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UAW leaders send Ford contract to ratification vote
Source: Associated Press
UAW leaders send Ford contract to ratification vote
November 1, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Ford will start voting Monday on a proposed four-year contract that includes wage increases and more than $6 billion for investments at 19 plants.
The United Auto Workers said Friday that its National UAW-Ford council voted to send the deal to 55,000 workers for a ratification vote.
The Ford workers would get alternating lump-sum payments and wage increases, according to a summary posted by the union. Workers would see no reduction in health care benefits and won’t pay more for their coverage. New hires will reach the top pay scale sooner.
They would get ratification bonuses of $9,000 — less than the $11,000 bonuses that workers at General Motors won last month, but they didn’t endure a lengthy strike like their counterparts at GM.
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November 1, 2019
DETROIT (AP) — Union workers at Ford will start voting Monday on a proposed four-year contract that includes wage increases and more than $6 billion for investments at 19 plants.
The United Auto Workers said Friday that its National UAW-Ford council voted to send the deal to 55,000 workers for a ratification vote.
The Ford workers would get alternating lump-sum payments and wage increases, according to a summary posted by the union. Workers would see no reduction in health care benefits and won’t pay more for their coverage. New hires will reach the top pay scale sooner.
They would get ratification bonuses of $9,000 — less than the $11,000 bonuses that workers at General Motors won last month, but they didn’t endure a lengthy strike like their counterparts at GM.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/12b8d73bcd604e1dbf471ca829d9dbbe
