Chrysler to shut down all 30 plants for a month, but ‘white collar workers’ will keep regular salaries.

Amazing. And what are the plans of the blue-collar workers for GM and Ford?

Thinkprogress:

Chrysler announced today that it would shut all 30 of its North American plants for a month, starting this Friday. ABC News reports that while 46,000 union workers will be shut off from their regular paychecks, the “white collar” management will continue to receive their salaries:

These [UAW} workers will not be receiving their regular income. There will be an unknown number of white collar workers who will not be working as well, but the expectation is that they will continue to receive their regular salaries during this time.

Chrysler said that union workers will receive “state unemployment benefits as well as supplementary payments from Chrysler” based off “a union negotiated formula.” (HT: Marcy Wheeler)

Update:

GM, Honda, Toyota Also Curtailing Production