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Title: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Thorin on March 10, 2009, 12:46:44 PM
I've heard lots about how much Canadian Auto Worker union members (the people who work for GM, Ford, and Chrysler here in Canada) get paid, but never an actual number.  Well, here's some telling numbers:

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Active labour costs for a CAW member are $69 an hour, including pension and benefits. The deal reduces that to $62. An 80-cent Canadian dollar brings that to about $50 US an hour, though that doesn't include a 10% productivity advantage Canadian workers enjoy over American workers.

source: http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/CanadaWorld/2009/03/10/8688266-sun.html (http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/CanadaWorld/2009/03/10/8688266-sun.html)

Now keep in mind that the new $62/hr cost is an average and that it does cover pension and medical costs and legal benefits and all those things.  But next time you look at your employer and they're giving you $35/hr plus medical benefits (worth on average $2/hr), remember those poor CAW union members that had to sacrifice their wages (http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Weston_Greg/2009/03/10/8689156-sun.html)...

Man, I shoulda moved to Ontario and gone to work for Ford.
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Lazybones on March 10, 2009, 01:03:02 PM
They also lost 10 vacation days, I wonder how may they have in total?
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Thorin on March 10, 2009, 02:55:25 PM
They had six weeks, now they get four weeks.  Oh, but that's only for the more senior workers.  Beginning workers didn't get six weeks vacation.
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Mr. Analog on March 10, 2009, 10:25:08 PM
Don't forget you can get an "owie" on the line and get off on Workers Comp.
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Thorin on March 11, 2009, 10:57:58 AM
I'd really rather work than go on workers' comp...  Workers' comp pays a lot less than working the line!
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Mr. Analog on March 11, 2009, 07:11:48 PM
Quote from: Thorin on March 11, 2009, 10:57:58 AM
I'd really rather work than go on workers' comp...  Workers' comp pays a lot less than working the line!

Yeah, but you sit at home, make money and if you do it long enough retire on the same pension! :)
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Darren Dirt on July 05, 2012, 05:22:21 PM
2-3 years later, and that industry is still one of the top-paying in Canada...

Canadian Wage and Salary Guide (http://www.livingin-canada.com/site-map-1.html) <-- a very nicely designed website, easy to jump around to the GENERAL industry/topic of interest


for more SPECIFIC stuff (based on job title, city, years in the industry) check out: http://www.payscale.com/mypayscale.aspx
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Thorin on July 05, 2012, 07:49:26 PM
3 years, 3 months, 24 days later...

That PayScale site?  It tried to ask me a whole bunch of questions, instead of just telling me the salary ranges.
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Lazybones on July 05, 2012, 08:35:25 PM
And then it asks for your email to send you the results.

Infoharvesting at its core
Title: Re: So how much does a Canadian Auto Workers union member make?
Post by: Darren Dirt on July 07, 2012, 09:05:38 AM
Quote from: Lazybones on July 05, 2012, 08:35:25 PM
And then it asks for your email to send you the results.

Infoharvesting at its core

actually it asked me a few basic questions and showed me a general results without any email needed, I didn't want/need to go further into it (and hey isn't mailinator still around?)