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Detroit automakers and union leaders spar over 4,800 layoffs at non-striking factories_我的网站

A |     DETROIT -- Detroit's three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks.The companies say the strikes have nevertheless forced them to impose those layoffs. They note that the job cuts have occurred mainly at factories that make parts for assembly plants that were closed by strikes. In one case, layoffs have been imposed at a factory that uses supplies from a parts factory on strike.The UAW rejects that argument. It contends that the layoffs are unjustified and were imposed as part of the companies' pressure campaign to persuade UAW members to accept less favorable terms in negotiations with automakers. The factories that have been affected by layoffs are in six states: Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kansas, Indiana and New York. Sam Fiorani, an analyst with AutoForecast Solutions, a consulting firm, said he thinks the layoffs reflect a simple reality: The automakers are losing money because of the strikes. By slowing or idling factories that are running below their capacities because of strike-related parts shortages, Fiorani said, the companies can mitigate further losses.“It doesn’t make sense to keep running at 30% or 40% of capacity when it normally runs at 100%,” he said. “We’re not looking at huge numbers of workers relative to the ones actually being struck. But there is fallout.”In a statement, Bryce Currie, vice president of Americas manufacturing at Ford, said: “While we are doing what we can to avoid layoffs, we have no choice but to reduce production of parts that would be destined for a plant that is on strike."UAW President Shawn Fain countered in a statement that the automakers were using layoffs to pressure the union into settling the strike. With billions in profits, Fain argued, the companies don’t have to lay off a single employee.The UAW began striking against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis on Sept. 15, with one assembly plant from each company. The next week, the union expanded the strike to 38 GM and Stellantis parts warehouses. Assembly plants from Ford and GM were added the week after that. All told, about 25,000 workers have walked off their jobs at the three automakers. Striking workers are receiving $500 a week from the union’s strike pay fund. By contrast, anyone who is laid off would qualify for state unemployment aid, which, depending on a variety of circumstances, could be less or more than $500 a week. “Their plan won’t work,” Fain said. “The UAW will make sure any worker laid off in the Big Three’s latest attack will not go without an income.”GM said it has laid off 2,330 workers, including 1,600 at a temporarily closed assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas, that makes the Chevrolet Malibu sedan and Cadillac XT4 small SUV. The plant uses metal parts produced at the GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri, which is on strike. Other GM facilities that have been affected by layoffs are in Lockport, New York; Toledo, Ohio; Marion, Indiana; Parma, Ohio; and Lansing, Michigan.Ford said it has laid off 1,865 workers. They include 600 auto-body and parts-stamping employees in Wayne, Michigan, who are not on strike but who have been affected by a nearby assembly plant that has been struck. Other Ford locations with layoffs include Chicago; Sterling Heights and Livonia, Michigan; and Cleveland and Lima, Ohio. Stellantis said late Monday that it had laid off about 640 workers, including 520 at an engine factory complex in Trenton, Michigan, that supplies a Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, that is on strike. Other locations with layoffs include a metal casting plant in Kokomo, Indiana, and a machining factory in Toledo. Fiorani said that if the strike widens, more workers will likely be laid off at non-striking plants. Once metal stamping factories that supply multiple assembly plants have produced enough parts for non-striking facilities, the companies would likely shut them down.“Once you've filled up the stocks for the other plants you supply," he said, “you have to lay off the workers and wait out the strike.”Separate companies that manufacture parts for the automakers are likely to have laid off workers but might not report them publicly, said Patrick Anderson, CEO of the Anderson Economic Group in Lansing, Michigan. A survey of parts supply companies by a trade association called MEMA Original Equipment Suppliers found that 30% of members have laid off workers and that more than 60% expect to start layoffs in mid-October.Fiorani said that while larger parts suppliers can likely withstand the strike, smaller companies that make parts for the bigger companies might not have enough cash or the ability to borrow to outlast the job actions. Some, he said, may have a couple dozen workers “and don't have billions in value to use as collateral in loans,” he said. Thus far, the union has decided to target a small number of plants from each company rather than have all 146,000 UAW members at the automakers go on strike at the same time.Last week, the union reported progress in the talks and decided not to add any more plants. This came after GM agreed to bring joint-venture electric vehicle battery factories into the national master contract, almost assuring that the plants will be unionized.Battery plants are a major point of contention in the negotiations. The UAW wants those plants to be unionized to assure jobs and top wages for workers who will be displaced by the industry's ongoing transition to electric vehicles.。    “자본 축적해 과감히 키워야…반도체 고율관세 가능성 낮아”원화 스테이블코인엔 회의적박현주 미래에셋그룹 회장 겸 글로벌전략가(GSO)가 삼성전자와 SK하이닉스에 대한 주주환원 확대 요구를 두고 "허접한 얘기"라고 일축했다. 배당을 늘리기보다 자본을 축적해 미래 성장을 위한 투자에 나서야 한다는 취지다.                   박현주 미래에셋그룹 회장 겸 글로벌전략가(GSO). 연합뉴스박 회장은 26일 서울 종로구 포시즌스호텔에서 디지털엑스 임직원들과 만나 "삼성전자가 주주환원을 못 해서 주가가 내려간다? 그런 허접한 얘기가 어디 있느냐"며 "주주환원을 해봐야 5~7%인데 그러면 미국 국채를 사는 게 낫다"고 말했다.이어 "배당을 많이 했으면 삼성전자와 SK하이닉스가 생겨났겠느냐"며 "배당을 안 해야 회사가 좋아지는 것이다. 자본 축적으로 과감히 키워야 한다"고 강조했다.미국의 대(對)한국 관세 정책에 대해서도 지나친 우려는 필요하지 않다고 봤다. 박 회장은 "미국이 한국에 관세를 세게 매기기는 어려울 것"이라며 "반도체 없이는 엔비디아도, 미국 빅테크도 돌아가지 않는다. 미국이 한국에 50% 관세를 매긴다는 건 천만의 말씀"이라고 했다.부동산과 관련해서는 "부동산 세제가 장난이 아니라고 생각한다"며 "지금 주택 문제도 해결될 가능성이 있다고 본다"고 평가했다. 이어 "부동산으로 돈 버는 시대는 모두를 위해 끝나야 한다"며 그래야 젊은 세대가 복지를 체감할 수 있다고 말했다.한편 원화 스테이블코인의 성장 가능성에는 회의적인 시각을 보였다. 박 회장은 "달러 스테이블코인은 달러 수요 때문에 갖고 있을 수 있겠지만 원화 스테이블코인이 굉장히 잘될지는 의문"이라고 말했다. 구글 등 글로벌 빅테크가 블록체인 결제시장에 뛰어들고, 향후 증권사 역시 인공지능(AI)을 활용한 자동 자산관리 서비스를 제공하게 될 것으로 전망했다.가상자산 투자에 대해서도 경계했다. 그는 "비트코인으로 돈 번 사람이 거의 없다. 거의 패가망신 수준"이라며 대출까지 받아 투자하는 방식은 위험하다고 지적했다. 그러면서 "코인을 좋아하는 고객들에게는 10분의 1 정도만 하라고 하고, 다른 투자로도 수익을 낼 수 있다는 것을 보여주겠다"고 말했다.도널드 트럼프 미국 대통령의 친(親)가상자산 행보도 비판했다. 박 회장은 정치권이 특정 자산에 직접 개입하는 것은 "굉장히 위험한 일"이라며 트럼프 일가의 가상자산 사업과 업계 관계자들과의 밀착 행보를 문제 삼았다.。

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