'We're pretty mad': Parma GM workers feel under-appreciated, and underpaid amid company profits

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'We're pretty mad': Parma GM workers feel under-appreciated, and underpaid amid company profits
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Along with more pay and better benefits, the UAW is also demanding cost of living adjustments, an end to tiered employment, and worker protections in the EV era.

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Dan Schwartz is the president of the UAW Local 1005, representing about 900 workers at the GM Parma plant, which he says is heavy in the supply of parts to a majority of SUV and truck plants.

The union says the wage increase they're demanding includes historic inflation since their last contract in 2019. Schwartz says no one likes a strike, and they don't want to strike but believes what they're fighting for will set the tone for other unions and non-union workers as well.Watch live and local news any time:

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