Job Bank? What kind of BS is this?

My sister was part of the GM plant closing in Atlanta a few weeks ago. Basically if they did not transfer to another plant, GM did file their unemployment for them but basically she is just drawing unemployment insurance like the other millions that lost their jobs. The maximum amount for weekly claims is 335 dollars in the state of GA. Which equates to a third of her pay. There were a lot of employee's that could take the buyout or retirement, but the rest of them like my sister who had been their for less than 5 years didn't have those options. They do have some special schooling programs through the dept of labor specifically for them.

This article is actually dated October, 2005. I am wondering what the current population is of the Job Bank.

I do not wonder. I think it has a lot to do with unions and the high wage of execs. Not to mention all of the jet fuel! :)

This sounds better than CN. (Canadian National Railway) When an employee is unable to do much work, like he is too old or crippled, and he is not old enough to take retirement, he is offered early retirement or is laid off with a good retirement package, but if he does not want to retire, they find something for him to do like shuffling papers or inspecting things - non-jobs. If someone is laid off, he can bump a junior union member in another CN location in another province or area. But it has to be the same company, but what you have there is not right. I would say go to a different branch and get a job there, but not to have them lay around on your big behind and collect a paycheck. Could they not sweep floors or pick up scrap screws from the floor?

Wow, where do I sign up for that job? What happened when contracts were re-negotiated in 2007, did they drop this or is it still going on. This is indeed a major waste of money. I can't believe the UAW got away with it.

The More I see the more I wonder why I don't give in and join the union. The fact is my grandfather was on the AFL-CIO board locally and was a leader in the Ironworkers union. He could have and offered to get me into several good union jobs. The foolishness I see from them is why I refused the offer. of course they are great jobs with great perks and pay but I still have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning and I couldn't do that in most cases. The job bank is based on the idea that these layed off layabouts are in line for any job that opens up at the plant. It doesn't work if the plant closes completely because then they can't say they're waiting for an opening. Since most plants cut back rather than closing most layoffs result in this situation. Unemployment pays the layed off worker benefits and the company makes up the difference between unemployment and their regular salary. Under any other circumstances this extra pay would disqualify them for unemployment but not in this case. It also extends the time they can stay on unemployment because they are waiting for rehire to the previous job. it great work if you can get it. Auto Workers in the big 3 average around $71 and hour with pay and benefits. That's the UAW workers not the execs. The exec pay isn't counted in that average. As for arriving in Washington on private jets, it makes sense. These guys are the chief executives of multinational companies with plants and offices on several continents. Asking them to fly commercial and reduce their ability to respond, in person, to company problems anywhere the company is would be unreasonable. Expecting them to give up the jets that take them to the center of company crises is as intelligent as telling the president of the United states to sell Air Force ! and Marine 1 and take greyhound from now on. It is impractical and the result of Class envy/warfare. The Job bank has been around for a lot of years and won't be going away soon with a UAW president who says they will not be making any more concessions to help the companies. The Unions attitude has put their workers among some of the Highest wage earners in the country. The average wage in this county is less than $30/hour with pay and benefits. Until the Union is ready to scale back the perks or at the very least, stop demanding more for a few years(or decades) these companies will continue to be forced overseas or out of business. Only Government intervention can change that and that means all those $28/hr average workers will be supporting the $71/hour auto workers salary with their taxes. How fair is that?