Workers to Delphi. No Way…
Now we’re playing “Chicken”. In a ballot that was so critical that only 62% of the members voted, the offer was turned down, 1107 to 274.
Some things to note…This is a nationwide decision, not a local one.
The Lockport result may not be representative of the broader vote, Siejak said. The radiator and air conditioner parts plant is a center of senior UAW workers who would see their wages slashed under the proposal.
So although the locals turned it down, it may still pass.
Workers were angry at being asked to accept deep pay cuts that weren’t shared by management whom they blame for the company’s problems, Siejak said.
I can understand the sentiment, but possibly risking your continuing employment, and your ability to pay the family bills on anger over management falls into the category of biting your nose off to spite your face. And if you say you are voting on principle, tell me how much food will that “principle” put on your family’s table?
If this contract does not pass and Delphi has to cut more costs, which plant do you think will go next? Perhaps the plant that is considered a “center of senior UAW workers” ?
What say you? Are the workers taking too big of a risk by voting down this contract?