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Even as United Auto Workers (UAW) contract negotiations are underway with The Big 2.8, 13 News reports almost 100 temp employees at Chrysler's Belvidere, Illinois, assembly plant have filed a lawsuit protesting their contract. The temps have "little union representation," no dental, vision or prescription health care benefits. Their benefits and wages are the result of an agreement between Chrysler and the UAW– to whom they're expected to pay union dues. Even the UAW is split on how this should be resolved. Leadership at Local 1268 wants to see the temps made full time, but some workers fear if they do, it would result in diminished benefits for everyone. Chrysler, of course, has filed a motion to dismiss the suit.
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I always defend the Unions……they need to stand up for these employees, too. Same work-same pay. These issues are rarely this cut and dried. It’s a question of fairness. Now, if only a national health care policy could be done……………..
The Temps should be filing a suit against the UAW for robbing them in the form of union dues. Pehaps the Temps have no concept of personal responsibilty and that maybe they should not have signed-on to work under the contract conditions. It is like someone borrowing money from a bank and then blaming the bank when they can’t pay back the loan. GROW UP! Geeeez.
olddavid:
I always defend the Unions……they need to stand up for these employees, too. Same work-same pay.
Except in this case, the temps are in the situation they’re in because the union agreed to it a few years back to get the Caliber and clones for that plant.
Paying dues but not recieving any benefits or representation sounds like a bum deal. I rarely agree with Luther, but that indeed is robbery.
Now even temps have a sense of entitlement…
I know a young guy who works part time as a grocery bagger. His wages are barely above minimum wage and yet the “union” takes $36 every week out of his paycheck for the 10 or so hours of work he puts in.
Many unions have become like other long standing organizations …. worried first and foremost about continuing their organization and maximizing the amount of money coming in to them.
Every day the unions become more and more of a minority oddity in the US and the source of popular mistrust and resentment.
Where I work we have these kind of temps. They are called transitional employees. They are paid less they eventually will be let go and this was negotiated by the union. The employees knew the facts when they were hired. They are also represented by the union. However we are in a right to work state so their membership and dues is by their choice. They don’t have to belong to a union.
Some how I dont get it that if the young boy works 10 hrs, and his Union takes $36.00 a week in dues, somehow this doesnt ring true, now I could see $36.00 per month but not a week! Hey I am an old Union Steward so know a wee bit about dues.
So what benefit(s) do they get for their union fees? Sounds like a kickback to the union for me.
The “solution” of making them permanent employees is BS. Make them entitled to medical benefits while employed. Retirement benefits can be vested over time.
yankinwaoz where I work it was just agreed to between management and a different union than mine to switch over the temporary workers in another functional area to be union represented temporary workers. I believe their pay went up an extra 5 dollars an hour. So typically there is a benefit. In addition if you are in a right to work state they cannot force you to belong to the union.