US GM strikes for the first time in 12 years “Profit is not being returned to employees” September 17 8:30
A major American automaker, GM = General Motors, entered into a strike for the first time in 12 years without negotiating labor-management negotiations over improvements in treatment. In the background, there is a persistent dissatisfaction that the company's profits are not being returned to employees while the business performance recovers.
According to the UAW = National Automobile Labor Union, GM = General Motors employees went on strike on the 15th after the labor-management negotiations broke down to improve employment, such as securing employment and reducing medical expenses.
The strike is the first time in 12 years since 2007, covering 46,000 people and 55 facilities including 31 factories in North America.
GM rebuilt its business after national bankruptcy in the year following the 2008 financial crisis, and has been recovering in a V-shape since 2015, with both sales and profits reaching record highs.
On the other hand, a large-scale restructuring has continued, such as deciding to close the factory or reduce the number of employees last fall, and there is a persistent dissatisfaction among employees that “even if they earn huge profits, they are not returned to employees” there is.
On the strike, the union has announced a statement that it will “stand up for the workers, family, and the community”, but the GM has “suggested a sufficient return plan, but it ’s a shame that we have entered the strike. Will continue negotiations. "