The American Dream - UAW Maintains Focus On Giving Entry Level Workers Middle Class Wages

UAW President Bob King said today the union is working on a “new formula” for income for its members workers in contract talks with the Detroit Three.

King, who was interviewed today on WJR-AM (760), wants to boost entry level workers in contract talks with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

Under the current contract, which expires Sept. 14, GM, Ford and Chrysler can hire entry level workers for $14 to $16 per hour, or about half the $28 per hour average wage of traditional workers.

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M35MT - 9/6/2011 12:40:55 PM

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Thanks to union pressure, Ford is spending a billion dollars to create 5,000 jobs... in India (no, not Indiana, INDIA.)

Joe_Limon - 9/6/2011 1:02:50 PM

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Floor sweepers should not make $60k a year +pension+benefits. Let alone entry level floor sweepers...

uaw_lax - 9/7/2011 3:34:28 AM

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joe time and time again you prove your total ignorence

Joe_Limon - 9/7/2011 10:21:51 AM

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$28 per hour base wage equates to what per year uaw_lax?

bfghemicuda - 9/6/2011 6:57:36 PM

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It's the task that substantiates dollars per hour not the person that is performing the task. Most auto assembly workers are just that. Automated machines lift the weight, torque the bolts, etc. so the human task is less complicated. Minor tasks ie floorsweeper pay minor wadges and major tasks ie engineering pay major wadges. If Unions want higher wadges and more benefits for there workers, then the worker must educate themselves to perform a higher paying task. Sadly Unions expect high pay for a floorsweeper.

Steve - 9/6/2011 7:00:20 PM

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New, ACCURATE title...
UAW Maintains Focus On Lining Its Own Pockets and Banrupting American Auto Industry...Yet Again!

Armed with crummy management and parasitic unions, there's no wonder why the US auto makers are where they are today.