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Originally Posted by EldoFan
With regards to 1 & 2......my best guess would be because GM didn't hammer out a new local agreement with that specific plant...... 
As to to 3, it's anyone's guess. Probably GM....since they have to take the initiative with this.... |
We had been operating under what was called the Platinum Agreement, which was an extremely open-ended local agreement that was so vague it was routinely interpreted differently to suit each situation. However, ratifying it is probably what landed us the plant. Initially, the skilled trades shot it down, but after another local area union, the one that now builds the CTS and SRX, told the company that they'd be happy to pass it if it meant them getting the new plant, our union convinced the trades to vote yes. It passed and we got the plant.
Fast forward 8 years ahead and it was time for a definitive contract. Contrary to all the forum theorists here, there was no one galvanizing issue holding up the proceedings. It was not about core/non-core stuff. It was more about manpower replacement, skilled trades working production, grievances and other far more boring stuff. However, as I posted above, the Alliance strike came at a bad time and the company used it to their advantage. Do I blame them, no, because I would have done it that way too.