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03-21-2008, 09:26 AM
GM will replace veteran workers with new hires who will make $14 an hour. (http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/AUTO01/803210392/1148)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/GM_Logo.jpgSharon Terlep - Detroit Newse – Mar. 21, 2008
General Motors Corp. next week will begin enticing thousands of veteran workers to leave the company for good by dangling the promise of a fresh start and maybe even a new car.
The automaker, which badly needs to trim its ranks to help slash U.S. labor costs, says it won't coerce workers to take the buyout offers and retirement incentives going out to its hourly work force.
But GM will try to put an upbeat spin on the daunting prospect of giving up the vaunted wages and benefits of a Big Three factory job just as Americans are feeling pinched by everything from soaring fuel prices to tanking home values.
Beginning Tuesday, the company will dispatch a slew of specialists -- from retirement planners to career consultants -- to factories across the country to talk to workers. The events are billed as "opportunity expos," and come with the promise of helping workers and the families "build your future and live your dream."
Anyone who attends the fairs, open only to workers and their families, will be entered into a drawing for a $15,000 voucher toward a new GM vehicle.
"It's a personal choice," GM spokesman Dan Flores said. "We want to make sure we provide opportunities to employees and show them the ways in which they can benefit."
GM's move comes as Ford Motor Co. struggles to get enough workers to accept buyouts and Chrysler LLC rolls out deals to more employees. The selling tactics are reminiscent of those used by Ford, which also hosted plant events to help workers understand their options.
All of GM's hourly work force is being offered some sort of deal. The most lucrative will go to about 46,000 retirement-ready workers, who will get richer offers than GM made in 2006 when it pared 34,000 workers. Production employees will be eligible for a cash payment of $45,000 plus health benefits and skilled trades workers can take $62,500…http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/AUTO01/803210392/1148
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/GM_Logo.jpgSharon Terlep - Detroit Newse – Mar. 21, 2008
General Motors Corp. next week will begin enticing thousands of veteran workers to leave the company for good by dangling the promise of a fresh start and maybe even a new car.
The automaker, which badly needs to trim its ranks to help slash U.S. labor costs, says it won't coerce workers to take the buyout offers and retirement incentives going out to its hourly work force.
But GM will try to put an upbeat spin on the daunting prospect of giving up the vaunted wages and benefits of a Big Three factory job just as Americans are feeling pinched by everything from soaring fuel prices to tanking home values.
Beginning Tuesday, the company will dispatch a slew of specialists -- from retirement planners to career consultants -- to factories across the country to talk to workers. The events are billed as "opportunity expos," and come with the promise of helping workers and the families "build your future and live your dream."
Anyone who attends the fairs, open only to workers and their families, will be entered into a drawing for a $15,000 voucher toward a new GM vehicle.
"It's a personal choice," GM spokesman Dan Flores said. "We want to make sure we provide opportunities to employees and show them the ways in which they can benefit."
GM's move comes as Ford Motor Co. struggles to get enough workers to accept buyouts and Chrysler LLC rolls out deals to more employees. The selling tactics are reminiscent of those used by Ford, which also hosted plant events to help workers understand their options.
All of GM's hourly work force is being offered some sort of deal. The most lucrative will go to about 46,000 retirement-ready workers, who will get richer offers than GM made in 2006 when it pared 34,000 workers. Production employees will be eligible for a cash payment of $45,000 plus health benefits and skilled trades workers can take $62,500…http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/AUTO01/803210392/1148