Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Who's getting bonus checks now?

As profits at major manufacturers go up, lets talk about who's getting the bonus checks these days. (hint: its not the Wall Street folks.)

GM Workers: 47,500 members of the United Auto Workers will get up to $7,000 each

Chrysler: 26,000 union workers got checks averaging $1,500 each

Ford: $2,450 to each worker

Boeing: 33,500 workers got checks for $3,500-4,000 each

And its not just the workers themselves that benefit. For example, in the Seattle area (home of Boeing):

Economist Dick Conway told the Seattle Times the payments would inject $217.5 million into the local economy.

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