skittet150

I work at the DEFTP, figured I didn't want to drive in that mess some 42 miles, took a personal day. Later in the week they pulled my personal day, gave me a K code, and disqualified me for the short work week because I worked the Sunday before? Wound up with a 32 hour check the next week! Thanks for making me scramble to pay my bills that week HR. Idiots!

There is 4 electricians at the pilot plant (Allen Park, MI) that are supose to go on ILO within the next few weeks. They haven't given us a date, they are keeping us over shutdown until we get some substation PM's and other work done. I had heard the same, that there were alot of plants short, just no recs in for them. We will keep our fingers crossed.

Well, the rumor was true, out of 8 electricians they are turning 4 of us loose. They didn't turn us loose with the rest of trades and production, which was the 12th, they are going to wait until the middle of July, after they use our services to get some sub station PM's done over shutdown. We are all at the pilot plant. Just wondering if any plants in our zone are short electricians. I would like to think that we would have some options, seeing how we were not offered a buyout, but that may just be wishful thinking. Any info would help.

Sorry, AM General. GM only owns the naming rights to the Hummer brand. They still make them in Indiana.

Two different companies. The military version is made by General Dynamics, the soccer mom version isn't.

Anybody got numbers on electricians at thier plants? There is a rumor that they want to reduce trades at our building in half, including electricians (Pilot Plant, NMPDC) Pretty sure the guys that will get an ILO will be picked up, just wondering if it is going to be in thier zone, which is 1. Any info would be helpful.

I agree that the only reason they are offering a buyout is to get 2 tier workers in, but the current contract says that only 20% will ever be 2 tier, unless they snuck it in on the last concessions that they don't have to stick to that number.

The report is 21,000 hourly jobs, Pontiac, Saturn gone. 62,000 hourly down to around 40,000. When (and if) this economy gets going again, watch how many $14-16 an hour jobs, with no pension, and pretty crappy health care too, are available. This is the biggest kick to the middle class yet. The race to the bottom is well underway. I don't know when the focus went from making a decient living for the American worker to the corperate greed we are all witnessing today, it has been that way all my working career. But what comes around goes around. When people can't afford cars anymore, that will be thier wake up call.

Amen to that Brother!

Sorry, title should have said "how many plants short".

One would like to think the reason that stationary steam operators and electricians are not being offered buyouts is due to the shortage of both trades, even though nobody has ever said. I would like to get an idea of what plants are short of both. It's obvious that our idea of what is an ideal number of either trade is doesn't mean the company feels the same. I am thinking based on my plant managers lofty expectations of just how few trades and production people he needs to sustain his numbers that I may be layed off this summer. As an electrician, I am just wondering what the situation is in other plants. Any info would be helpful.

8 electricians, some toolmakers, machine repair, 3 pipefitters, quite a few inspection people. Not many at all. We are all pretty sure that this clown just wants to push some worse case senario numbers to sell some buyouts. Not many are biting though.

Pilot Plant, NMPDC, we do the proto-type work. We are pretty sure this guy was brought in just to wrap a big chain around the building before he leaves.

My plant manager rolled out his vision for my plant, 51% reduction in manpower on the hourly side. When I asked him if the trades were included in this he said yes. I told him I wasn't given the same benefits as all the other employees to make a decision seeing how I am an electrician and I am not given the opportunity to take a buyout, but still subjected to a pernament layoff. Are electricians not offered a buyout because the company is short, or are there so many of us that they don't feel it necessary to even offer anything. Has anyone said? I wouldn't take one anyhow, even at 26 weeks SUB and having callback rights for 8 years, I am going to hang around for a long time.

Sad part is that as they are bending us over laying the high hard one to us, they will be wispering sweet nothings in our ear, telling us it had to be done because the last administration left them with such a mess.