GM strike leaves thousands of outside workers without a job

The United Auto Worker’s strike against GM could enter its third week - unless there’s a breakthrough this weekend. But thousands of others are just idle and increasingly desperate. Dean Reynolds explains.

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[bizzleb]

A multi-billion dollar company keeps trying to cut wages. It called GREED!

[bionicman]

While workers robots are being installed

[samdoe]

I can see it now the company's talking about moving to Mexico

[fivestar]

Don't worry Anrea Davis CPS would take your kids away before they go homeless

[celtglen]

Once again, only the people suffer. Businesses make tons of money, tons. Few share their earnings with the hands who actually do the work. So un-American.

[jordandontworryaboutit]

How do you provide for you five kids? Be smart enough to not have five of

[DSBOY]

Worker and uaw is asking too much they make a good chunk of money already and lots of benefit. This is why they out sourcing jobs

[adamrainwater]

Whatever this strikes about, those GM workers better be off strike real quick. Those GM workers should accept the money they're being paid for and move on. Surely they have families to feed and bills to pay, just like we have families to feed and bills to pay.

[dboogeman]

What are they on strike for anyways? They make more money than me and my family is doing fine. Get back to work

[jeremyv]

GM should have went bankrupt
Exactly why federal govt should not support failing companies.
Workers are hurting themselves when GM decides to move I bet they will feel stupid protesting.

[kings]

You lose your job because the UAW workers, who don't work as hard as you, are not happy with three times your wages. There is corporate greed, but there is also union greed.

[thebardisashieldmaiden]

Wait, you don't have savings? Why not?

[chrism]

Last week a financial guy looked into the GM average pay for the workers, it was actually a little higher than ford employees. But the average pay and benefits equal around $65 +/- per hour. I have thought for years, the auto makers having union employees is why a vehicle now cost $80k+. But even if the vehicles were built by non-union workers in the US making $22/ hr instead of $65/hr, GM would still charge $80k for the vehicle. Looking at this, good reason not to pay $100k for a new C8 corvette

[jasoncprince]

GM will declare bankruptcy or they will automate. Either way, the jobs are going away.

[tuckertig]

This should be on strike with the government, which constantly raises taxes and incentives, then encourage American companies to invest over seas and employ cheap labor . It's going to be a long year

[alexadjekum]

It’s time to think of a future beyond GM, things are changing fast, we cant keep blaming industries for our problems. The world is changing, things are not always going to be the same

[lotwizzard]

yup, the benifits of subcontractors. the higher ups arent feeling a thing

[jvenegas]

After they made the ugliest truck in history.

They should all be fired.

[hillarysommer]

My personal experience with union was at Kroger. We paid in and saw nothing in return EXCEPT they saved the jobs of THIEVES! Straight up caught red handed crooks, they just transferred them to another store.

[magicalthinkingbarbie]

This video. Is meant to take the temperature of the American people. Will you be angry with the striker's or will you want another golden parachute for the GM company??