Topic: One More Reason To Never, Ever Buy A GM Car Again

[trapeze]

Signing bonuses? In this economy?

DETROIT (AP) -- The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General Motors Co., two people briefed on the talks said Saturday.

The deal, which was reached late Friday, also includes a $2- to $3-per-hour pay raise for entry-level workers over the life of the contract and guarantees more union jobs, the people said.

I am deadly serious. I am a lifelong GM buyer. I will never, ever buy another GM product as long as I live and if I have anything to say about it my children won't buy from them either.

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[ttomm46]

I'm paying off my 2005 Pontiac but that's the last for me also.....

[IronDioPriest]

I'm with ya Trap. I thought the bailouts Bush set in motion were wrong and unprincipled. But after Obama's flagrant power-grab (replacing GM CEO, telling secured creditors to pound sand, undermining bankruptcy law in the process, and then arbitrarily making the UAW pension the majority shareholders) I made the decision to never, ever, ever buy from GM or Chrysler again, until such time as their involvement with the federal government is completely dissolved.

I still cannot for the life of me figure out why the GOP has not been screaming of these transgressions from the rooftops since the days they occurred. It is low-hanging fruit, and just one of many perfect examples of the lawlessness of this administration.

[rickl]

one of many perfect examples of the lawlessness of this administration.

And the ineffectuality of the opposition.

[Predator Don]

Signing bonuses? In this economy?

DETROIT (AP) -- The United Auto Workers union won $5,000 signing bonuses and the possibility of sweeter profit-sharing checks as part of a new four-year contract with General Motors Co., two people briefed on the talks said Saturday.

The deal, which was reached late Friday, also includes a $2- to $3-per-hour pay raise for entry-level workers over the life of the contract and guarantees more union jobs, the people said.

I am deadly serious. I am a lifelong GM buyer. I will never, ever buy another GM product as long as I live and if I have anything to say about it my children won't buy from them either.

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Including bennies (lol) 56.00 hour, average......40 hour work week...4.3 weeks x 12 months is 115K per year. Chevy Volts must be flying off the shelves.