you would have $72,800 (not counting 401K match, profit sharing, etc) if you work 10 hours of overtime a week at time and a half, that comes to a total of $100,100 (again that's before 401K match, etc). Everyone on here is complaining how they are forced to work 10 and 12 hour days 6 days a week, which would be 60 to 72 hours a week. How does that add up to a maximum of $93K?

They are very misleading with this figure. It is counting extreme OT, signing bonus and 6000 one time inflation payment in first year.

How about this, 32 hr work week, paid for 32 and no overtime, are you OK with that?

I say the same Mr. Yoke. Your plane is on cruise control. 🫡

I think Sam solved a critical riddle ☝️😁.

Who gaf about that

@@DdoubleU979It depends on your perspective. Many people take pride in people in the minority taking a stand in a direction that would normally be frowned upon by the establishment. There is a hopeful symbolism in that. Don’t be indifferent to it, be enlightened by it and see what YOU can do to add to the equation. 🙂👍

​@@DdoubleU979It's awesome. Finally. Perspective, balance. Our civil society needs everybody to be a participant and this is a good sign. I'm so happy to see it too.

Tesla is a great company and glitch in the matrix when it comes to stock growth and valuation. It’s P/E is insanely high and has made plenty of people money. What happens from here is anyone’s guess but depending on a company’s stocks is what’s makes us all rich or all poor. Its not a solution to dignity and workers wages.

@@Hofftimusprime1 Dignity and workers wages are based upon only two things: conduct and performance. One does not need a union for increased wages. I and my family members have always been rewarded for our hard work. The harder we worked, the more money we made. The more money we maded, the harder we worked.

@@gordongekko4752 You sound like the bullshit I’ve heard all my life. Ok boomer.

​@gordongekko4752 that's funny, I've worked a lot of jobs and, usually, the harder people work the less they make. Just what I've observed. And people who cry "I worked hard and that's why I have money..etc " know that luck and the rigged system helped them but th eir ego won't let them. Oh .I didn't even read your screen name! Lol

@@gordongekko4752 Nonsense ..Your LUCKY personal experience is not the way things work across the board...there are many greedy people and plain disrespectful people in the world who have achieved success ESPECIALLY by "stepping on" the little guy ....you say... "you made more money as you worked harder but if you look at a graph of worker pay compared to worker wages over the last forty years ....the pay line is basically FLAT while the productivity and hours worked line shoots upwards.......Also, increased wages are not the only reason for having a union...Every employer is not fair or honest ...when there is a dispute (say you have to cancel your vacation plans because they need you to come in to work) and you are ACTUALLY treated unfairly .....without a Union ...it is their way or the highway..

Thank you from local 598 Flint Truck Assembly 💪

And you next new car will be double the price it is now.. McDonald's workers wanted 12 an hour. They got it, now it's 25 dollars for 2 ppl to go there..

@danielowen5889 prices tend to trend upward to boost profits, while selling the same number of products. I've heard roughly 7% of car manufacturing is the cost of labor. The other 93% is reinvesting, profits, parts, and more profits. So if it goes up to 8% because of a new labor deal. Will they still be profitable? Yes. Will they choose to jack up the car price regardless of whether they give them a raise or not, yes most definitely.

@@danielowen5889that’s not because of workers. It’s because shit cost more under the idiot Biden administration.

As much as I believe in a 32 hour week, remember that you have to demand the universe to end up with some stars- set the bar high!

​@@jenniferjones3273 so eloquently stated!

And replace them with robots 😅

Cheaper, work round the clock, open high skill jobs, and they dont complain

They sent their proposal today. 😂

@@jessicamoreno5159 Whats the word,Is it better than what the other 2 companies offered?

Yep. I've been a Big 3 supporter for years. Not anymore. These people voted for this mess, they can live with the consequences...and those consequences are more lost business to them.

Seriously. Expenses are insane these days. Pink guy knows what's up. Rich White "back in my day" Republican guy is off topic! Pink guy totally obliterated the other guy, made excellent points. Vote Union.

With inflation skyrocketing, when lunch time rolls around, I go to the kitchen! Never in my life would I drive 6 hours for lunch and then come back home!😂😂😂

Agreed...and pensions...local 598 here 💪

@@Freedom_Fighter72 i would love a pension but it won’t happen lol and 2164 right here 💪💪

I agee to a degree... that fight is needed because in negotiation we still win if we give up something we never had to get something we really want. so i they say no to that but give the 46% and etc its a win

😊 It can totally happen. High technology and automation makes less work needed to get the same job done. At the same time the cash savings from that automation goes somewhere, the cash currently goes to the shareholders. The end worker doesn't get the cash. Solution is taxes on shareholders. Feed those taxes back into the broader economic system and make it possible for you and me to have a 32 hour work week and still live a very comfortable life. Easy peasy, just takes a little bit of vision and everybody pretty much to want to have a good life, centered around you and not centered around your bank account. Culture of rich people and everybody must be rich and money money money is a huge distraction, making 32 hour work week less likely

@@ByteSizedSociety not what i’m saying , im saying it won’t happen they are not goin for that

Just took a screenshot of that. I will keep this perspective in mind. 🫡👍

Vote Biden again.. put the blame where it belongs.. Biden...

@@danielowen5889 He posted a timeline that goes back to 2006 that has nothing to do with Biden. These problems have been happening for years. And NO, we’re not electing someone who at the very least was found liable of sexual assault to the White House. Our country doesn’t need to embarrass itself any further.

Truth

Sounds like they don't want time-and-a-half for Friday, it sounds like they want 40 hours of pay while working 32 hours. They want a three day weekend, not overtime.

Under that scenario, Friday would probably be time and a quarter.

I buy lots of American goods, I lm calling g you a liar. America has lost its craftsmanship and pride in work

real talk. if this continues in the US the middle class will disappear.

@bashmusic023 everyone's getting raises and better jobs. Gl bud you sound like you're rightfully poor

Bit condescending,.

@CooterELee Great to hear. Be more open minded to unions and even create one of your own if need be if you’re looking for more nuance from leadership.

You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Labor is only about 10% of the cost of the vehicle and despite wages remaining stagnant for decades the cost of vehicles has skyrocketed and so has CEO compensation packages.

I think if your analogy or antidote, were to play out, the Chinese auto workers wouldn't be included in the box with the Chinese automaker plants. I don't care if they man the plants with aliens or native Indians, any worker can be organized and unionized. It's not just some whimsical unexplained phenomena, that Starbucks, Amazon, civil service workers, are organizing and joining unions.

@@chriskerley9576 Then it’s a matter of reeling in upper management pay. In the end, it still does not refute my statement. This is still really bad for the Big3.

This is no more bad for the big three than any other day. When the idiots go to buy the chinese cars they will buy them regardless of this negotiation period. That's because Americans are the biggest idiots in the world. And these contract talks have NOTHING to do with that.

@@MarvinFontanillaYou’re right that we have to reel in upper management pay. By the way, I’m a big fan of the name Marvin. Marvin, Kirby, Jordan, Ike, Felix….I like ‘em all. 👍

And when the engine or transmission of a gas car fails what does that cost? ( $$$$$ )

YES! Math, common sense, a man after my own heart.

Vote Union and you can have it. There's a lot of efficiency available and the money, the cost savings of that efficiency, is obviously not going to you. It's going to the stock market shareholders. C level executives, CEO etc, they also get a cut of that. The system of shareholder economics can be used for good but it's currently regulated incorrectly. The average person is underpaid. Vote Union, for a start, and learn. Learn about how the system is broken and how it can be fixed. And support that.

Greedy person = anyone that has more $ than you. Greedy person = what someone with less $ calls YOU.

@@bobroberts2371 Can you have something original to say!!!

@@bobroberts2371 A greedy person is someone or a corporation who gives THEMSELVES a raise AFTER they have asked YOU to take less...DID YOU NOT HEAR THEM SAY THIS ????!!! SMH

@@dennisholliday2454 Did executives take a pay cut when the economy / GM collapsed? Ever think that in past years line workers were getting paid way more than they should and the previous contract brought them back to the proper level? How about this for a solution. Line workers need to apply for CEO / executive jobs then give 90 % of their salary to line workers. Think about this, no need to strike and walk the picket line. I've been pitching this and have not had any takers, wonder why.

That and have CEOs put in more community service hours to relate better to the actual customers they serve as well.

4/10s are still 40 hours. Some people can do it but even working in an office, I started to feel sick being there on longer days. Those schedules can be harder for parents too.

Yep. EV is not the problem. Republicans are piling on, making the real problem worse. The needs of the people, in this case the workers, are shamefully under addressed. Their wages are like 1950s wages. Fat cat C level executives, corrupt shareholder economics, it's just imbalanced. Regulation please, vote Union.

BS fr

It's people who work in these plants making $17, let that sink in. STIKE

​@@truthhurts9246😊💯

@@truthhurts9246 The next five years will be pivotal. For instance, there are tech companies producing fast food machines that have removed all human intervention to include taking orders, cooking and receiving payment. The only human interaction at this point is resupplying….I guess my concern is the unintended consequence of forcing big companies to innovate and remove humans from the critical production line path. While a strike in the short term may feel good….I think it is bad in the long term. I’d surely like to see other creative ways to solve the issues rather than a strike. I’m a strong supporter of buy American and the positions adopted by both the big 3 and the union will result in long term pain for all but especially the workers.

Oh they will. Its just a matter of time. As of right now youre cheaper than a machine. If you get a 146% pay raise, how long will that last? Get out while you can dawg

Maybe they can do 32 hours and then get the other 20% through pay since Shawn was looking for a 40% increase. 💁🏻‍♂️

If a 32hr work week is implemented, Then we will have 3 days they can force us to work instead of 2 under plan A & critical status language in the contract.

I'm sorry you're in that spot, if you're in a lower tier. It's not gonna get better without the fight though.