Vote and Stay Cool

The speaker is urging workers to vote in favor of supporting the bargaining people in their negotiations for a new contract. They believe that the company should fulfill their promises and give back what was sacrificed by the workers. The speaker also mentions the need for the company to pay employees enough to afford what they build and expresses frustration with the current pay structure and treatment of temporary workers. They emphasize the importance of showing support for the union leadership and also provide a reminder for workers to stay hydrated in the upcoming hot weather. are worth more than their pay, and it's time a few of them were recognized. Hello, Detroit, all those workers at the bank who call your name, you work for 40 hours a week. Hello, people, hello, hello, hello. This is, well, you know me as Socks. I'm home. I just had some dinner. Getting ready to go to bed. Did you all vote? Did you all vote? If you didn't vote, A crew, you still have time. Go in before work. B crew, I've seen the park lot was really, really packed. It's quick, easy, just go in there, show your ID card, check off yes or no, and if you authorize the international union to embark on people, to call a strike on your behalf, and usually, almost all the time, it's like mid to upper 90% yes. Nobody really wants a strike. However, what we need to give our bargaining people is confidence that we support them in the bargaining of new contract. And from what I've been hearing from this union president guy, I like him. You got to, you know, usually it's the company that comes up with the first, you know, contract proposal and there's some outrageous things in there that they propose. And our bargaining people counteract it. This time around, it seems like the bargaining people, you know, struck first from what I've heard. And, yeah, there's some ridiculous stuff in there. And I don't see us getting like a 32-hour work week. But I trust these people. And so today's vote, oh, local 900, is just yes or no, you know, we got your back. I voted yes on everything, and I voted before going into work for B-Crew. Left my house just a little bit early, went in there. The parking lot was kind of full, but, you know, as soon as, as quick as people were going in, they were leaving. Nobody was hanging around. You just go and vote and get out of there. Whether that would be some of day shift leaving late or, you know, night shift going in early, cool. Vote, no problem. Yeah, this just gives our bargaining people backup and the confidence to do what they're doing. And so far, I like what they're doing. And what we're hearing in the news, what I'm hearing in the news all over, is, you know, the UAW being stubborn, being hard, you know, they're not being described that, but, you know, being tough. And, you know, as far as Ford Motor Company goes, we were promised, you know, a couple contracts ago. We gave up stuff so Ford would not have to go through bankruptcy, unlike GM and Solyndra. And it was supposed to be until the company became profitable again. Well, the company's been profitable for a while. And from what this union president talks about, like, man, they make up, you know, they make up our profit sharing checks in just like a month. And now there's 11 more months coming, something like that. And, yeah, it's time, you know, we get back what we sacrificed. New hires. Us old heads believe it should not take you more than three years to get the full pay, like for us. Just, it was years ago we started building the Ranger. No, we started building the new Focus. And I was talking to somebody, and he said he's got 10 years, he's a temporary, but he's got 10 years in. I'm like, how did you be a temporary and have 10 years in? You should have been flipped no later than 90 days. There was other people before him that was, you know, let go at 89 days. This is a no-no. When Henry Ford started this company over 110 years ago, he wanted to pay his employees enough so that they could afford to buy what they build. Have you seen the prices on these new vehicles? Really, I got 27 years, and I can't afford to buy what I build. In turn, personally, we should be able to, you know, we should, you know, be responsible for our own money and watch our spending. But, on the other hand, the company needs to give us what they promised. And it would have been nice if they would have just gave us everything back when they became profitable. But, you know, that would have looked good if they did that on their own. But we got to drag them into, you know, into the bargaining thing. I think in the long run, we're going to get something that we like, and the company is going to get something they like. But we got to have confidence. We got to show that our leadership, that we have their back so they can go in there, you know, with confidence that they're doing what we want them to do. So, go vote. Hey, it ends at 6 a.m. right now. It's 3.36 a.m. when I'm recording this, and I'm done with my dinner. I'm going to chill for a little bit and go to bed. I'll see you guys later, and hey, Thursday, this is now calendar Wednesday. Thursday, it's going to be very hot. Day shift, you're going to go in with the coolest part of the day, and it's going to really heat up on you. Make sure you hydrate. Night shift, we're going to walk into that oven already cooked. The temperature that it will be outside will most likely be the temperature inside, but with dust and dirt flying around from the fans and the forklifts driving around. So, make sure you hydrate. Make sure you got plenty of water. If you feel woozy, walk off the line because if you're worried about getting yelled at, well, okay. When you get overcome from the heat and pass out, at least you won't get yelled at. You'll just be dragged off the line, and so someone else can cover your job. That's basically what's going to happen. So, no one knows you better than you, so take care of you. And you don't want to pass out while on the job from the heat because you might hit your head on something on the way down. So, yeah, and if you're a team leader and you're going to yell at people for doing that, shame on you. Shame on you. Anyway, good night, B-Crew. See y'all tomorrow. It ain't tomorrow yet, you know, until we go to bed, we wake up, and the sun is out. Then it's officially tomorrow, but right now, it's still today. Good night. See you later.