https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm truesee's Blog: How The UAW Strike May Impact The Economy en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253964 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253964 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 05:04:22 GMT Stack47 <br />In 1978 Chrysler was the target company and to avoid a strike, Lee Iacocca gave the UAW everything they asked for. A year later Chrysler was facing bankruptcy and Iacocca was asking Congress for bailout. The contract was renegotiated with no wage increases and no cost-of-living adjustments. When that contract was up in 1983, Iacocca pleaded poverty but after the UAW signed the agreement, Lee boasted he was willing to give them a $1 an hour raise. The Canadian UAW demanded the $1 an hour in... [ More ]

]]> Stack47 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253921 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253921 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:20:43 GMT JAP69 I started working there for $2.00 an hour until I was eligible to join the union. It gave the factory  time to asses your work value to the company in the event  they wanted to send you out the door.

]]> JAP69 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253920 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253920 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:14:55 GMT JAP69 The union shop I worked for eventually folded up into bankruptcy about ten years after I left.

]]> JAP69 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253919 https://blogs.lotterypost.com/truesee/2023/9/how_the_uaw_strike_may_impact_the_economy.htm#c253919 Sat, 16 Sep 2023 16:11:09 GMT JAP69 I worked in a union shop back in the early 70's and the union contract called for an automatic yearly increase in wages based on the cost of living index.

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