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Looking like labor is trying to get some back after giving so much up ....

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TexasT:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10000-john-deere-workers-go-on-strike_n_61671f4ce4b065a5496f1f23?d_id=2716665&ncid_tag=tweetlnkushpmg00000016

Looking like labor is trying to get some back after giving so much up over the last forty yrs. The volvo plant managed to get some after three offers. https://apnews.com/article/business-strikes-17c318d1250ebfca9f597c5601af820b

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/10/08/deer-o08.html
Poor offer and a 90% rejection vote. Stay strong UAW

I watched the picket line at out local GM plant a couple yrs ago and was glad they got what they were asking for.
I fear we will be on strike in a couple years when our contract is due for renegotiation. They gave up 5% and the another 10% yrs back and there are a bunch of unfunded pension obligations. These corps are flying high with record stock prices and I'm not the only one who feels they need to take care of the labor that takes them there everyday.

I will be prepared as best I can to ride out what ever the outcome of our negotiations. I hope they can come to an agreement for the sake of the families and communities surrounding those plants.

bonneyman:
I hope the negotiations work out for you, but with the current corporate athmosphere it could be dicey.

slip knot:
 I think the current labor market has business backs against the wall. Nobody want to work for the wages offered. The city I work for just changed its pay scales.  I was in the top 1/4 of my pay scale but the new scale has me st the bottom 1/4.  They bumped the upper end by $25k. Some of our guys were $5 below what is considered the new bottom end. They got a sweet raise. Those of us stuck in the middle got 0. And the attitudes show it. Several have already put in for retirement.

Barks:
slip knot--Isn't that backwards thinking.  Going from the top of the range to the bottom of the new range means that there is a lot of increased opportunity for pay raises in the current classification.  Why would this move someone to retire?

fatfillup:
Don't know much about unions but I do know business to some degree, at least small business.  As to Deere, its hard to obligate yourself to a 6 year contract given you don't know what the economy will do over that time.  I would feel comfortable tying in bonuses for all employees to profits but if the economy tanks and it likely will, meeting obligations without layoffs is hard to do. 

As to pensions and retiree health care, the costs are stupid high and that money has to come from somewhere and again, it is a future obligation that is hard to meet.

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