Thank you! I was able to briefly live vicariously through your eyes! I’ve recently grown a great appreciation for the serenity of being outdoors—especially in mountainous wooded areas in my case.
kyden
joined 1 year ago
Please forgive my ignorance here. I absolutely support folks fighting for better pay and benefits, but why on earth did they refuse this?
The company’s Oct. 3 offer featured:
- Product commitments for every UAW plant in America
- No job losses due to electric vehicle battery plants
- Profit sharing among all employees
- A full ratification bonus
- 26% pay increase for all temporary employees
- Conversion of all temporary employees with at least three months of service to permanent status
- More than 20% pay increase for permanent employees
- Inflation protection in cost-of-living allowances
- End to tiered pay so all employees can reach the top wage rate
- A reduction (in half) of the time it takes to earn the top wage
- Income protection for permanent employees
- Increased 401(k) contributions for permanent employees
- Up to five weeks paid vacation, an average of 17 paid holidays per year and two family days.
Every single one of those bullet points sounds like a pretty massive win, even individually, then you combine them all together and it's the best benefit plan I've ever even heard of in the US. Granted, I am not a benefits manager and never have been, so I suppose I don't know what is generally available in the US. But many of those individual benefits are leagues above anything I've ever seen.
EDIT: I read the article rather than the post. So I assume the above points are not being given to plants planning to be built?
Here is a different tune as an escape from Kirby. Relevant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FrNDTqwxxQ
This was the nicest thing I’ve seen all day! Thank you for sharing. :D