GM workers suing for 3-4 million in pay

[webby]

28 workers at the Lordstown, Ohio Chevrolet plant are suing General Motors and the UAW after they claim they were wrongfully classified as temporary employees. According to the workers' complaint, they were paid 40 percent less than their permanent counterparts. The suit also accuses UAW Local 1112 of ignoring their complaints and refusing to go to bat for them.

The workers were hired in 2006, layed off in 2007, and brought back on six months later. When they were rehired, they say they were briefly payed the correct amount, but were wrongfully reclassified as temporary in June of 2008.

For their trouble, the workers are looking for between $3-4 million in back pay, at the rate they say should have been theirs all along. General Motors is keeping its lips buttoned on the suit, but UAW Local 1112 says it is not at fault.

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would you not bring this up 3 years ago, or it's just now being investigated?????

 

[Nomar06]

They must have pushed this issue/complaint to the way side somehow. I would be all over HR as soon as I would of saw a shortage in my paycheck. No way it would of taken 3 years to get this matter resolved.

 

[KennyGS]

28 workers? Of the total number of UAW's employed by GM, that would be maybe 0.1%.

 

[iluvmycsx]

thats like $42,000 each per year over the 3 years on top of there wage.

 

[Nomar06]

Doubt it's that much. Sounds like it was just for June or maybe a short period of time only.

 

[webby]

seems there is conflicting info
today it is reported that there are over 100 people in the suit
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More than 100 former General Motors executives with pensions over $100,000 per year have sued the automaker in federal court to recover pension benefits reduced by up to two-thirds during the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy. The retirees are trying to recoup all benefits, in addition to interest, and have asked the court to order GM to accurately pay future retiree benefits, The Detroit News reported today. According to the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, retired and former executives suing the automaker include John Middlebrook, former vice president of vehicle brand marketing; Richard Nerod, retired president of GM-Latin America, Africa and Middle East; and Don Hudler, a retired vice president and former head of Saturn. Well, considering that execs can't win a PR battle, and they can't unionize, then why not engage in the next best thing — a group lawsuit.
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