cambridge, I'm not asking anyone to give up anything. I want the same treatment from my government that the union employees got as I pay the same tax dollars they do. I DO Not want them to gfive up any portion of their pensions and applaud them for getting what they did out of this government spoonsored mess.
The IUE has done nothing to help the Delphi Salaried retirees that I know of except lip service. We appreciate that, but do you think they will strike to get the Salaried retirees pensions? The answer to that is a big fat NO!
I started hourly rate in the IUE in 1976 at the Frigidaire plant (appliances) in Dayton, OH I was soon transfered to a salaried position because I had a degree from Ohio State University. They asked me to take the job. In retrospect I regret taking the "promotion". When Frigidaire was closed I transferred to Delco Products in Dayton. For years I was making less than the hourly rate counterparts in the automotive IUE union if you factored in overtime that they got paid for and the salaried employee didn't. Then, when GM started cutting due to losing money the salaried employees benefits were cut because we didn't have a union contract and the hourly union workers did. I actually didn't mind all this because I still had a good job. But now after 33 years of working I am having my pension cut to the bone while if I would have stayed in an hourly position with the IUE I would have it topped off by GM. This was negotiated by the Treasury Dept. and the Auto Task Force working for Obama. THEY chose to leave the salaried retirees entirely out in the cold. I guess I made my bed and now I'm lying in it but this whole scenario is not fair and is being orchestrated with my tax dollars by my government. If this had all played out under a standard bankruptcy, there is no way the union employees would be getting this unfair treatment. Obviously you can alter bankruptcy laws if the Auto Czar and the President are union supporters.
The Delphi Ripple Effect
cambridge, I'm not asking anyone to give up anything. I want the same treatment from my government that the union employees got as I pay the same tax dollars they do. I DO Not want them to gfive up any portion of their pensions and applaud them for getting what they did out of this government spoonsored mess.
October 2, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. permalink suggest removal
The Delphi Ripple Effect
The IUE has done nothing to help the Delphi Salaried retirees that I know of except lip service. We appreciate that, but do you think they will strike to get the Salaried retirees pensions? The answer to that is a big fat NO!
October 1, 2009 at 1:33 p.m. permalink suggest removal
The Delphi Ripple Effect
I started hourly rate in the IUE in 1976 at the Frigidaire plant (appliances) in Dayton, OH
I was soon transfered to a salaried position because I had a degree from Ohio State University. They asked me to take the job.
In retrospect I regret taking the "promotion". When Frigidaire was closed I transferred to Delco Products in Dayton. For years I was making less than the hourly rate counterparts in the automotive IUE union if you factored in overtime that they got paid for and the salaried employee didn't. Then, when GM started cutting due to losing money the salaried employees benefits were cut because we didn't have a union contract and the hourly union workers did. I actually didn't mind all this because I still had a good job.
But now after 33 years of working I am having my pension cut to the bone while if I would have stayed in an hourly position with the IUE I would have it topped off by GM. This was negotiated by the Treasury Dept. and the Auto Task Force working for Obama. THEY chose to leave the salaried retirees entirely out in the cold. I guess I made my bed and now I'm lying in it but this whole scenario is not fair and is being orchestrated with my tax dollars by my government. If this had all played out under a standard bankruptcy, there is no way the union employees would be getting this unfair treatment. Obviously you can alter bankruptcy laws if the Auto Czar and the President are union supporters.
October 1, 2009 at 10:29 a.m. permalink suggest removal