The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
Manufacturing productivity is tightly controlled. Productivity targets are met, based on hours worked. The UAW specifically has a hand in setting productivity targets.
I don’t agree with all of the above poster’s takes (for instance, I don’t think this is a hard line the union is setting, but rather a negotiation tactic), but his points here do come from basic math and do not require a source.
I literally refer to the union head of the UAW as “maybe the best I’ve ever seen” like one post prior to this, so if you think I’m opposed to either unions or this strike, you are grossly mistaken.
His source is math. 32 is 20% less than 40, and in manufacturing, hours worked directly correlates to total output.
Yeah because overworked and underpaid workers are exactly as productive as happier and healthier ones 🙄
Manufacturing productivity is tightly controlled. Productivity targets are met, based on hours worked. The UAW specifically has a hand in setting productivity targets.
I don’t agree with all of the above poster’s takes (for instance, I don’t think this is a hard line the union is setting, but rather a negotiation tactic), but his points here do come from basic math and do not require a source.
I literally refer to the union head of the UAW as “maybe the best I’ve ever seen” like one post prior to this, so if you think I’m opposed to either unions or this strike, you are grossly mistaken.
I am pro-math, though.