UAW To Reward Members With $3000 Bonus If Chrysler Contract Ratified

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay UAW members $3,000 bonuses if they ratify a new contract in the coming days, people briefed on the matter told Bloomberg.

While that’s a smaller payout than workers received for approving the previous contract four years ago, the union won raises for all members.

Union members will receive hourly wage increases of as much as a dollar an hour, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the details haven’t been explained to members yet. Senior assembly workers, who now make about $28 an hour, would get raises in two steps that could bring their hourly wage to almost $30, said the person.

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TheSteve - 9/18/2015 10:49:00 AM

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Kinda like the head thief sharing the bootie with his accomplices.

MDarringer - 9/18/2015 8:10:21 PM

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So the Mafia bosses of the UAW made the lesser Italian Marchionne promised to bribe the rank and file?

MDarringer - 9/18/2015 8:13:38 PM

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The UAW let the rank and file get hosed. A $3K bonus is NOT on the salary schedule. It must look great to the dimwit believers who build the cars, but the reality is that this screwed them over. Do we need more proof of how the UAW does not support its members?