Delphi Asks Court to Void Union Contracts! UAW strike soon?

[Breeze54]

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0306/315351.html

Delphi Asks Court to Void Union Contracts
Friday March 31, 2006 2:03pm
DETROIT (AP) -
Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. asked a federal bankruptcy court on Friday to void its
labor contracts as part of a controversial restructuring that calls for layoffs of up to
8,500 salaried workers and the sale or closure of 21 of its 29 U.S. plants.
The moves carry huge risks:
It may lead to a strike by unionized workers at Delphi that could cripple the U.S. auto
industry and push General Motors Corp., its former parent and largest customer, closer
to Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

GM accounted for around half of Delphi's $29 billion in revenues in 2004. The world's
largest automaker already is struggling with declining U.S. market share and spiraling
costs and is in the midst of its own restructuring. But a strike would hurt other
companies and smaller suppliers as well, since Delphi supplies every major automaker,
including Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.

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"Delphi's misuse of the bankruptcy procedure to circumvent the collective bargaining
process and slash jobs and wages and drastically reduce health care, retirement and other
hard-won benefits or eliminate them altogether is a travesty and a concern for every American,"
the UAW said in a statement. It represents 24,000 Delphi workers.

Delphi plans to cut 25 percent of its salaried work force, or around 8,500 workers,
including up to 40 percent of its corporate officers. Delphi said that should save
$450 million per year.

The company has identified eight U.S. plants that are considered critical to its U.S.
operations. They are located in Brookhaven, Miss; Clinton, Miss.; Grand Rapids, Mich.;
Kokomo, Ind.; Lockport, N.Y.; Rochester, N.Y.; Warren, Ohio; and Vandalia, Ohio.
Delphi said those plants will focus on product lines such as safety features, electronics,
diesel and gas powertrains and climate control products.

Twenty-one other plants that do not make core products — including those that make
brakes and chassis, instrument panels, door modules and steering components
— will be sold or closed. Delphi said it will provide further details on those plants
in its filing, but they include plants in Dayton, Ohio, Saginaw and Flint.

More at Link.....

[Savannah Progressive]

1. It's a crying shame that the average citizen can't take such liberty

in bankruptcy thanks to the Bankruptcy reform act.

Of course, this isn't the first company that is doing this, using Bankruptcy to screw the workers, didn't American Airlines do it just a couple years ago?

[Breeze54]

3. Aren't they STILL doing it?

Isn't AA in bankruptcy still today?
I'll bet these plants are going oversea's too!
Did you see the drop in pay for the workers? Holy Crap!

"Under its most recent proposal, which was rejected by the UAW and other unions,
Delphi proposed dropping pay for current hourly workers to $22 per hour from $27
per hour through September 2007, then to $16.50 an hour, but that would include
a one-time payment of $50,000."

Isn't this one of the things that was on B*'s agenda?
To bust the unions??
:shrug:
...I think so!!

[Zhade]

6. Thanks the Dems who voted for that bill.

I certainly won't forget their betrayal of the non-rich American citizens.

[sam sarrha]

2. i bet those plants are being boxed up and sent to China

[Blue_Tires]

10. the wheels are already in motion for that overseas move

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. This is criminal

the crooks at the top looted the company and now want the workers to pay. I'll stand in unity with the UAW workers that walk out.

[madmom]

5. Does anyone here know the name of the guy who helped rape and

plunder GM and cause it to loose credibility in the market place?

I DO I DO

Andy Card ( yep the one and only)

[Breeze54]

7. yeah and he's heading home to....?

hmmmm....is it Massachusetts OR North Carolina??
The news in MA is saying he might make another run to be the Governor!
argh!!!!!!!!!
He lost last time!

From 1993 to 1998, Card was President and Chief Executive Officer
of the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA),
the trade association whose members were Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor
Company and General Motors Corporation. The AAMA dissolved in December 1998.

Hmmmm...and they're heading for a strike!! The UAW! Delphi!

[madmom]

8. Yeah I just hope he's not coming back to GM, they told him when

he left his position would be there for him.:scared:

[Breeze54]

9. GM and Ford already

announced they are cutting 60,000 jobs!!
There won't be anything left for Card to destroy!!
And Bush is negotiating with Thailand and South Korea with a goal of
eliminating or significantly reducing the tariff on imported pickup trucks!
Can Ohio afford to lose another 15,000 jobs??

New trade deals that could cripple Ohio
Friday, March 31, 2006
http://www.uaw.org/atissue/atstory.cfm?atId=145