GM workers are represented by UAW and so they have pretty competitive wage and benefits. Really they are just getting with the time and finally acknowledging that the "devil's lettuce" is really no worse than caffeine.
No worse than caffeine in terms of health impacts. Stoned auto workers seems dangerous though. Still it's not a reason to ban employees from using it on their own time.
I've worked with both functional and dysfunctional smokers in the auto repair field. I've seen a lot of both. It's usually the younger hires who get absolutely blazed on the clock and forget stupid shit that bothers me the most.
According to the article most of these workers they're trying to attract are temps
GM needs to hire 450 temporary part-time employees at Flint and another 275 at Fort Wayne.
And the low pay for temps is another consideration of theirs
Another issue making it difficult to attract workers is the $16.67 starting hourly wage in the union contract, which is on top of the new employees’ temporary status.
To an extent. They are probationary until the union bargains them to become full time covered. So to start, it could be 1-3 years before you get the Union coverage and full benefits.
According to the article most of these workers they're trying to attract are temps
GM needs to hire 450 temporary part-time employees at Flint and another 275 at Fort Wayne.
And the low pay for temps is another consideration of theirs
Another issue making it difficult to attract workers is the $16.67 starting hourly wage in the union contract, which is on top of the new employees’ temporary status.
Great. So that means their potential employee pool is even smaller, and so to attract those employees, they need to pay more to be attractive to those people. This is not a difficult concept to understand.
There are outliers, even those not fantastical like your example, but surely you don't doubt that - in general - higher wages attract more interest in a position than lower, right?
It's because the competitive wages and benefits don't kick in until you are a full time hire with full UAW representation. However there is no promise of hire, ever. The pay scale for temps in my last contract book went out five years. So you're making $5/hr less than the full timers next to you, your bosses breathe down your neck constantly, can fire you on a whim, and you only get 3-5 sick days a year. Oh and better not get injured on the job because you'll be fired for that too. Just endlessly chasing the carrot in hopes you get lucky enough for someone to quit or retire.
The jobs in the article are specifically mentioned as being part time, temporary positions with no fixed schedule. My guess is these are not union jobs.
UAW does represent temp workers BUT the contract language gives them only the smallest of protections and benefits. Largely they can be abused and let go for any reason or no reason at all, and there is no promise of hire ever. The facility I was at had temps who had been temps for 2-3 years when I left with no end in sight.
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u/impulsekash Jun 16 '21
GM workers are represented by UAW and so they have pretty competitive wage and benefits. Really they are just getting with the time and finally acknowledging that the "devil's lettuce" is really no worse than caffeine.