What will happen here before UAW negotiations?
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I don't have no wife or kids or pension. This country better not take away my Social Security! I'm going to need that!
@1eas+1mor22yW It is not about paying less, but motivating the workers and removing the bad ones. Several decades ago, having a factory job in America was a good thing. The greed of the companies, the awful job of the unions, and the misconception of many families, reduced the value of a factory job.
A well managed company would pay handsomely to the key players (and not, those are not the C-suite). I am talking about experienced people that can actually deliver new products, designs, ideas, and leadership. In other words, the complete opposite of our workforce.
For the repetitive workloads, I'd understand outsourcing some white collar jobs and automating as much as possible. However, let's not forget that "we get what we pay for". Something many companies realized when they outsourced their call centers.
@1eas+1mor22yW. Good plan. How quickly do you think the UAW would bring the company to its knees? You do realize that the company's funding for it's transformation comes from UAW assembled trucks. Then there is the government handouts the company is looking for. Well, you may not realize it, but you can bet UAW negotiators know it.
We need to pay our uneducated labor force much much less. That's why our leaders outsource to low cost countries. Because it is more cost effective. If we have any hope of being competitive, we need to pay these laborers in line with the low cost countries.
We also need to automate as much as possible and reduce head count.
Why would there be notice? Contractors don't technically work for the big companies, so all that's required is to let the agency rep know when the time comes. In theory, the agency could try to find other positions for those let go, though that won't be easy these days.
I used to work as contractor, and I tried my darndest to get converted to direct hire to avoid this (though even direct hire isn't as safe as it used to be).