9 working days with the union on strike has cost GM about a half a billion in profit. The result of this strike will be a 4 year contract, by the way

I hope the union carries on and gets all they can, it's not likely that they'll have another full force strike again in our lifetimes.

So, they better reach some arrangement that doesn't just bandaid over their complaints.

https://www.powernationtv.com/post/so-far-gm-has-lost-over-half-a-billion-dollars-over-the-strike

GM made an initial proposal to the union on Sept. 14 that included $7 billion in investment in eight U.S. plants and more than 5,400 additional jobs, most of which would be new hires. The automaker also offered 2% pay increases in two of the four years and a similar lump-sum payment in the other two -- smaller raises and payouts than what union members received in the expired contract. The company said it would keep health plans intact.

The union balked because GM’s proposal fell short in key areas. The raises were too small, and the offer didn’t include terms that its negotiators liked on use of temporary workers and the length of time it takes for shorter-tenured members to get to top-scale pay. Also, GM’s offer to invest in a union-represented battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio, came with a catch that wages would be paid much less than senior assembly workers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-25/gm-s-profit-lost-to-strike-tops-500-million-credit-suisse-says

Something I heard on the radio that easily balances the scales versus the average hourly wage of the blue collar workers, is the ridiculous paycheck the CEO and boardmembers make.

The CEO, makes 22 million fucking dollars a year. I'm guessing if the CEO made 1 million a year, and the other 21 million were reinvested in the company, to some relevant use, that CEO would still do just as good of a job. I've never understood why CEOs have to one up each other until their asking salary is more than the GDP of some states, countries, or regions of our planet.

The Board of Directors of GM https://www.gm.com/our-company/leadership/board-of-directors.html
isn't as easy to get info on how much GM pays them.
For example Wesley Bush, a boardmember of GM, is also CEO and Chairman of Northrup Grumman, where he makes 24 million a year
Linda Gooden is the boardmember of Univ of Maryland, and Home Depot, and retired from Lockheed Martin as exec VP
and Joseph Jimenez, CEO, Novartis
and Jane L. Mendillo retired President and CEO of Harvard Management Company

the next 4 highest paid members get a combined 22 million https://investor.gm.com/static-files/312bb301-09c1-4b9f-b350-e4ca82fbdec2  page 42

So, though it's not simple to find what the boardmembers get paid to run GM, it's easy to see they have a variety of experience running other corporations

https://investor.gm.com/static-files/312bb301-09c1-4b9f-b350-e4ca82fbdec2
https://www.gm.com/our-company/leadership/board-of-directors.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-09-21/in-strike-at-gm-old-grievances-get-retooled-for-a-new-era