Today was a big one. As I'm sure most of you are aware, the UAW has been on strike against General Motors for 2 days, but all that ended at 3 am this morning when a new tentative agreement was reached between the two. I won't go into detail, but as most news outlets are reporting, this is a landmark contract with landmark concessions by the Union. Traditionally, the Union will negotiate with one of the companies in the "Big Three", then will use that negotiated contract as the pattern for the other two companies. The reason I'm explaining this is so you can understand the significance of the following paragraph from MSNBC.com:
"The person also said GM would hire temporary auto workers at full company wages and benefits. The company has approximately 6,000 temporary workers, the person said. Temporary workers who have been at the company for less than 90 days would be hired at a lower wage, the person said."
This is huge. If Chrysler, as expected, agrees to a contract along the same lines as GM's deal, this means all the people who fall under the "Enhanced Temporary Employee" brand should be hired in after the contract is ratified. This means me! After a year and a half of uncertainty and fear of losing my job, it seems that all the risk may actually pay off. This is what I've hoped for since that day in June '06 I left my job of 11 1/2 years to pursue something that wasn't guaranteed, and in fact was a huge gamble. It should be interesting in the upcoming weeks to see the direction Chrysler heads in their negotiation.
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