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2020-01-11 Economy

Hundreds of GM temp workers were just made permanent

[Detroit Free Press] General Motors worker Adarrey "Ace" Humphrey was blindsided Sunday. That's when his life changed.

Humphrey, 27, has been a part-time temporary worker at GM's Flint Assembly for the last three years. Sunday morning, he and about 250 of his co-workers crowded into UAW Local 598's union hall. Most thought they were there for a routine meeting.

But when the local's president stepped to the mic, the room listened in awed silence.

"He said, 'As of tomorrow, you guys are full-time seniority employees of GM,' " said Humphrey. "There was a gasp in the room for a few seconds. Some of us thought he misspoke. Then, we had to say, 'No, we heard him right!' It was amazing."

On Monday, GM made about 930 temporary workers permanent full-time employees at 30 of its 52 UAW-represented facilities in the United States. There are more to come in the months ahead, it said.

Union documents show that at Flint, where GM builds its heavy-duty pickups, 255 temps became permanent. At Lansing Delta Township, where GM builds its midsize SUVS, it hired 103 temps. At GM's smaller plants such as Bedford Casting Operations in Indiana, 17 temps are now permanent.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-11 00:44|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Congratulations to "Ace" Humphrey !

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-11 00:48|| 2020-01-11 00:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I blame TrumpHitler. Is there no end to his perfidious improvement of the economy?

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-11 01:18|| 2020-01-11 01:18|| Front Page Top

#3 OH: red.
FL: red.
WI, PA: trending red.
MI: soon to trend red.

= 2020: game over.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-11 02:45|| 2020-01-11 02:45|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 It is perfidious - all the benefits go to wrong people.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-11 03:45|| 2020-01-11 03:45|| Front Page Top

#5 all the benefits go to wrong people

Well. it is real money to those workers. In the larger scheme of the fixed game that is the US financial system, it is what Nancy Pelosi called "crumbs..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-11 05:45|| 2020-01-11 05:45|| Front Page Top

#6 More union members. Don't worry, the leadership will still bite the hand that feeds it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-11 06:51|| 2020-01-11 06:51|| Front Page Top

#7 "Trump economy slams temp workers, part time positions."

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-01-11 15:54|| 2020-01-11 15:54|| Front Page Top

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