The proposed four-year labor contact between Chrysler and the UAW was ratified over the weekend. In jeopardy of not being passed earlier this month, the deal was voted through by 56% of production workers and 51% of skilled trades workers. In addition, 94% of office and clerical workers and 79% of UAW-represented Chrysler engineers also approved the contract.
Similar to the deal inked with General Motors earlier this year, the Chrysler-UAW pact hinged on a two-tier wage system and a union-run retiree health care trust. Labor negotiations with Ford began last week and are expected to follow the blueprints set forth by the recently ratified contracts with GM and Chrysler.
“Our members had to face some tough choices, and we had a solid, democratic debate about this contract,” UAW president Ron Gettelfinger said in a statement. “Now we’re going to come together as a union — and now it’s on the company to move ahead, increase their market share and continue.”
10/29, 8:19 AM
posted by:
MY Si
Yipes!
10/29, 8:27 AM
posted by:
Madcapp
I hope there is a clause in the contract about not building the Challenger in a crappy manner.
10/29, 8:32 AM
posted by:
cookie4me
Now, they just need to completely overhaul their product line! I’m not a fan of but just a few of their models. the question now is what percent of their production will be sourced from China by 2010? Can you imagine buying a fully loaded 300 for under $15k? If Cerebus can weather the next 3-5 years with their current crappy models, I bet they will change the industry.
10/29, 8:43 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Bet Cerberus is totally bummed. They wanted it to fail so they could shut down the scrUAW.
10/29, 11:43 AM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
cookie: Chrysler’s WTF models far outnumnber its interesting models.
10/29, 2:31 PM
posted by:
Piablo
I can’t wait to read the headlines 5 years from now. So the UAW has control of the retiree health care for GM, now Chrysler, and soon Ford. What happens when a group of criminals get control of billions of dollars? We’re about to find out. And I can almost guarantee catastrophe beyond Enron proportions by 10 years time.