Workers at the GM parts distribution facility in Bolingbrook walked off the job on Friday, and have set up a picket line in front of the now shuttered facility. On Monday, they got a visit in a show of support from Illinois' senior U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.
Car dealerships across the nation may soon be feeling the effects of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike.
The UAW is asking for wage increases of 36% in general pay over the next four years. They say that number sounds big, but it follows years of wage erosion at a time when the Big 3 automakers are making billions of dollars in profits."In 1963, the executives in the automobile companies were making 30 times what the workers were making on the line. Now it's 500 times at the highest levels. I mean, these people are making $20 and $30 million a year as chief executives.
The Big 3 automakers responded in a statement last Friday, saying that they have offered more than 20% in wage increases over the next four years of that new proposed contract. However, the workers in Bolingrook say that would only catch them up from inflation. They want a lot more than that.
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