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Key UAW leader opposes Ford deal
Key UAW leader opposes Ford deal
Posted Thursday, Oct 22, 2009, 2:51 pm in Employee News
A key union leader said today he is opposed to a tentative agreement reached between UAW leaders and Ford Motor Co., providing fresh evidence that opposition to a proposal first announced last week persists, the Detroit Free Press reported.
“I decided for the first time in my 17-year career as a union official to go against the international leadership” of the UAW, Nick Kottalis, president and chairman of the Dearborn Truck Plant unit of UAW Local 600, told the paper.
The tentative agreement between Ford and the UAW would freeze entry-level wages, establish a requirement for binding arbitration for wage and benefit disagreements at the end of the current contract and a consolidation of skilled-trades classifications, the story said. Ford, in return, is promising several new products for its U.S. plants, to create new jobs and a one-time $1,000 bonus for workers, the paper said.
To become official the agreement must be ratified by the union’s membership and as reported earlier this week by the Free Press there is substantial opposition to the deal. Some UAW members remain opposed because they agreed to an earlier round of concessions in March that saved Ford more than $500 million annually ad, since then, Ford’s finances have improved, the story said. (Detroit Free Press)
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