UAW Strike Extends To Tennessee
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The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] –
The United Auto Workers Union is dissatisfied with progress in negotiations with General Motors and the workers at Spring Hill’s GM assembly plant were ordered to walk off the job on Saturday night.
This was a strategic move by the union since the Spring Hill plant, the largest General Motors plant in North America, not only produces vehicles but also manufactures parts used in other GM plants across the continent.
United Auto Workers president, Shawn Fain, is known for putting pressure on companies, not hesitating to call a strike if negotiations don’t move in the desired direction of the union and its workers.
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, the UAW has the authority to tell local and regional unions whether or not it is time to strike. So, while negotiations are ongoing in Michigan, Tennessee workers are now joining the ranks of other union workers striking and picketing at other General Motors locations.
Local workers contend that they need better pay and better benefits. Some say that wages have not kept up with cost of living and inflation. The UAW believes this strike will put pressure on GM to come to a tentative agreement like those that have already been reached with Ford and Stellantis.
While some picketers describe the strike as energizing and feel optimistic about having their demands met, General Motors, as of last week, has stated that the strike has already cost them 800 million dollars.
With over 15,000 General Motors employees now on strike, it remains to be seen how the next round of negotiations will pan out.
As UAW strikes have been ongoing since September with Tennessee workers just recently being added to their numbers, it’s obvious that the union holds great power and leverage over the automobile companies that employ its members.
About the Author: Rebecca Scott is a Tennessee resident and reporter for The Tennessee Conservative. You can reach Rebecca at Rebecca@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
Overpriced cars that nobody wants and you people strike?
Unions are killing the country.
Fraid they’ll figger it out the hard way. But the corporate pay IS obscene.
EVERYONE IS GREEDY. TOP TO BOTTOM. VERY FEW PEOPLE THESE DAYS THAT AREN’T OF THE WORLD.
Have bn looking at either a f-150 or Silverado, now I think a Titan will suit me just fine.
800 million, down the drain???
These companies should remember that when supporting candidates like Biden who drive up the cost of everything and “Force People” to demand higher wages.
Trump cut taxes and Government still collected more because the economy grew and people had money/jobs and were not “Discussed” with “Things the way they were”.
Companies/People cut their own throat when they elect “Money spending/wasting Democrats”.