UAW Puts Chrysler on Strike Notice
October 08, 2007
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union has set Tuesday as a strike deadline for Chrysler, people familiar with
the negotiations told Bloomberg News.
The union gave Chrysler, now owned by Cerberus Capital Management, 72-hour notice that it is terminating further contract extensions. After 11 a.m. Wednesday, a strike is possible. The contract had been extended after the September 14 deadline so that the UAW could concentrate on negotiations with General Motors.
The union is seeking an agreement with Chrysler -– and Ford, next –- that is patterned after the GM agreement. Union members are now voting on the GM contract; those votes are expected to be completed by Wednesday.
It appears the UAW has adopted with Chrysler the same strategy it used in the GM talks, whereby it had its first national strike in 37 years. That strike lasted only two days before a tentative agreement was announced.
Posted by Michelle Krebs at 4:24 AM under Chrysler , Featured , News | Comments (2) | digg this | Seed Newsvine
Whenever I see auto workers of film footage, I think, "How can anyone move that slow?"
Workers my foot. "Ask not what my country can do for me, as what can I do for my country." If I mad half of what those lazy UAW people made I could pay my bills and live comfortably.
Posted by: Chris Clark | October 08, 2007 at 8:43 AM
YOU MUST BE PRETTY STUPID! I AM AN AUTO WORKER AND
WE WORK OUR BUTTS OFF FOR 50 AND 58 HRS. A WEEK.
STAND ON THE LINE AND DO A JOB A MINUTE IS NOT A
LAZY AUTOWORKER. TAKE YOUR _______ INTO FORD, G.M, OR CHRYSLER
THEN SEE WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT AUTOWORKERS!!!!!
AND TOO TOP IT ALL OFF YOU PROBABLY DRIVE A
_____ RICE BURNER!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Judy Elliott | October 10, 2007 at 6:15 PM