UAW Expects Better Contract Terms From Ford Than With General Motors

Workers at Ford Motor Co. are looking for a sweeter deal than the one the United Auto Workers reached with General Motors Co. last week.

Ford, chosen late Wednesday as next up on the UAW's bargaining circuit, is expected to adopt broad strokes from GM's deal, but with significant alterations that reflect differences between the two companies.

Workers and industry analysts agree that to win ratification, a Ford pact must be richer than the $12,500 in bonuses, including a $5,000 signing award, agreed to by GM over the four years of its proposed contract.

"The GM agreement with a bit on top will be easy to sell in these economic times," said Art Schwartz, president of Labor and Economics Associates and a former GM negotiator.




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MBCLS07 - 9/23/2011 12:42:36 PM

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And if Ford doesn't give in to the uaw's demands for more money what are they going to do? Throw a tantrum like their union brethren in Washington State who stormed the port a few weeks ago and held guards hostage, threatened police, vandalized property and sabotaged equipment while doing their best impression of domestic terrorists?

acronis - 9/24/2011 11:13:42 AM

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If the UAW (united auto workers) union is able to negotiate better contract terms, they would simply be recouping the concessions they made during the decade when Ford experienced its own financial downturn.