I am intrigued by the fact companies will pay their non-exempt employees MORE, and give them better benefits, than their represented employees. Their exempt employees get paid even more than their non-exempt employees and are given even better benefits, yet the company points to the cost of union employees LOL
>>> discontinued in Dec of that year). According to the Harbour Report
>>>formatting linkit took 15.68>>> hours. Quote: "Among vehicle assembly plants, GM's Oshawa #2 plant,>>> which assembles the Pontiac Grand Prix, Buick LaCrosse and Buick>>> Allure, set the individual plant benchmark for labor productivity with>>> a measure of 15.68 hours per vehicle, followed closely by its>>> adjoining Oshawa #1 plant that produces the Chevrolet Impala and Monte>>> Carlo, Oshawa #1 posted a 16.34 HPV performance.>>>
>>> "GM Oshawa historically has had one of the best work forces of any
>>> assembly plant in the industry and the data proves that," Harbour
>>> said. "The total site builds 20% of GM's North American volume and
>>> does it well." "
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>> OK, so if these workers take $5/hour less in wages, it will amount to
>> less than $100 per car.
>> Is that really a significant amount or do we expect them to work for
>> $10/hour less which is still only $160 per car?
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> Are we counting all the labor? Does that include assembling just the car
> or does it include the assembly of the transmission, engine, alternator, > etc.?
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> It is not just the guy on the line being paid too. Include the warehouse,
> truck drivers, expediters, payroll, billing, janitors, etc. Not all are
> UAW, but most will have some parity with union wages.
>