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Stati and the UAW are embroiled in a heated
fight that is escalating quickly.
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The two sides have been sparring for months
after Stonis announced plans to delay the
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reopening of the Belvidere Assembly plant in
Illinois over quote market conditions.
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The UAW contends that the move is a ploy to
kick the can past their contracts expiration
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date and never open the plant.
Stati insists that this is a delay,
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not a cancellation last Thursday, UAW members
at the automakers,
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Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center voted to
request strike authorization if the company and
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union can’t come to terms while several UAW
locals have filed grievances against the
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company since August L A is the first to take
it to the next level.
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The union says Stonis has violated product and
investment commitments and threatened more
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strike authorization votes.
In a statement, UAW President Sean Fain said
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quote, Stonis has made a contractual promise to
invest in America and we are not going to let
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them weasel out of it last year.
The union won $19 billion in investment
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commitments and the ability to strike if the
company fails to keep those promises.
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According to the UAW.
Stonis has thus far put forward investment
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plans equal to only about 2% of the 19 billion
and is now publicly backtracking on plans in
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Belvedere and to build the Dodge Durango in
Detroit.
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Last week, Stan started firing back after
filing an initial lawsuit against the UAW.
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And local 230 in Los Angeles.
Stan filed eight additional lawsuits against
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the UAW and 23 local unions.
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The lawsuits prompted a meeting between the two
sides on Saturday during which the UAW proposed
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according to Stan reinstituting a concept
called the Jobs Bank,
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a contributing factor to the automakers
bankruptcy.
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In 2009, the Jobs Bank prohibited automakers
from laying off employees by the two thousands.
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Chrysler had more than 2000 employees in the
Jobs Bank.
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These were employees on the active payroll but
were not allowed to perform any production work.
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Stonis says the UAW is proposing a
reinstatement of the Jobs Bank not only for the
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employees in Belvedere, but for some 900
employees who transfer from belvedere to other
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locations.
Stan rejected the U Aws latest proposal because
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it would revert to pre bankruptcy terms and
conditions that would jeopardize the company’s
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future.
Stan admitted that the situation in Belvedere
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remains quote extremely unsettling for
employees but noted that employees were placed
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on temporary layoffs, still earning 74 percent
of pay and full health care benefits.
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Stan maintains its position that any call for a
strike by the UAW would be illegal and if
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necessary, the company will see the litigation
through and hold the UAW responsible for lost
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revenue, which the automaker says could amount
to tens of millions a day in lost production.
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I’m David Manti.
This is manufacturing now.