united auto workers on the picket line at 31 plants across the country. this is for the future for all of us. reporter: among the issues, the idling of four plants in the u.s. including the detroit assembly plant slated to be shut down in january. we re asking for decent wages, job security and temporary workers that need to be permanent. reporter: last year gm hauled in almost $12 billion in profits, a decade after it filed for bankruptcy the auto maker made what it described as a strong offer, a four-year contract with wage or lump sum increases. $7 billion in investments, 5,400 jobs and solutions for those idled plants in michigan and ohio today, as usual, striking gm worker dave michaels, a single dad, picked up his teenage son from school. what do you hope he learns from watching you on strike stand up for what you believe in. reporter: it comes with a cost. at $250 a week, strike
handling announcing closing of plants two weeks before christmas: meriam barnes just met with the president. g.m. getting more public as well. listen, we have made a pretty good offer, 7 billion in new investments, 5400 higher paying jobs and we will reopen some of these idle plants. unlike the back room battles that used to kind of have these things last forever. the public may get a blow by blow and we will get to decide steve: charles, christina was just talking about how currently the uaw-gm contract where the employees only pay 4% of their healthcare which is amazing because the national average she said was 25%. obviously g.m. shouldering the giants burden of that would like the employees to pay more. the old cadillac tax i mean cadillac healthcare is a union healthcare thing. brian: you mean from obamacare? that great healthcare.
she says she had a dream where they put out a statement, saying that they put $7 million back she swallowed her ring. into the american economy. when she woke up, her ring was gone, and she realized it added 5,400 extra jobs, but the probably wasn t just a dream. negotiation still needs to i was having a dream that we continue. were on a cargo train, and it you have the vice president of was a dangerous situation. the union, the uaw. he is very adamant that their bobby told me you have to swallow your ring. demands need to be met. listen in. sandra: she couldn t find we are going to reach a the ring, then. she went to urgent care, told tentative agreement, whether it is today or tomorrow. the story, and sure enough, there it is. no one knows, but that is our it showed up. job. that is our goal. i feel very grateful that i people here depend on it. got it back and that it is it doesn t end with the happy funny i have met employees that have worked on door latches, you story.
this is a company that makes billions of dollars, i would say some of that would be shared with us. the company put out its offer over the weekend and is willing to invest billions of dollars into the u.s. along with adding 5400 jobs. we will have to wait and see as these negotiations are ongoing. neil: all right grady trimble, following on this strike here. it s a big one. i do want to look up final look at oil prices today, up, but not as much as you might think. this could translate if prices hold this level here, prices moving up from anywhere from 15 or $0.20 per gallon. that s a surge of 11 or 12% in perspective and the fact of the matter is after oil prices and other incursions in iraq and over many years in the middle east, prices have
want a fair agreement. they want to be properly rewarded and it s the intention of the bargaining team to make sure that happens. you talk about the ways in which you feel gm s proposal fell short. they came out publicly with what their offer was, including $7 billion in investments, 5400 jobs, lump sum increases in each year of the proposed contract. some solutions for unallocated plants. you talk concerns of health care and the use of temporary workers. this is all happening as the union is facing some troubles of its own, the federal corruption probe involving some former union officials and the justice department is investigating the alleged embezzling of lots of money. do you feel, chuck, like that is a distraction right now as these really critical talks are going down? i really don t. okay. the bargainers are completely focused on our members. we ve been doing this for a very