DETROIT – Because the United Auto Employees union enters day six of focused strikes in opposition to the Detroit automakers, Basic Motors President Mark Reuss is criticizing union management for its rhetoric and “circulate of misinformation” through the ongoing contract negotiations.

Reuss, in an editorial, targeted on the union’s public bashing of the corporate and parts of GM’s “file” contract proposal final week that included 20% pay raises and improved day off, bonuses and different advantages over the four-year time period of the deal.

“Because the previous has clearly proven, no person wins in a strike,” Reuss stated in a Wednesday column within the Detroit Free Press. “Now we have delivered a file provide. That could be a truth. It rightly rewards our crew members, whereas positioning the corporate for achievement sooner or later. Typically in these conditions, the clouds of rhetoric can obscure actuality.”

The UAW hasn’t responded to the op-ed, as of Wednesday morning.

GM’s final provide was made Sept. 14, forward of the union initiating a “Stand Up Strike” at one meeting plant every for GM, Ford Motor and Stellantis. UAW President Shawn Fain stated Monday the strikes will develop at midday Friday except “severe progress” is made in negotiations.

At present on strike are roughly 12,700 UAW staff from GM’s midsize truck and full-size van plant in Wentzville, Missouri; Ford’s Ranger midsize pickup and Bronco SUV plant in Wayne, Michigan; and Stellantis’ Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator plant in Toledo, Ohio.

Reuss stated GM’s provide, which the union countered, acknowledges “the various contributions our represented crew members make to our firm — previous, current and future.”

Below the deal, Reuss stated about 85% of present represented staff would earn a base wage of roughly $82,000 a yr. That is in contrast with the typical median family revenue in 9 areas the place GM has main meeting vegetation of $51,821, he stated.

GM’s present proposal is estimated to value between $700 million and $1.2 billion over the lifetime of the deal, Wells Fargo’s Colin Langan stated in a Sept. 15 investor be aware. If GM gave in to all of the union’s calls for, it might value the corporate between $6 billion and $8 billion beneath the deal, Langan stated Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Field.”

“There is a lengthy solution to go. We’re speaking about fixed-costs, too. That is the actual ache level for the automakers,” Langan stated, calling them “materials numbers” for the businesses.

Key calls for from the union have included 40% hourly pay will increase; a decreased, 32-hour workweek; a shift again to conventional pensions; the elimination of compensation tiers; and a restoration of cost-of-living changes. Different objects on the desk embody enhanced retiree advantages and higher trip and household depart advantages.

Reuss stated Wednesday that the union’s full calls for can be “untenable,” or unsustainable, for the corporate.

“If we do not proceed to take a position, we are going to lose floor — shortly. Our rivals throughout the nation and around the globe, most of whom are non-union, will waste no time seizing the chance we might be handing them,” he stated.

Reuss’ feedback are the newest by automotive executives because the UAW takes a strategically aggressive method through the talks, displaying little leeway in its calls for.

Late Monday, Ford launched a prolonged assertion fact-checking feedback made by Fain, together with auto employee wages, firm earnings and inventory buybacks.

It adopted Ford CEO Jim Farley final week saying the corporate would have “gone bankrupt by now” beneath the union’s present proposals. He is additionally criticized Fain for his method to bargaining.

“We have by no means seen something like this; it is irritating,” Farley instructed CNBC’s Phil LeBeau final week forward of the strikes. “I do not know what Shawn Fain is doing, however he isn’t negotiating this contract with us, because it expires.”