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Progress for Ford-UAW talks
Planned meeting signals progress for Ford-UAW talks
Posted Friday, Oct 9, 2009, 11:47 am in Employee News
The UAW has scheduled a Ford National Council meeting for Tuesday—a sign of progress for talks between Ford Motor Co. and the union, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Gary Walkowicz, bargaining committeeman at Ford Motor Co.’s Dearborn Truck Plant, said UAW leaders from plants across the country received an e-mail about the meeting Thursday, the paper said. When asked about the meeting at a charity appearance last night in Washington, D.C., UAW President Ron Gettelfinger declined to discuss specifics, and said, “What happens at Ford stays at Ford,” the Free Press said.
Ford met with top UAW negotiators on Aug. 25 in an attempt to obtain cost cuts that more closely match those obtained by General Motors Co. and Chrysler last spring and has been in informal talks since then, the paper said. Many UAW members and some UAW leaders have said they would oppose any further modifications to their labor contract with Ford because of the company’s recent successes and an agreement approved in March that cut workers’ benefits, the story said. (Detroit Free Press)
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