After a short strike that started at 11am today, the UAW and Chrysler have come to a tentative labor agreement. The strike marked the second against a U.S. automaker in the last two and a half weeks involved over 49,000 workers. The previous contract officially ended on September 14, but was extended during contract talks with General Motors.
According to the Chrysler Group Media Blog, thefirehouse.biz, “Chrysler LLC and the UAW have reached a tentative agreement on a new national labor contract.” The new agreement — which covers 45,000+ workers — is still subject to UAW member ratification. While the site didn’t get into specifics of the new deal, it did reveal that it addressed an independent retiree health care trust.
According to the Detroit Free Press, the biggest faced in the negotiations have been retiree health care, followed by job security.
