Strike at Deere plants in the US, more supply chain shortage to come

[deereman75]

And $19.25 to run a forklift seems unreasonably low why?
What are you going to make running a forklift at a lumber yard? With no benefits and a lot more manual labor....

 

[deereman75]

Auto workers are unskilled labor. There is no reason they should expect to be able to make the money skilled trades do.

 

[bigtiller]

And $19.25 to run a forklift seems unreasonably low why?
What are you going to make running a forklift at a lumber yard? With no benefits and a lot more manual labor....

One reason is because the CEO makes $7093.16 an hour.

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[deereman75]

And why should the profitability of a company have any bearing on wages?
Wages are based on the value of the work performed. By that logic you should work for free for a company that is running in the red.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

One reason is because the CEO makes $7093.16 an hour.

I understand the argument here but raising employee wages does nothing to hurt the CEO it just hurts consumers.

 

[bigtiller]

I understand the argument here but raising employee wages does nothing to hurt the CEO it just hurts consumers.

I don't think anybody is trying to hurt someone.

 

[airbiscuit]

I remember in the 1980s when some male UAW employees at a Dodge plant sexually assaulted some female employees. Dodge fired those male employees. The UAW filed a grievance over those terminations. The union defends the worst employees and brings everyone down to the least common denominator.

 

[Frankenkubota]

Wow, they still had COLA? We lost that at our local (USWA) in the late 70's. I didn't think anybody was still getting that.

i just heard on tv that cola is not included in most union contracts anymore.

maybe 7 UP?

 

[Frankenkubota]

I remember in the 1980s when some male UAW employees at a Dodge plant sexually assaulted some female employees. Dodge fired those male employees. The UAW filed a grievance over those terminations. The union defends the worst employees and brings everyone down to the least common denominator.

i have been there my friend. i never sexually assaulted anyone but on a couple occasions i got caught doing things that would have cost me my job.....if i was working in a non union situation.

Hard to believe the crap we got away with. i've got some great stories about the 2nd shift antics at a huge union shop!

 

[steelhauler34]

One reason is because the CEO makes $7093.16 an hour.

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Well they should get off the forklift and become the CEO of a giant internationally recognized corporation.
5% is nothing to scoff at. Like someone else said the type of labor you do is independent of the value of that labor. How the free market works. You and I don’t want to pay anymore than market value for goods so why shots company do it for labor?