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Sounds like Deere is offering its workers 10% raises effective immediately and increased retirement benefits to end the strike.

But queue the unions are evil rhetoric...
 
unofan said:
Sounds like Deere is offering its workers 10% raises effective immediately and increased retirement benefits to end the strike.

But queue the unions are evil rhetoric...
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Management still having troubles driving the tractors into the shop?
 
UAW votes down Deere's offer 55-45 (first offer two weeks ago was shot down 90-10). I'm honestly shocked. They would've gotten a 10% raise immediately, another 10% over the next 5 years, increased retirement benefits, bigger bonuses, and no change to their health insurance costs.

Now they're pretty much guaranteed to be on strike through the new year. It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it works out.
 
unofan said:
UAW votes down Deere's offer 55-45 (first offer two weeks ago was shot down 90-10). I'm honestly shocked. They would've gotten a 10% raise immediately, another 10% over the next 5 years, increased retirement benefits, bigger bonuses, and no change to their health insurance costs.

Now they're pretty much guaranteed to be on strike through the new year. It's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how it works out.
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I would have taken the deal.
 
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Hard to know. Plus you have to do the math on how much you lose by striking.
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And how motivated people will be to become scabs.

I admire their tenacity...but they are pot committed now if they are on strike for a significant amount of time past this as is expected then they can't accept a deal in the future that isn't massively better than this one. They now have to chase the jackpot.
 
A majority of the workers obviously feel they are in the driver's seat and can squeeze management for more. Perhaps they are overplaying their hand, or perhaps there are further details we don't know about as armchair analysts. *shrug*
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
A majority of the workers obviously feel they are in the driver's seat and can squeeze management for more. Perhaps they are overplaying their hand, or perhaps there are further details we don't know about as armchair analysts. *shrug*
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Uh huh...the majority of Qucumbers think JFK Jr. is going to be Trump's running mate. I doubt the UAW has any sort of inside info that gives them leverage because it would leak rather quickly. They are playing with the narrative that there is more jobs than people willing to put up with working them and praying it holds. If Deere can find scabs (and sooner or later they will) UAW gets nothing.

We will see though...I am sure certain politicians will get involved and ruin any narrative the UAW has anyways trying to add to their Progressive Bonafides.
 
Handyman said:
Uh huh...the majority of Qucumbers think JFK Jr. is going to be Trump's running mate. I doubt the UAW has any sort of inside info that gives them leverage because it would leak rather quickly. They are playing with the narrative that there is more jobs than people willing to put up with working them and praying it holds. If Deere can find scabs (and sooner or later they will) UAW gets nothing.

We will see though...I am sure certain politicians will get involved and ruin any narrative the UAW has anyways trying to add to their Progressive Bonafides.
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I am always curious to hear in these situations the position of the bargaining committee from the union and the union representative with respect to the offer. The committee and union rep have to walk a fine line. They need to stoke the anger of the workers to show their resolve to management and raise the threat level of a shutdown, but like a good fire, if not carefully managed it can quickly get out of control.
 
Wasn’t there problems with working conditions and excessive forced OT?

As a union member, money is always nice but making sure you can do things like seeing your family and a good anti-harassment policy are way more important.
 
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