The United Auto Workers Union’s tentative contract with Chrysler LLC presented to union members Tuesday fundamentally changes labor relations by curbing the UAW’s right to strike for the next several years.
The contract was being presented to the more than 28,000 UAW members ahead of the ratification vote today.
“It’s very difficult,” said one union leader, who asked not to be identified.
“I really don’t think we had much choice but to go along,” Harley Shaiken, a labor expert from the University of California-Berkeley, said the “no-strike” provision represents a major change in Detroit’s often contentious labor relations. “That’s a fundamental change,” Shaiken said. “But it’s being done in the context that it will take anywhere from three to five years for this company to recover,” he said.
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