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Originally Posted by rocknrollcali87
I couldn't help but think of all the cuts they've done already over the course of 5 years and the closing of plants. Do you know if those people still get some kind of pay?
I think you're right that they are used to certain conditions of working and that there workers have had the best in benefits and pay but it's a gradual slow and steady loss and I think GM & the UAW knows this and they're playing it by plan up until they either cut their losses or fall totally.
But I don't think it's right that a working man or woman lose out totally on their job so fast.
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Most of the job cuts have come by way of early retirement so they'd get their pension. And a lot took a buyout as well. So they aren't in too rough of shape, but most would probably have preferred to keep their job. The closed plants relocated as many workers as possible to other nearby plants, however this is not always possible. But its sorta like a starvation diet. To stay alive, your body will first consume stored fat (excess workers near retirement), then muscle (decent workers you can do without), then the vital organs (good workers you can no longer afford to keep). Right now, I'd guess that they are out of 'muscle' to lose.