the UAW at the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green Ky, has made 4 demands - or they go on strike.

After another session of negotiations fell through, the UAW voted on January 10th with 98% of the plant’s production workers and 97% of skilled trades workers voting to reject the latest offer from the plant’s management, and with that also came the strike authorization vote.

“The arrogance really is frustrating because the demands that we haven’t satisfactorily settled are not egregious in nature, especially during economic good times,” said Jason Watson, shop chairman of UAW Local 2164, which represents the Bowling Green Assembly hourly workforce. “We’re not in a recession.”

The four outstanding issues that the local 2164 UAW shop wants to settle include:

To commit to using UAW members for contracted jobs such as 3D printing, maintenance work, and striping of cars, all currently done by outside companies.

To commit to build future Corvettes, including a possible electric version, at Bowling Green.

To commit to using Local 2164 skilled trade workers in the Performance Build Center, the department in the plant where GM makes performance motors for the Corvette Z06, the Cadillac Blackwing series for the CT4 and CT5 sports sedans, and performance Camaro muscle cars.

To commit to a higher pay rate for certain job classifications in the plant that require additional knowledge and skill to perform.

https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2022/01/25/to-avoid-a-strike-the-uaw-at-the-corvette-assembly-plant-has-four-demands-for-management/