said the strike had lowered its earnings before interest and taxes by about $200 million in the final weeks of the third quarter, and by about $600 million since the fourth quarter started on Oct. 1.
The automaker also estimated that the strike could cost it $200 million a week going forward.
gave the union a contract offer that included a 23 percent increase in wages over four years.
wage from $32 an hour to more than $40.
At that wage, an employee working 40 hours a week would earn about $84,000 a year, not including extra pay for overtime or profit-sharing bonuses, which have topped $10,000 in the past two years.
Persons:
Motors, “, ’, Paul Jacobson, G.M
Organizations:
United Automobile Workers